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In defense of federal student aid

College Inc. Blog - Guest Post

December 7, 2011

Jay Lemons, president, Susquehanna University, writes: Fundamentally, in an era of austerity, I struggle with the question of how we can justify federal tax dollars supporting for-profit institutions when there is not adequate support for the not-for-profit sector that has served our nation very well throughout its history. Why should scarce federal tax dollars in the form of PELL grants go to the pockets of shareholders of companies when there are incredible needs in the not-for-profit sector?

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