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Download full textBaum, Sandy; Little, Kathleen; Ma, Jennifer; Sturtevant, Anne – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012
Like the federal Pell Grant program, need-based state grant programs are designed to increase access to higher education among low- and moderate-income students. A growing body of research indicates that adequate funding is a necessary but not sufficient condition for successfully achieving this goal. Aid programs that are easy to understand and…
Descriptors: Taxes, Income, Program Effectiveness, Federal Government
Jennings, Jack – Center on Education Policy, 2011
During the 2010 election campaign, Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky demanded the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. "I am against any federal funding or control of education," he said. "Historically, education was funded and controlled locally" (Strauss, 2010). Another new Republican senator, Mike Lee from…
Descriptors: United States History, Federal Government, Leadership Styles, Political Attitudes
