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Texas also exemplifies the other half of the interstate/intrastate gas rate dilemma. Oil and gas giants, lured by the prospects of higher prices and profits, tend to concentrate in the unregulated markets. This contributes to shortages of gas for residential use in non-producing states...
...various financial aid programs are feeling the pinch of bigger term bills. This applies particularly to families with several children to put through college. As college costs around the country continue to rise, fewer middle income students are going to college, and even fewer are coming to higher-cost schools like Harvard...
...maneuver into position for the decisive votes. Either option means asking for the largest one-time increase in federal aid to education since 1956. Both packages call for about $1.5 billion in additional aid by 1980, which is almost half of what the federal government currently spends on higher education. Supporters of the student-aid bill say they have an advantage here, however, because they are not asking for any more money after 1980, while the tax credit would cost $5.29 billion...
...BEOG has a maximum grant and is not affected by the cost of the school the student attends, but the SEOG money goes directly to the schools to allocate as part of their financial aid program and is therefore sensitive to the costs of each school. Most students in higher-cost schools borrow money so they are more apt to take advantage of the open eligibility for the loan program...
Roth's aide also says that higher-cost schools like Harvard that depend heavily on their endowments are also concerned that legislators may decide to tighten up tax laws concerning deductions for charitable contributions if a tax credit bill is passed, thereby discouraging gifts to universities...