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Student Aid Could Become Entitlement
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“President Obama’s health-care goals may be garnering attention, but his higher-education proposals are no less ambitious. If adopted, they could transform the financial aid landscape for millions of students while expanding federal authority to a degree that even Democrats concede is controversial. At stake is a plan to expand the Pell Grant program, making it an entitlement akin to Medicare and Social Security.” (Washington Post [1], Monday)
Obama has a knack for going in precisely the wrong direction.
FEE Timely Classic
“Should Government Subsidize Higher Education?” [2] by James L. Payne
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/03/AR2009050302251.html?hpid=topnews
[2] “Should Government Subsidize Higher Education?”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/should-government-subsidize-higher-education/
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