Re: [ECOLOG-L] UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Iv ie s’ in fiscal peril

2011-12-29 Thread Jane Shevtsov
Nobody gets a full ride from the Feds. The maximum Pell Grant this year is $5530. Other federal aid is in the form of work-study or loans -- stuff that the student has to work for or pay off later. The state money is replaced by payments from the students and families (including work-study) or

Re: [ECOLOG-L] UC-Berkeley and other ‘public Iv ie s’ in fiscal peril

2011-12-28 Thread malcolm McCallum
Its all pretty obvious. Federal government establishes federally funded financial aid to help those in need. State governments cut funding to universities, so universities are forced to raise tuition and get more of their finances from the federal financial aid programs. Lets say a ficticious