“I need it to graduate”

October

Purchase College students rallied yesterday to stop Gov. David Paterson’s planned cuts to the Tuition Assistance Program.

The state must close a $3 billion budget gap and so governor has proposed numerous reductions including a $120 decrease in all so-called TAP grants.

Here’s Joshua Khan of Queens, the NYPIRG higher education project leader, explaining how the cuts would affect him.

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This entry was posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 5:11 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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