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...sort of morally iconic status that can be associated with Martin Luther King, Jr.," Jody Peltason '01 said...
...particularly new, the findings hit a nerve among parents who are increasingly concerned that their children are receiving an inadequate education and, in a depressing reversal of the traditional American pattern, an education inferior to their own. "It came at the right time, under the right auspices," says Jack Peltason, president of the American Council on Education. "It reconfirmed what a lot of people were saying...
...rate vs. a fixed 9%). Graduate students would not be eligible for GSLs at all, but could take out high-interest auxiliary loans. The Government also plans to cut Pell Grants by 40%, reduce Work-Study and do away entirely with SEOG and new funds for NDSL. Says Jack Peltason, president of the American Council on Education: "The Administration is advocating the abandonment of a 25-year-old commitment that college will not be denied to any person because of financial condition...
...leaks that have abounded in Washington over the past week predict Reagan will ask for cuts of 50 per cent, on the average, to all college financial aid programs--grants, guaranteed student loans, and work-study--over and above the steep decreases already approved in October, John W. Peltason, president of the American Council on Education, said yesterday...
...change would cut about a million students from the direct-aid program altogether, Peltason estimated, while shrinking the size of the grants even those eligible could receive. Two subsidiary programs, the State Student Incentive Grants and the Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants, would reportedly be eliminated entirely, and work-study would be slashed by 30 per cent...