Word: programing
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...better way is to make all students--regardless of income--eligible for a program in which they would attend the college of their choice, and then have a fixed percentage of their incomes deducted from their paychecks throughout their working lives...
...Michael S. Dukakis proposed just such a program, the Student Tuition and Repayment System (STARS), during the 1988 presidential campaign. Dukakis' plan involved deducting a standardized percentage from participants' paychecks for an extended period following their graduation and entry into the work force. Thus, those who took high-paying jobs would end up subsidizing those who with lower incomes...
...program should be structured such that the revenue collected would be sufficient to absorb the cost of the program. Better yet, the program should operate at an annual loss to the federal government of $11 billion--roughly twice the current amount of federal tuition grants. Such a subsidy to higher education is well-justified on grounds of efficiency as well as fairness, as the social benefit of an educated work force far higher than the cost of the subsidy...
...program would impose effective cost controls on colleges, because students would have an incentive to choose cheaper schools...
...Wilson appears to be moving to liquidate the program, after reaching an "agreement" involving the departure of popular E4A staff member Suzanne Motherall and appointment of a temporary part-time staff member (again, without student input) to take her place. E4A may also be forced to give up its room to share space with the other student groups in the Lyman Common Room...