Education is an issue that affects all of us
Editorial Board
Issue date: 10/31/08 Section: Ed-Op
In addition, Obama says he would expand the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,100, and lower interest rates on existing federal student loan programs.
Republican candidate John McCain says he will consolidate student aid programs and simplify higher education tax benefits to "ensure that a greater number of families have a lower tax burden when they are helping to send their children to college," according to his campaign's web site.
McCain also calls for, "An expansion of the lender-of-last resort capability of the federal student loan system and … effective reforms and leveraging the private sector simplifying federal financial aid," according to his campaign's web site.
Additionally, he calls for eliminating earmarks to improve federal support for university research.
Certainly, higher education is only a microcosm in the umbrella of platforms making up this election. However, the financial crisis for universities and their students is an issue that will continue to affect all of us - throughout the course of our college careers, after we graduate and are faced with repaying our loans and, eventually, as we send our own children to college.
Anyone can vote, but it is up to you to know what you are voting for. When you fill out that ballot Nov. 4, don't see it as completing some ordinary menial task, because this is no ordinary election.
Make your vote matter - the first step is knowing what's at stake.
Republican candidate John McCain says he will consolidate student aid programs and simplify higher education tax benefits to "ensure that a greater number of families have a lower tax burden when they are helping to send their children to college," according to his campaign's web site.
McCain also calls for, "An expansion of the lender-of-last resort capability of the federal student loan system and … effective reforms and leveraging the private sector simplifying federal financial aid," according to his campaign's web site.
Additionally, he calls for eliminating earmarks to improve federal support for university research.
Certainly, higher education is only a microcosm in the umbrella of platforms making up this election. However, the financial crisis for universities and their students is an issue that will continue to affect all of us - throughout the course of our college careers, after we graduate and are faced with repaying our loans and, eventually, as we send our own children to college.
Anyone can vote, but it is up to you to know what you are voting for. When you fill out that ballot Nov. 4, don't see it as completing some ordinary menial task, because this is no ordinary election.
Make your vote matter - the first step is knowing what's at stake.
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