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Editorial: Financial Aid Abuse

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  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:20:04 GMT
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;

  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-14 23:20:07 GMT
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 

  • Thursday, May 9 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-09 23:20:06 GMT
    What was the old Pan-Am gas station at the corner of Bibb and Coosa is now no longer.  Last weekend that landmark was demolished with nothing remaining where it once stood other than the outline of a foundation. What
    What was the old Pan-Am gas station at the corner of Bibb and Coosa is now no longer.  Last weekend that landmark was demolished with nothing remaining where it once stood other than the outline of a foundation. What
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Fraudulent use of taxpayer dollars is never acceptable. 

Cheers to Troy University for seeing fraud with students abusing the financial aid system and addressing it in part by raising admission standards for transfer students. 

Starting next year, students who transfer to Troy must have a 2.0 grade point average to be admitted, just as they must have to remain enrolled. 

Troy discovered a majority of the financial aid abuse came from the transferring students who were not serious about studying, just getting the aid. 

Troy believes enrollment numbers will decrease in the short term, but in the long run better quality students will replace them. 

 Next, let's hope the federal government tightens up financial aid standards for the diploma mills operating throughout the country, another source of taxpayer money abuse!        

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