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Date: July 23rd, 2008
Author: Career College News
Financial aid fix raises concerns about poorer students
(Houston Chronicle)
Amid growing public grumbling over the rising cost of college, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will vote this week on whether to restructure the state’s financial aid programs.
The most controversial change would raise academic standards for the Texas Grant program, which helps low-income students pay for college.
Other proposed changes include merging two smaller aid programs with Texas Grant and raising the income level at which students qualify.
That has some people worried middle-class students will receive aid at the expense of those from poor families. Read full story.
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