September 2, 2008
Republican Platform Notes Tuition Costs but Says Little on Student Aid
St. Paul
On the first day of a convention stripped of its usual partisan pomp and speechmaking, Republicans approved a party platform that nonetheless provides red meat to conservative voters, decrying the "leftist dogmatism that dominates" many colleges and opposing efforts to provide education benefits to some illegal immigrants, a break once strongly advocated by the presumptive nominee, Sen. John McCain.
The document also singles out for praise colleges that spend more of their
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