Word: pelle
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...increasingly competitive global economy. I’m going to keep the public school reform promise that George W. Bush, by under-funding the No Child Left Behind Act, has broken so badly. And I will make college more affordable—by dramatically increasing the Pell Grant and shifting toward direct government loans. Banks should not be squeezing every last penny of profit out of young people who are getting the skills they need to better themselves and lead our economy...
...exorbitant costs associated with higher education. As is, students from lower-income backgrounds are much less likely to enter college than those from middle- or upper-class backgrounds, and few see the most expensive private institutions as within their financial reach. That only six percent of Harvard undergraduates receive Pell Grants—federal grants for low-income students— exemplifies this trend. Additionally, even middle-class families often face severe financial burdens from higher-education tuition bills...
...this great land of ours can apply to any college or university in any one of the 50 states and not be turned away because their family is poor.” But soon, only the wealthiest will be able to afford college. President Bush cut funding for the Pell Grant program and for AmeriCorps, drastically reducing the federal role in ensuring quality education for students who have difficulty paying for it. This clearly harms our future economy, to say nothing of our founding values of justice and equal opportunity...
...need a new federal commitment to higher education in America. We must restore the cuts to the Pell Grant and AmeriCorps programs, but we must also do more than that. As president, I will guarantee that every eighth grade student who pledges to finish high school will receive $10,000 a year in grants and loans for higher education, will never have to pay more than 10 percent of their income on loan repayment, and will have their loans paid in full after working for 10 years. For those students interested in public service, the deal is even better: Those...
...Parker’s criticism cannot fully realize where BU’s failures leave off and Harvard’s hard-work and effort begin. Certainly the pell-mell scene Parker described on the assistant captain Kolarik’s game-tying goal was nowhere to be found in the Crimson’s losses to Brown and Princeton, when the offense looked listless and was content to fire shots from the perimeter at Brown goalie Yann Danis and Princeton netminder Eric LeRoux...