Working seniors excluded from tuition-waiver programBy Diane Knich (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, September 5, 2008
Jane Ries went to the College of Charleston late last month planning to take advantage of a state program that waives tuition for people over 60 and enroll in a creative writing class. But when she got there, the real estate agent learned that the Legislature had changed the program this year to exclude people who are working full time. College officials told her she could take the class, Ries said. But it would cost about a $1,000. Ries, 64, is single and supports herself. And that's tough right now in the sluggish housing market, she said. "Most people like me who are working at my age are doing it because they have to," she said. Legislators' decision to exclude working people from the tuition-waiver program is "not really logical," she said. Read more in Saturday's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by gococks1985 on September 5, 2008 at 4:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That is a crock of crap there. I think they should not exclude someone because they have to work.