DeVos saves money by sending back 10 mil worth of Grant Apps

[martybegan]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

I am so mad, fu=ck this rich unqualified hag, who gave the republican party 2 million dollars and was put in to destroy America's education system ... Wow...and below is what she did to make it harder for students to pay back their high student loans..
Opinion: Trump’s Ed. Secretary DeVos Made It Harder To Repay Student Loans

It was a bedwetters dream, IMO. They did it because students cant make payments on time.
How much should people bend the rules for people who are too stupid or lazy to do it right?

Back when I went to college it was affordable, you could work at a restaurant and pay it off while going to school.

Unless these kids get a scholarship or have rich parents forget it. Getting a BA isn't to expensive if you go to a junior college..but when you transfer over to a university to finish the classes to be able to apply for a good job...it is out of control expensive.
DeVampier will make sure to screw up the Jr. Colleges too.

You do realize that the availability of federal grants and loans is what has caused the massive spike in University Costs, right?

 

[TNHarley]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

I am so mad, fu=ck this rich unqualified hag, who gave the republican party 2 million dollars and was put in to destroy America's education system ... Wow...and below is what she did to make it harder for students to pay back their high student loans..
Opinion: Trump’s Ed. Secretary DeVos Made It Harder To Repay Student Loans

It was a bedwetters dream, IMO. They did it because students cant make payments on time.
How much should people bend the rules for people who are too stupid or lazy to do it right?

Back when I went to college it was affordable, you could work at a restaurant and pay it off while going to school.

Unless these kids get a scholarship or have rich parents forget it. Getting a BA isn't to expensive if you go to a junior college..but when you transfer over to a university to finish the classes to be able to apply for a good job...it is out of control expensive.
DeVampier will make sure to screw up the Jr. Colleges too.

So, since education is expensive, the kids should just be able to do whatever in the hell they want? Nice precedent to set for our youth!

 

[TNHarley]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

I am so mad, fu=ck this rich unqualified hag, who gave the republican party 2 million dollars and was put in to destroy America's education system ... Wow...and below is what she did to make it harder for students to pay back their high student loans..
Opinion: Trump’s Ed. Secretary DeVos Made It Harder To Repay Student Loans

It was a bedwetters dream, IMO. They did it because students cant make payments on time.
How much should people bend the rules for people who are too stupid or lazy to do it right?

BTW I believe she stated she was going to work on another program. One that isn't wasteful and incentive for young adults to fail at life.

I bet the program that the billionaire clueless woman is working on will benefit the christian schools Harley...mark my word.

You think she will limit it to Christian colleges only?

 

[Eaglewings]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

I am so mad, fu=ck this rich unqualified hag, who gave the republican party 2 million dollars and was put in to destroy America's education system ... Wow...and below is what she did to make it harder for students to pay back their high student loans..
Opinion: Trump’s Ed. Secretary DeVos Made It Harder To Repay Student Loans

It was a bedwetters dream, IMO. They did it because students cant make payments on time.
How much should people bend the rules for people who are too stupid or lazy to do it right?

BTW I believe she stated she was going to work on another program. One that isn't wasteful and incentive for young adults to fail at life.

I bet the program that the billionaire clueless woman is working on will benefit the christian schools Harley...mark my word.

You think she will limit it to Christian colleges only?

Yep.....I can almost guarantee it will happen. Harley..That is why the Tea Party was so excited to see her get in.. Mike Pence is loved by the Tea Party too..
4. DeVos has said she wants to “advance God’s kingdom” through education.

“Our desire is to … confront the culture in which we all live today in ways which will continue to advance God’s kingdom, not to stay in our own safe territories,” Betsy DeVos said.

Van Engen suggested this is less about “theocracy” and more about a “service-oriented vision of vocation.” As Dick DeVos immediately added in the interview, it would be easier only to work within Christian schools – those “safe territories.” But the couple are motivated by their worldview to be part of the world, not separate from it; to take a more systemic approach; to “drive better performance across all education,” he said.

 

[OldLady]

Well, maybe they should follow the rules.
I think we have fucked up our country enough with giving a kid a trophy for sucking.
I remember in high school, if we didn't do everything the teacher asked for reports, we would get bad grades. THE BLASPHAMY

It's true rules are rules, but some of these colleges have been submitting grant apps successfully for years. The UMPI application had a two page INSERT, a graphics box, basically, that they failed to change to double spacing. That was it. You should read the article.

Failed for double spacing..haaa... We all knew this was going to happen. This cabinet was put inplace by Mike Pence to basically F=ck American's ...I am so mad.

