Democrats fight back on student aid raid.STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING with greater debts than ever before, and many can't afford to go to college at all. That's the bottom line argument by Rep (programming) REP - A directive used in IBM object code card decks (and later PTF Tapes) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to link edit. . George Miller George Miller may refer to:
Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. and his plan to end what he calls the raid on student aid. Miller and Sen. Edward Edward killed his father at his mother’s instigation. [Br. Balladry: Edward in Benét, 302] See : Patricide Kennedy (D-Mass.) joined Campaign for America's Future Campaign for America's Future (CAF) is an American political organization founded by a group of progressive leaders. Its main issues of concern include the environment, energy independence, health care reform, Social Security, education, and congressional accountability. co-director Robert Borosage in a teleconference last month to announce a series of state and national reports that show four-year public college costs have increased 42 percent since 2001, while median family income has fallen 2 percent. Despite this trend, the Republican-led Congress cut $12 billion in funding from federal student aid programs earlier this year. The reports detail the politics that drove those cuts, as well as the voting records of congressmen during the process. The teleconference also publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised Miller's "Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act," written to make college more affordable. The proposal would cut in half interest rates on student and parent loans, now fixed at all-time highs of 6.8 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively. Under this plan, students who typically carry $17,500 in debt would save $5,600 over the life of their loans. "Cutting college financial aid is clearly the wrong direction for our students and our economy at a time when we should be doing all we can to increase college attendance and strengthen our nation's workforce," Miller said. Kennedy framed the argument in terms of the economy. "This administration has turned its back on middle-income students, and on the neediest students who have academic qualifications, just at the time when we are facing another challenge internationally, and that is globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation ," he said. "How are we going to develop the innovative industries of our time and high-paying jobs with good benefits? How are we going to maintain a world-class economy that is second to none? It is education at the core." The current loan programs favor banks, not students, Kennedy said, and should be open to competition like other aspects of federal funding.--T.G. |
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