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After spirited debates at several meetings last week, the American Association of Colleges voted to give a green light to an extensive program of scholarship aid as outlined in the report of President Truman's Commission on Higher Education. They added, though, that there must be no lowering of educational standards and no infringement on the independence of private institutions.
Officials of the Association believed that the program should begin by granting 100,000 scholarships and additional fellowships each year for a period of four years. The estimated cost of the plan would be $200,000,000 per year.
Opinion at Harvard has been split on federal scholarship aid. President Conant in his book, "Education in a Divided World," recommended giving higher education to men of merit with limited funds, while Seymour E. Harris, professor of Economics, has stated several times that the supply of college men will soon exceed the demand.
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