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Whalen, who is also chairman of the board ofthe American Council on Education (ACE), was onlyone of a number of educators who testified inCongress last month about a variety of proposalstying financial aid to public service...
Moreover, Whalen said in an interview yesterdaythat many students would be unable to getfinancial aid under the National Service Act--atleast in the first years of the program--since itwould only be able to subsidize a fraction of thenumber of students who need...
...dismantle the financial aid programthat has been developed over the last threedecades, you're cutting back on the ability ofmany students to go to school," Whalen said...
...estimates that initially, only 700,000students would be able to get aid under theprogram. Approximately five million studentsreceive need-based financial aid nationwide,according to John Shattuck, Harvard's vicepresident for government and community affairs...
Instead, they support bills such as the oneproposed by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), whichwould allow students the option of supplementingother existing aid packages with money earnedthrough community service...