Staffing the System
Most students and officers agree that thepeople that run the funding system are moreimportant than the system itself.
Penn's system "needs people in order to workwell," Schorr says. "They need to give a prettybig time commitment and be committed to the rules,otherwise its organization could be ignored."
At Washington University, "there's always apotential for abuse," Steffen says, "but when goodpeople are in office the system works well."STUDENT GROUP FUNDING
Ivy League student governments provide varyinglevels of grant support.
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College FundingBrown $686,406Cornell $480,000U. Penn $474,900Columbia $460,000Harvard $126,500Yale $44,000Princeton $26,000
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