Category: politics

I just don’t see how this law helps anyone

A few days ago, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on a recent study by the Government Accountability Office which explains that at least 17,000-41,000 past drug offenders have been denied federal educational loan money between 2001 and 2004. Denying college funding to otherwise worthy students for unrelated past offences is wrong. The full report can be found here:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05238.pdf