Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 13. June 11 1979
Why Means-testing should
Why Means-testing should
1. | It is an invasion of the [ unclear: stud] parents privacy. |
2. | It assumes that students [ unclear: shcially] dependent on their [ unclear: pare] |
3. | It is ill equipped to cater [ unclear: fo] differing attitudes towards [ unclear: fin] porting their off-spring [ unclear: throug] pulsory study. |
4. | There is a great scope for for [ unclear: a] as parental unwillingness, [ unclear: arbit] [ unclear: pport] from relatives and [ unclear: friend] |
5. | There could easily be an an ween the ages of majority and dependence. |
6. | In Norway, Sweden and [ unclear: the] where it has been tried there [ unclear: h nite] move away from parental |
7. | The West German [ unclear: experien] that means testing may [ unclear: deter e] dents from applying This [ unclear: may] the low number of applicants [ unclear: f] tested Special Hardship [ unclear: Allows] Zealand. |
8. | Means-testing in Australia, [ unclear: a] Germany and the United [ unclear: king] under strong criticism [ unclear: especiall] dent organisations. |
9. | Implementing means [ unclear: testing] most certainly involve [ unclear: enquirie] [ unclear: nancial] situation of students. [ unclear: ure] would be expected to do this periences with the Hardship [ unclear: an] ship Allowances many [ unclear: universit] der such enquiries to be an [ unclear: unr] vasion of their students' privacy Because of the increased load [ unclear: universi-] would be very reluctant to take means [ unclear: ing] on especially considering they are [ unclear: d] pressed by work on the STB. |
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Alan Phillips