Report: HOPE Offers Little Help To Poor Students
A federal program that was established to provide tax relief for college students and their families "squanders" tax dollars and fails to make college more affordable for low-income students, according to a report released last week.
The Institute for Higher Education Policy report criticized the HOPE Scholarship Program—a prominent initiative of the Clinton administration—as being a "windfall" for middle-income students rather than easing the rising cost of college tuition for poorer students. The institute is a Washington-based nonprofit research group.
Thomas R. Wolanin, a senior associate for the institute and a deputy assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs for the U.S. Department of Education during President Clinton's tenure, is the author of the 34-page report, "Rhetoric and Reality: Effects and Consequences...
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