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  Educational Institutions were provided grants from the Northwest Ordinance
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  The Morrill Act provides grants of land to the states, which may be sold and the proceeds used to fund colleges that focus on agricultural and mechanical studies.
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  A second Morrill Act encourage the Office of Education to provide land grants regularly to Land0- Grant Colleges
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  The Morrill Act set aside funding for vocational programs
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  Servicemen's Readjustment Act- G.I. Bill- is bill used to provide free educational service to World War II veterans. However, some intsitutions were misusing the money for outrages things.
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  George Barden expands to Vocational Education Subsidies
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  Practical Nurse Training Act provides grants for state nurse training
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  A combination of laws help expand federal subsides across the board, from health professions, vocational education, and higher edcaution facilites
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  Higher Education Act is the foundation for today post-secondary education subsidies. Such as student loan, grant programs, college library aid, etc
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  Former President Jimmy Carter during his 1976 candidacy for president. Promise to create a Department of Education. That was the first time the National Education Association (NEA).
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  Student Loan Reform Act created federal direct lending for student loans as alternative subsidized private loans
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  Educate America Act to promote "National Education Goals" building proposed by Former President Bush
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  Taxpayer Relief Act creates numerous federal income tax credit for education. As of today, there are sixteen income tax breaks for education.
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  No Child Left Behind Act becomes a law instituted by Former President George W. Bush
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  Economic stimulus bill provides college students and government from local to state with a combination of $45 billion dollars of extra funding
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  The impact of government assistances for Higher Education, helps individuals enroll in institutions.
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  Practices such as the G.I. Bill influnced the government to provide aid from pell grants to students loans.
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  What is currently happening is that some higher education institutions are going towards a tuition-free institution, As of now, there is no policy being presented. In fact, the main focus is the financial aid debt that has accumulated over years.