August 17, 2007

Focus Tax Incentives on the Students Who Need Them

By SUSAN M. DYNARSKI

In 1997 Congress crafted an ambitious set of higher-education tax incentives that the House of Representatives and Senate are now revisiting. Millions of students each year receive the Hope tax credit and the Lifetime Learning tax credit. They are now firmly planted in the college-finance landscape.

Whether we consider the education tax incentives a success depends on our aspirations for them. Do we want the Hope and Lifetime Learning credits to ease the pinch of college costs for

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