<p>Xig-If you're talking about the Star proposal, I don't think this is the government meddling in POLICY of college - it's government trying to sway customers, the same way businessses would, by providing an incentive, or bonus, if the school "buys" their product. The fact that no students are compromised, no school's values or desires about whom it admits are being threatened, and the fact that colleges have nothing to lose but only gain out of this proposal also makes it different. The losers are, I suppose, the corporations that have been subsidized by the government in implementing their grant programs, but the schools are not hurt in any way by the change, if it happens. Many Republicans are on board, as they see it as a gain for their communities.
Is it really is a gain to taxpayers as they claim? I don't know - hard for us to know. It may cost more than they think and may be completely pie-in-the- sky unworkable. But it isn't really policy meddling of the kind I was referring to with regard to revoking Pell grants if a school chooses to offer aid to foreign students.</p>
<p>I do see you point, however, about being careful of "meddling" from both sides of the aisle. Point taken. ;)</p>