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...United States of America and democratic South Africa have in the course of these last four years built a relationship of mutual respect and co-operation, each country respecting the sovereignty of the other while co-operating as partners. As part of this relationship, the scholars who had the benefit of studying here returned better equipped to deal with the local challenges and problems as Africans...
...they get a decent score, it will show them and the kids coming behind them how much of a benefit it is," Edwards says, "It will get progressively better year to year...
...College has both met and exceeded our expectations by allocating $9 million more toward financial aid. Finally, students are reaping the direct benefit of President Neil L. Rudenstine's long hours of fundraising. Even better, the change will affect not only incoming students but also those of us already here...
Today, there is perhaps a higher proportion of college-goers who will not buy this reasoning than there was a generation or two ago, but one benefit of the last 30 years is that today's college students who continue to believe in their obligation to the greater whole are members of more international and cross-class groups than their predecessors were. Nostalgia for the period of post-war optimism is of limited value because the landscape of American education has changed so dramatically; in its place, students of this generation must come to terms with a new definition...
Additionally, the situations of families who may have just missed receiving financial aid should be reevaluated. With the additional funds, perhaps some of these families might be included in the pool of those who already benefit from grant assistance...