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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...
...Nunn plan will 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...
While the Nunn plan aims to promote civic-mindedness among all men and women, more affluent students will not be affected as financial aid is less of a concern. In a sense, as a result of class backround, one group can buy out of this community work requirement. This is a chilling reminder of draft practices in the 1960s and '70s, when most of those who actually served in Vietnam came from lower-income families...
...more practical level, the Nunn plan seems to defeat its own purposes. Though it aims to give value to community work, it will in reality make community work less dignified. As lower income students are coerced into community service, they will perform with a detrimental resentment, much like the convict who receives a term of 90 hours of community work as penalty...