{"id":3404,"date":"2012-05-24T16:21:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T21:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2012-05-25T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:01:08","slug":"romneys-speech-on-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"Romney’s Speech on Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, outlined<\/a> his position on federal student aid in a speech<\/a> to the Latino Coalition in Washington, D.C. yesterday.<\/p>\n

While most of Romney’s remarks focused on K-12 education and his support of a voucher-type program for special needs and low income students, he did propose changes to the federal financial aid program and vowed to keep tuition affordable.\u00a0In a white paper<\/a> that was released as part of the speech, Romney tied rising tuition to increases in student aid:<\/p>\n

. . . a flood of federal dollars is driving up tuition and burdening too many young Americans with substantial debt and too few opportunities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking to The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em><\/a> Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education<\/a> said he was disappointed that Romney did not mention declining state aid as a primary reason for tuition increases saying that “(t)here’s no evidence of any relationship\u2014let alone causation\u2014between federal student-aid spending and changes in college tuition. None, zero, zip, nada.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The former governor also plans to simplify student aid programs and return to bank-based lending, which was phased out two years ago. Romney supports “private-sector involvement to ensure students are clearly informed about their obligations when they apply for federal student loans, and that they receive support that goes beyond a call from a collections agent to help keep them on track to repayment.”\u00a0The Department of Education now loans money directly to students with savings steered toward Pell Grants and deficit reduction.<\/p>\n

Until this speech, Romney had offered few details regarding his position on higher education. President Obama outlined his higher education agenda in a speech<\/a> at the University of Michigan in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Massachussetts Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, outlined his position on federal student aid in a speech to the Latino Coalition in Washington, D.C. yesterday. While most of Romney’s remarks focused on K-12 education and his…<\/p>\n

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