There is an urgent need to update the federal Higher Education act of 1965, which is on schedule to be reauthorized this fall. According to a recent New York
Time's article, "Help Students, Not Banks," the Pell grant, which used to cover 80% of public college tuition now covers only half of that; in addition, federal college loan programs are not being run as efficiently as they could be.
With college application numbers dropping and tuition skyrocketing, it is imperative this act is updated and utilized with maximum efficiency.
The reauthorization of this act is integral to the success of higher level education in the nation. Already colleges are struggling to employ full-time professors and maintain the quality of the education they provide. The college experience should not be allowed to become too expensive for middle and lower class applicants.
Higher level education is teetering dangerously on the edge of spiraling downward; the last thing we want is to fall into some Dickensian standard of education where students have no idea where their money goes for what they get.
Pay attention in the fall for the federal Higher Education Act -- it is the first step in reviving the institution across the nation.
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