October 12, 2007

Low-Income Students and Choice

To the Editor:

I got one message loud and clear from "The Student-Loan System Needs a Major Overhaul" (The Chronicle Review, September 21), by Frederick M. Hess and Juliet Squire of the American Enterprise Institute: Lower-cost colleges are good enough for low-income students.

The authors argue that to overhaul the system, and to save taxpayers money at the same time, it makes sense simply to reduce choice at the bottom end of the income scale. Why should taxpayers fund choice?

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