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Graduate students were not quite so docile when they received word of the Kraus plan. What administrators had called "revolutionary" was billed "revolting" by graduate students who led the work stoppage in Spring 1972. Their objections dealt not only with the plan itself, but with the Administration's decision to institute it over student protests...
...first protest--was charged with formulating a financial aid policy acceptable to both students and Faculty. A series of delays kept the Commission from taking shape until December, however, and a January deadline for the GSAS budget ruled out chances that the group would influence the 1973-74 plan. Kraus, who had met regularly with members of the Commission, showed them his plan before it became official, but the time factor took precedence over members' objections or recommendations...
...Kraus plan's tax on parental income and other student resources is virtually prohibitive for students from middle income families. Within three years, half of the graduate student body will be bright, poor scholarship students and the other half will come from upper-class, professional backgrounds. Furthermore, the idea of asking graduate students--many of whom have been independent for the last few years--to turn to their parents for support is ludicrous...
...option of funding students $1000 below their calculated need undermines the purpose of need criteria. Under the Kraus plan, need is clearly subordinate to merit. The plan should provide full funding up to need...
...Kraus plan discourages teaching. If a student gets less aid because he has a teaching fellow's salary, only the richer-independent students will be able to teach undergraduate sections. And with the rising cost of education, who can afford to extend his school years by teaching...