Word: aid
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...During that period, the government would have to borrow immense sums to fund the benefits without raising the real interest rate above three percent. The plan relies on further increases in returns and additional infusions of corporate tax revenue, but our generation should not have to rely on the aid of the bond market...
...Gore's repeated protests that he supports mandatory testing (he does, sort of, but not until 2004 and only in fourth, eighth and twelfth grades), Bush would go a step further, requiring states either to test kids every year from third through eighth grade or lose 5% of federal aid. At least on the testing issue, W's the toughest kid on the playground...
According to a White House press release, the decrease in loan defaults can be credited to "the strong economy, more scholarship aid and tax credits for college, more affordable student loans, and flexible repayment plans," as well as the efforts of schools themselves...
Harvard's Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, for example, tries to ensure that students do not default by distributing a brochure entitled "Debt Be Not Proud," which contains information about paying off debts...
Parks said that Harvard also requires graduating students to attend an "exit interview" about their loan obligations with the financial aid office...