Sequestration cuts imperil aid to college students
Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein | Sabia Taj, 19, of Elmont, a freshman at Nassau Community College, works at the school's information desk as part of the federal work study program. (March 15, 2013).
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Thousands of college students on Long Island and across the nation who rely on financial aid, such as the federal work-study program, could feel the sting of Congress' across-the-board spending cuts in the coming academic year.
An estimated $71.2 million would be carved out of the Federal Work Study Grant program and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, a program for the neediest undergraduate...
