Monday, September 18, 2006
Kay Keeps Kids From College
From the Texas State University University Star: Democrats criticize Bush administration for ‘soaring’ tuition costs.
Some of this same pattern is detailed on the No Kay education page, so if you've read that, you won't be surprised by this (emphasis added):
A study released Tuesday assessing the “affordability crisis” of college has Democratic policymakers talking. The study reports that soaring higher education costs coupled with declining household incomes means more students are in debt or unable to attend college.
...Campaign for America’s Future, a progressive group, conducted the study “Higher Education: Soaring Out of Reach for Families.” It reports the cost of tuition for a four-year college increased $2,786 from 2000 to 2005, while the median household income fell by 2 percent in the same period.
...“College assistance has not kept up. The president never fulfilled his promise to raise Pell Grants,” Borosage said. “Now, financial barriers will literally prevent millions of students from attending college all over the next decade.”
Some of this same pattern is detailed on the No Kay education page, so if you've read that, you won't be surprised by this (emphasis added):
The House vote cutting the $12 billion from the Higher Education fund was split on partisan lines, with House Democrats voting against the cut and House Republicans voting for the cut, except Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas and Sen. John Cornyn, D-Texas [sic] also voted for the cut.
