January 30, 2011
Ending U.S. Grant Program Would Imperil States' Need-Based Student Aid
Laura Segall For the Chronicle
April L. Osborn, of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, says cutting the federal LEAP program could be devastating in her state.
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Laura Segall For the Chronicle
April L. Osborn, of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, says cutting the federal LEAP program could be devastating in her state.
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Of all federal higher-education programs, none seems more directly threatened by Congressional budget cutters this year than the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program, which was designed to bolster states' need-based student-aid programs, including work-study.
The program, which requires states to match the federal dollars it provides for need-based aid, has been on the chopping block many times over the past decade. But now, with newly empowered Republicans promising
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