Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the Nunn plan aims to promote civic-mindedness among all men and women, more affluent students will not be affected as financial aid is less of a concern. In a sense, as a result of class backround, one group can buy out of this community work requirement. This is a chilling reminder of draft practices in the 1960s and '70s, when most of those who actually served in Vietnam came from lower-income families...
WHILE the many weaknesses of the Nunn plan lie in the implementation and application of a popular sentiment--giving something back to the community in return for one's financial aid--approval of the Nunn plan would represent a dramatic shift in the way we have viewed federal financial aid in the last 20 years...
Since the Civil Rights movement, financial aid has been granted based on need. Congress held the belief that no one should have limited access to higher education because of class. Under the Nunn plan, financial aid would be singularly granted to those who perform government-approved activities...
...performing other tasks for universities, even though the fund is supposed to go directly towards work for the community. Administrators should use the money as it was intended, by encouraging work-study recipients to perform work more related to the community outside of their college. In general, present federal aid programs are crucial to the low-income student and should be left intact, if not expanded...
...form of public service initiative spearheaded by the federal government. I strongly believe that there is great enthusiasm for college public service nationwide. Let's not put a damper on this movement by placing a dollar value on community work, and making public service a condition for receiving financial aid...