Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, the newly-adopted sanctions are more than just blind punitive measures. Congress has stipulated concrete goals to be met by the South African government, such as the release of the jailed leader Nelson Mandela. In addition, the sanctions package provides $40 million in aid for Black South Africans suffering under the apartheid system...
...movement at Harvard should start to spend less time protesting the University's investment policy. While the value of past years of protest and education is evident--and has been confirmed by recent events--both the political situation in South Africa and institutional politics at Harvard have made material aid a more urgent priority than struggling over the morality of Harvard's investment policy...
...majority of the community has not led to total divestment has underlined the undemocratic way in which Harvard makes decisions. The issue of university democracy deserves more attention in its own right, but it is no reason to continue protesting Harvard's investment policy at the expense of direct aid...
Price also plays an important role in where students go shopping. "My dress came from Bloomingdale's by way of Filene's basement," says Kristin M. Daly '89. "I'm on financial aid, and I have to pay for everything myself...
...loan and grant programs by requiring a means test for all students, requiring students to maintain a grade point average "consistent with their school's graduation requirements," and making it more difficult for students to claim financial independence from their parents. These provisions will remove some students from the aid rolls; however, for those who remain the level of aid available will increase, with cumulative guaranteed loan ceilings rising 40 percent and a small increase in the Pell Grant ceiling. Taken together, the changes in the new law--and the unchanged level of funding--are a welcome sign that...