Word: aids
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...THESE PROBLEMS have not deflated the surging optimism of the people associated with the schools. Though a number hope for state or federal help in expanding present experiments into real community systems, even those who despair of such aid feel they are making invaluable contributions to education and to their communities...
Wolff was followed by Robert G. McCloskey, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History and Government. McCloskey seconded Woff's motion for approval of the plan and said that the provisions for guaranteed financial aid would help raise grad student morale, as well as improve the University's position in competitive recruiting of students...
McCloskey added that the guaranteed aid would not add much to the grad school's net cost, since most qualified students currently get aid during all their years at GSAS. "This would just regularize what is the state of affairs anyway," he said. "Why not turn it into a guarantee and save the worry...
Elder added that he supported the two-year aid guarantee, but that he was "leery of the 5-year guarantee--leery of the idea of having tenured graduate students." As a possible alternative to that plan Elder suggested a more thorough investigation of income sources for grad students. Elder said that he would name a special five-member committee--to be chaired by Thomas K. Sisson, assistant and made up of two Faculty members-to study sources of income...
Because the Coop itself is in debt, it cannot be of very much direct monetary aid to the community. "To expand, the Coop had to borrow from local banks and the John Hancock Company. The terms of those loans expressly forbid us to invest in any other businesses," Brown explains. The Coop can, however, give about $5000 to charity each year, which it donates through the United Appeal...