Financial Aid = discrimination?

Jamiecakes
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:21:07 +0000

Don’t think that financial discrimination doesn’t happen in hospitals…only it’s the poor people who suffer. In fact, it is usually poorer people who suffer in almost everything.

Financial aid isn’t perfect. There are plenty of people who fall through the cracks. But it does help level the playing field a little bit.

And those who can pay full freight usually get a leg up in the admissons competition and don’t get held back because they can manage the loans/tuition/expenses.

If America is supposed to be the land of opportunity then financial aid provides the opportunity for everyone to get a higher education. And the more highly educated a society –>the better off we all are in the end.