PACE goes door-to-door
Backers of the Program of
Active Commitment to Educa
tion (PACE) are carrying
petitions door-to-door today
to find out if students want a
less-than-two per cent tuition
hike to help needy students.
Unless students are willing to
help, PACE chairman S eve
Fowler said, the recent cut
backs in federal scholarship
dollars means financial trouble
for low-income students.
"We could take the Idea
before the Regents right now,"
Fowler said. "A petition drive
is a hell of a lot of effort. We
are doing it only to find ou' i!
students want PACE. This is the
first time that all students have
been asked how their money
should be used."
Because of federal cutbacks,
the Educational Opportunity
Grants program lost $70,000
and tho Work-Study program
lost about 300 participants,
Fowler said. As federal funds
are dropping, he said, the cos;
of education keeps rising.
This void could have been
filled this year if PACE had
been in effect since September,
i9, he said. It would have
made available about $135,000
for low-income students, the
ASUN sneaor added.
PACE calls fcr adding $3.50 a
session to tuition fees. The
money is to go to a low-income
scholarship fund handled by the
Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aids and the
Coordinator of Special Pro
grams. Eligibility Is to be
determined by federal low-income
scholarship guidelines.
Several campus organiza
tions are backing PACE,
Fowler said, including t'-e
YWCA Builders, the Student
Education Association and
Mortar Board.
"We re hoping it (PACE) will
go through since we need mere
help," commented Edward E.
Lundak, director of the Office
of Scholarships and Financial
Aids.
"It (PACE) would be
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wonderful since we could then
receive matching funds." He
estimated that the $135,000 en
visioned by PACE could
mushroom Into $500,000 through
matching funds.
John Ritchie, assistant
director of Scholarships and
Financial Aids, said middle
and upper-income students also
might benefit from PACE. He
said low-income students are
given priority for federal Na
tional Defense money, but
PACE would free these fundi
for more grants to middle- and
upper-income students.
Fowler said if stadents
demonstrate wQIiognesa to
spend their ewa money this
might be a convincing argu
ment for financial help from
outsfde sources such as the
Nebraska Legislature. PACE
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calls the Inadequacy of the
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THE NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1970
