Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surface, the Nunn plan has strong emotional appeal: students should give back to their society for the federal aid which they receive. They should earn their education and develop important values of citizenship and habits of the heart...
While I believe in contributing to one's society for the benefits one has received, I do not think the Nunn plan will accomplish this goal. In order to finance this program, the government would have to cut all existing federal aid programs such as the Pell Grant, College Work Study and the NDSL, GSL and the SEOG loan and grant programs...
...order for middle- to lower-class students to receive federal aid, they would have to take one year off to work in the military or in a civilian corps--this is the only way they will receive government assistance. No longer will there be loans or grants...
...effectively separate those students who can go to college directly from those who cannot afford to go on account of financial constraints. In light of this, the plan is both coercive and discriminatory. Faced with the tremendous (and rising) costs of education and the possibility of receiving no federal aid, low-income students would have no choice but to join the army or sweep city streets if they want to afford a college education...
...many obligations. The plan would include people from 18 to 25 years of age, many of whom may be single parents, for instance, with no other income to support their families. Those older than 25 are excluded from the plan, and would have no way of receiving federal financial aid should they decide to go to college...