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This past week, Yale University announced that it would reimburse any student stripped of federal financial aid following conviction for drug possession. The “Drug Free Student Aid” provision of the Higher Education Act, passed in 1998, prohibits federal assistance to students convicted of any drug...
Yale’s new policy rejects the federal government’s contention that inhibiting individuals’ access to education somehow constitutes just punishment for drug-related offenses. Rapists, murderers and other violent criminals, upon their acceptance to any university, still receive full consideration for federal financial aid...
According to HCECP’s final report, in the past Harvard had lowered wages for its janitors by threatening to outsource their jobs to lower-paid subcontracted employees. The “parity” provision was designed to stop this practice in the future.
The plaintiffs—Cambridge’s mayor, city council and 11 registered voters—had argued in court on March 7 that the redistricting plan violated the provision in the state constitution requiring that legislative districts be formed “as nearly as may be?...
Contributions to political campaigns are clearly a mode of speech—money sponsors candidates who express and represent the views and ideas of their contributors. Just because some individuals disagree with what contributions are used to say, there is no legitimate reason to restrict the protection of speech guaranteed...