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...student athletes should be thankful for the educational opportunities afforded them, not to mention the cost of tuition, books, room and board (worth about $12,000 at a large state university like Tennessee). But who can blame them if they feel resentful at the millions of dollars being made off their talents? No wonder so many turn pro so early; no wonder so many succumb to Faustian handshakes with agents. University of Maryland president William E. Kirwan, who is heading the NCAA special committee, says, "We realize we underestimated the magnitude of the problem. We estimate that 90% of those...
Meanwhile, the Republicans are ready to let the middle class escape ineffective public schools for private ones, effectively leaving the public schools deserted. School vouchers will lead to a mass exodus of the privileged. Who else can afford the increasingly high tuition of private schools? In many urban areas, school boards do not have the necessary resources to realize the benefits of a Republican empowerment plan. They, too, misread the charts and vital signs on education. If Republicans pull the plug on failing public schools, they must offer a successful alternative. If not, a further segregation between the elite...
...more difficult task, and the one that requires a greater investment, is to bring the rest of the nation up through middle school and high school to the point where every student can utilize college tuition tax cuts. Tax breaks are useless for an illiterate child. Sending an army of volunteer tutors to the nation's cities is a step in the right direction since it promotes literacy. Literacy, however, does not produce thinkers. It is a love for learning that drives successful students...
Manley said Kennedy is readying a number of proposals for new programs to increase federal financial aid, notably a tax credit for families paying tuition...
...said Clinton will likely propose $1,500 federal tuition assistance to all students attending their first year of college, which can be renewed if students "maintain a B average and stay off drugs...