Both of my son's are in college and it is so expensive already. They want to make sure that the rich kids are the ones going to college and the peasants remain peasants..

Considering all the worthless degrees being issued, the "peasants" kids will probably end up making more $$ than the liberal elite's kids if they go into the skilled trades.

Plumbers and Electricians are in more demand that aboriginal basketweaving or trans-cis-queerish-toaster degree graduates.

Plumbers and Electricians also attend college; at least around here it is a two year degree from the community college.

What is so positive about the Upward Bound program is that it is tailored for high school students whose parents/family members never went to college. I have worked with very smart students who viewed college as something elitist and foreign that didn't apply to them, simply because no one in their family has ever gone. Some parents who didn't attend college have the negative attitudes of some of the posters here, and some just never even considered that for their kids. Upward Bound gives juniors a chance to see what college is actually about--they even stay in the dorms during the summer break for awhile and there is a lot of support around career exploration and applying to college/finding funding if they choose to do that. It's a worthwhile program that helps break the poverty cycle better than handouts. Republicans should be all for it.

And the excruciatingly minor formatting violations that nixed these applications make no sense. They should at least be given a small window of opportunity to resubmit. I am suspicious that so many applications by colleges that have been filling these out successfully for years are being rejected. 10 mil is a chunk of change, after all. In my opinion, it is not a good program to cut. It is too effective in helping kids out of the poverty/uneducated spiral.

The progressive lifestyle, a world without consequences. Then fire the person who fucked up. I am tired of people in power not being held accountable for their actions.

I am the first in my direct line to get a 4 year degree, my father got his education in the Navy, and my Mother had a 2 year nursing degree. I didn't need government to tell me to get my ass to college, my parents did. And I got a degree in something worthwhile, Chemical Engineer, not some obscure bullshit social sciences crap.

You're not paying attention, Marty. Your mom did go to college and it sounds like your Dad did too while in the Navy? Higher schooling, anyway. That is why your parents encouraged you to go. You would not have been eligible for Upward Bound.
Why do you jump to the conclusion that Upward Bound students are going to choose some "obscure bullshit social sciences crap" ? This isn't a program for liberals or about liberals. It's about kids who have never considered college as an option.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

I am so mad, fu=ck this rich unqualified hag, who gave the republican party 2 million dollars and was put in to destroy America's education system ... Wow...and below is what she did to make it harder for students to pay back their high student loans..
Opinion: Trump’s Ed. Secretary DeVos Made It Harder To Repay Student Loans

Devos is one of if not THE worst trump appointee. She's awful. I am equally frustrated.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

 

[Aries]

Well, maybe they should follow the rules.
I think we have fucked up our country enough with giving a kid a trophy for sucking.
I remember in high school, if we didn't do everything the teacher asked for reports, we would get bad grades. THE BLASPHAMY

It's true rules are rules, but some of these colleges have been submitting grant apps successfully for years. The UMPI application had a two page INSERT, a graphics box, basically, that they failed to change to double spacing. That was it. You should read the article.

Failed for double spacing..haaa... We all knew this was going to happen. This cabinet was put inplace by Mike Pence to basically F=ck American's ...I am so mad.

Both of my son's are in college and it is so expensive already. They want to make sure that the rich kids are the ones going to college and the peasants remain peasants..

It is all part of the GOP plan. Keep em dumb, keep em sick, Keep em poor.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

Well you are right, the less education available the more republicans there will be.

 

[OldLady]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

 

[TNHarley]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

By wanting students to shit right?
What kind of precedent do you want to set for our youth? Be as irresponsible as you want and the government will wipe your ass?

 

[martybegan]

It's true rules are rules, but some of these colleges have been submitting grant apps successfully for years. The UMPI application had a two page INSERT, a graphics box, basically, that they failed to change to double spacing. That was it. You should read the article.

Failed for double spacing..haaa... We all knew this was going to happen. This cabinet was put inplace by Mike Pence to basically F=ck American's ...I am so mad.

Both of my son's are in college and it is so expensive already. They want to make sure that the rich kids are the ones going to college and the peasants remain peasants..

Considering all the worthless degrees being issued, the "peasants" kids will probably end up making more $$ than the liberal elite's kids if they go into the skilled trades.

Plumbers and Electricians are in more demand that aboriginal basketweaving or trans-cis-queerish-toaster degree graduates.

Plumbers and Electricians also attend college; at least around here it is a two year degree from the community college.

