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Jason Delisle in San Antonio Express | 'College aid law offers partial relief for students'

...In addition to financial aid, the law will also dole out matching grants aimed at boosting the number of first-generation and low-income college students, and will give $510 million to Hispanic, black and other minority-serving institutions.

Overall, the measures will relieve some pressure on students and families — but not too much, said Jason Delisle, an education researcher at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers would have liked to do more, but they had… more

Jason Delisle | June 30, 2008