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Wednesday, October 26, 1994
Getting aid poses challenge
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Students struggling with the complexities of differential equations or Russian verb forms or particle physics often face another obstacle to a higher education — paying for it.
The Census Bureau reported yesterday that more than half of all post-secondary students need financial help.
"For many students, finding a way to finance post-secondary education may be as much of a challenge as the academic training they will have to master," wrote Census researchers Rebecca Sutterlin and Robert A. Kominski.
Of the 20.6 million people enrolled in colleges or vocational and technical schools, 51 percent obtained financial help from at least one source, according to "Dollars for Scholars: Post-secondary Costs and Financing," an analysis of costs in the 1990-91 school year.
Loans were the source of the largest amounts of cash, averaging $3,155 for just over 3 million students who borrowed to attend classes. That amounted to 15 percent of all post-secondary students.
Average assistance received by students was $2,910,
while average costs were $2,653 — though both varied
widely depending on school attended.
Assistance from employers was a source of income for the largest number of students, 3.6 million or 18 percent, but it averaged just $797 each, the report found.
The highest costs were for university juniors and seniors, averaging $3,825, while students in vocational, technical and business schools paid the least at $1,066 each.
Other sources of aid included federal Pell Grants, averaging $1,375 for 14 percent of students; fellowships and scholarships, averaging $2,467 for 12 percent; college work study averaging $1,560 for 4 percent, and GI Bill and
other veterans programs averaging $2,503 for 2 percent of students.
"Half of both men and women receive some form of assistance, and both receive comparable amounts," the report said. Men averaged $2,953 in assistance compared to $2,891 for women.
But women were more likely to have received aid from a Pell Grant or loan, while men more often got help from an employer or veterans program. And men received substantially more in terms of scholarships — averaging $2,971 compared to $2,068 for women.
Pell Grants, which are based on need, went to 26 percent of black students, the largest percentage of any group. These grants went to 19 percent of Hispanics, 16 percent of other students and 12 percent of whites. Some 17 percent of women received Pell Grants compared to 11 percent of men.
Black students had the highest proportion obtaining some sort of financial assistance, 58 percent, and averaging $2.527. Fifty percent of whites obtained aid at an average of $2.927.
Blacks were also the most likely group to receive loans, 19 percent, followed by 16 percent of others, 15 percent of Hispanics and 14 percent of whites. Sixteen percent of women and 13 percent of men received loans.
Employer assistance went to 19 percent of white students, 13 percent of blacks, 12 percent of Hispanics and 9 percent of others. One in five men received employer assistance, compared to 16 percent of women.
Commission dismisses zoning plea
West Lawrence plot subject of debate over planning codes
By Carlos Tejada
Kansan staff writer
It's an empty 25-acre lot west of town now, but last night it became a symbol of the debate over the growth and overgrowth of the city of Lawrence.
The Lawrence City Commission was set to give final approval last night to rezoning the 25-acre plot for the building of a multiple-family complex when Nancy Shontz, member of the League of Women Voters' land-use committee, objected. She asked the commission to reject giving the lot north of Clinton Parkway and west of Wakarusa Drive conventional zoning because it would allow too little planning and too few regulations.
"Here we have a 25-acre project without any standards that apply to
this type of project," Shontz told the commission.
The commission disagreed and voted 5-0 to give the lot conventional zoning, which allows any type or size of residential building to be built. But commissioners had doubts of their own.
"I'm going to watch the site plan to see that it's comprehensive," said Jo Andersen, Lawrence mayor.
Shontz said the zoning allowed unregulated and unpredictable planning in two areas. The conventional zoning requires no standards for access and multi-family dwellings, and it requires no estimates on the need for storm-water drainage in the initial plans.
Such a lack of planning has contributed to uncontrolled growth and bad planning on Lawrence's west side, she said.
But Linda Finger, Lawrence planning director, disagreed. She said planning for storm-water removal before plans for the actual complex had been finalized was premature.
Brian Kubota, president of Land-plan Engineering Inc., one of the developers, also disagreed with Shontz' analysis. He said that the plans still would have to be approved by the planning commission and that the final blueprints still had to meet fire and safety codes.
She said a drainage plan would be more effective if done along with the final site plan.
After the meeting, Kubota also said such an attack was an attempt to dictate city growth. Conventional zoning allows for the building of a number of building types, from apartments to residential houses to whatever else the market demands. Kubota said zoning it strictly for a multi-family complex, as Shontz suggested, limited what could be built.
But the larger issue of uncontrolled development needs to be addressed, Anders said after the meeting.
"Development without adequate storm-drainage plants pops up all the time, and it has caused a lot of problems," she said.
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