What is so positive about the Upward Bound program is that it is tailored for high school students whose parents/family members never went to college. I have worked with very smart students who viewed college as something elitist and foreign that didn't apply to them, simply because no one in their family has ever gone. Some parents who didn't attend college have the negative attitudes of some of the posters here, and some just never even considered that for their kids. Upward Bound gives juniors a chance to see what college is actually about--they even stay in the dorms during the summer break for awhile and there is a lot of support around career exploration and applying to college/finding funding if they choose to do that. It's a worthwhile program that helps break the poverty cycle better than handouts. Republicans should be all for it.

And the excruciatingly minor formatting violations that nixed these applications make no sense. They should at least be given a small window of opportunity to resubmit. I am suspicious that so many applications by colleges that have been filling these out successfully for years are being rejected. 10 mil is a chunk of change, after all. In my opinion, it is not a good program to cut. It is too effective in helping kids out of the poverty/uneducated spiral.

The progressive lifestyle, a world without consequences. Then fire the person who fucked up. I am tired of people in power not being held accountable for their actions.

I am the first in my direct line to get a 4 year degree, my father got his education in the Navy, and my Mother had a 2 year nursing degree. I didn't need government to tell me to get my ass to college, my parents did. And I got a degree in something worthwhile, Chemical Engineer, not some obscure bullshit social sciences crap.

You're not paying attention, Marty. Your mom did go to college and it sounds like your Dad did too while in the Navy? Higher schooling, anyway. That is why your parents encouraged you to go. You would not have been eligible for Upward Bound.
Why do you jump to the conclusion that Upward Bound students are going to choose some "obscure bullshit social sciences crap" ? This isn't a program for liberals or about liberals. It's about kids who have never considered college as an option.

No College for dad, 6 years as an enlisted man.

I assume the social sciences crap because most of the issues we currently have with over-educated/under-employed people is due to schools allowing too many people to take the damn majors, and not trying to steer them to more post-graduation viable pursuits.

 

[martybegan]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

That was the paradigm for the past few decades, however we do not have the data for the past 20 years or so to prove that statement as true anymore.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

Again, if the organization cannot follow simple application instructions, they lack the comprehensive capability to teach anyone much more than how to collect a free check.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

By wanting students to shit right?
What kind of precedent do you want to set for our youth? Be as irresponsible as you want and the government will wipe your ass?

They are being nitpicky by denying grants that are responsible for helping thousands of kids, over spacing errors. What students are shitting? who needs help wiping? Usually you are more put together than such a response.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

Upward bound does amazing things in my city. It shows inner city kids who may likely fall victim to gang culture that there is a way out, and a better future.

 

[Aries]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

Again, if the organization cannot follow simple application instructions, they lack the comprehensive capability to teach anyone much more than how to collect a free check.

yea lets deny opportunities to thousands of impoverished families over spacing technicalities you cruel fuck.

 

[OldLady]

I guess this is how the Dept. of Ed plans on cutting back their budget--by willy-nilly rejecting grant applications for minor formatting problems without even reading them.

Nice job, DeVos. Is this part of the new, improved Trump plan to remove silly regulations that gum up government agencies?

For the want of double spacing in a small section of a 65-page grant application, 109 low-income high-school students will be cut off from a program at Wittenberg University that has been providing them with tutoring and counseling to prepare them for college. And they’re not alone. Over the past few weeks at least 40 colleges and organizations with similar Upward Bound programs have also had their grant applications summarily rejected by the U.S. Department of Education for running afoul of rules on mandatory double-spacing rules, use of the wrong font, or other minor technical glitches.
Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I

Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle was also affected; it is one of the best programs for promoting higher education that we have. This is ridiculous.

If they're too stupid to follow the application instructions, then they are also too stupid to get tax payer deficit money.

Dep. of Edu is being nitpicky. Damaging no one but the American citizens.

Nope. Just making America great again by lowering the feed intake of the liberal trough.

We know that post secondary education = higher salaries over a lifetime. Upward Bound is a poverty buster and DeVos has just cut 10 mil in funds that helps young people explore what can give them a more secure economic future than food stamps and heating assistance for the rest of their lives.
There is no sense to cutting this program with these creative excuses for rejecting applications.

That was the paradigm for the past few decades, however we do not have the data for the past 20 years or so to prove that statement as true anymore.

I don't know Marty--this article was by the Government in 2016. Seems to be current and still showing college education does significantly boost income over a lifetime.

 

[Darkwind]

The entire department should be done away with.