Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inquiry at Harvard and more than 60 other colleges and universities nationwide that recasts the battle over the "good old causes." Namely, the government is investigating whether the schools--which include the most prestigious in the country--illegally colluded in business arrangements to set tuitions, salaries and undergraduate financial aid that violate anti-trust laws...
...board and fees a year--plan tuition raises together, often before such financial information is publicly available; the same schools jointly raise tuitions frequently to harvest the prestige tied to expense; a group of 23 elite Northeastern colleges known as the "Overlap" group meets annually to set undergraduate financial aid packages; and, finally those willing to comment say such practices are done publicly with the assumption that agreements avoid "unethical bidding wars" for top students. They argue that the schools thus can spread around financial aid money to the most needy, mitigate the factor of money in obtaining higher education...
...well-intentioned. Reflecting the read-my-lips era, Congress mistakenly insisted that catastrophic insurance had to be self-financing, with none of the subsidy coming from general tax revenues. Small wonder that the most prosperous Medicare recipients, largely protected by private health insurance, rebelled against being singled out to aid the less fortunate. That responsibility should rest with all taxpayers. Despite the phony fixation on fiscal gimmicks, broad-based taxation remains the fairest way to fund federal programs. It is a principle that Congress and the White House ignore at their peril...
...richest and the poorest of Texas' 1,071 districts violate a provision of the state constitution requiring an "efficient" education. Funneling resources to poorer districts would reduce some of these differences. But money alone is not enough. What Texas schools need, said the court, is an overhaul. "A Band-Aid will not suffice," said Justice Oscar H. Mauzy. "The system itself must be changed...
...GSAS admissions office can best provide general information. Its year-old minority scholar recruitment campaign, which provides admissions advice as well as financial aid and cost of living stipend information, deserves increased funding from the University...