<p>I always thought grades were enough skin in the game :)</p>
<p>I know lots of kids with no direct financial stake in their educations who understand their work and performance have long term consequences.</p>
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<p>[U.S</a>. Universities Feast on Federal Student Aid: Virginia Postrel - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>I saw this link on the financial aid forums and thought it addressed many of the issues mentioned here about links between federal aid and affordability of college.</p>
<p>Thanks for that post - agree with practically everything in it except I have some reservation regarding the for-profit versus non-profit distinction. We associate the former with the greedy and the latter with altruistic people bent on serving society. Many large non-profits really mirror the for-profits in their attitudes and business objectives and have little in common with the neighborhood soup kitchens that are manned by volunteers and are subsisting on a shoe string budget.</p>