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...unusual nature of the trusts is likely to become a factor in Round 2 of the Big Three appeal for federal aid and could potentially present a conundrum for President-elect Obama. When retiree health care was just a deal between the automakers and the UAW, they decided who would get retirement-health-care benefits and who wouldn't. But now that taxpayers may be asked to finance the automakers' survival, the future funding of the trusts becomes a public issue. As one Detroit insider notes, "On the one hand, [Obama] doesn't want to take health care away from...
...before they could react, but we were 100 miles from the Sudanese border inside Chad and their presence on a road in broad daylight showed how invulnerable they felt. Two hours later we were in Iriba, northeastern Chad's logistics base for six refugee camps for families from Darfur. Aid workers in Iriba told me that, as horrific as the suffering was, it was surely going to get worse. "The water is going. The firewood is gone. The land has lost its ability to regenerate," said Palouma Ponlibae, an agriculture and natural-resources officer for the relief agency care...
Brown’s financial aid office has been active, implementing measures such as waiving a balance requirement for spring semester pre-registration and increasing the number of counselors available to discuss financial aid options...
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Princeton recently scaled back its decade-long, $3.9 billion capital spending plan, slashing the total outlay by $300 million. The $300 million cut will mostly affect construction projects. At the same time, Princeton’s financial aid office plans an additional $3 to $4 million in spending to meet increased student needs...
...Administrators fear that students of color will take the hardest hit. Many of these students tend to live in underserved communities, have limited knowledge about how and when to apply for financial aid, and tmake up their minds about college later in the school year. "Those are the students that America needs to reach out to, because they are going to be the workforce of the 21st century," says Reed. "And they will probably be the group that will be the most at risk" of getting squeezed out by an enrollment cap. (See TIME's special report on paying...