Word: pelle
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...liberty to say what one wishes, to believe what one wishes, to profess what one wishes—all without fear of governmental reproach. In that vein, this legislation should not have the power to effectively make such a normative judgment through its allocation of Federal Pell grants...
Even if the government can justify such legislation in the interest of national security, that interest is undermined by the practical injustice and inefficacy of such a policy. These grants, available only to those students who are eligible for federal Pell grants, will disproportionately affect students from low-income households—those students for whom federal money is the difference between being able to attend college and being forced into the workforce. For these students, declaring the appropriate major may be the ticket to college...
Juniors and seniors in these fields already eligible for the need-based federal Pell grants could receive additional grants...
...said that the creation of federal grants targeted to certain students represents a new and potentially troublesome direction in federal education funding, especially because funding for the Pell grants available to all eligible needy students has remained flat over the past few years...
...want to think twice about how “smart” their concentration is. A Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant, part of a bill awaiting a final Congressional vote, would give an additional $4,000 per year to juniors and seniors eligible for the Pell Grant—provided they are majoring in “science, math, technology, engineering, or a foreign language determined to be critical to the national security of the United States,” according to the legislation.The proposal, spearheaded by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...