Government aid to eliminate financial barriers in higher education was urged by Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics, in a report he presented to the American Council on Education Saturday.
The Council's meeting in Chicago adopted Harris' program calling for federal grants-in-aid ranging from $200 to $1,000 a year for students who have both need and ability.
Harris also proposed examining the possibility of charging students who can afford to pay it the entire expense of their education. His report observed that tuition fees today rarely cover all a university's costs.
Needy Students
More money would be available to aid needy men, Harris said, if the full-cost tuition idea were accepted.
At its Chicago meeting the Council also condemned the racial quota system for college admissions as not "compatible with democratic principles."
The group suggested a program by the colleges themselves to eliminate discrimination, together with legislative action, wherever necessary, to outlaw racial or religious bias.
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