1.   Clinton wants dramatic increases in college aid.

2.   A national service program, AmeriCorps, was created to allow participants to take public service jobs for minimal pay in return for college tuition aid.

3.   After his speech, Dole responded defensively to a question about why he had supported budgets that included cuts in college student aid.

4.   But college aid may be cut sharply under a proposal by Gov. George Pataki.

5.   Congress also considered cutting other benefits to legal immigrants, such as college financial aid, but did not act on those proposals.

6.   However, at a time when Congress is considering major cuts in college financial aid, the report recommends more assistance for needy students to keep them in school.

7.   In fact, the process can be more complicated than applying for college financial aid.

8.   In the Byzantine world of college financial aid, every college has its own method and rationale for dealing with outside awards.

9.   It may have been most vulnerable in its call for increased college financial aid and its notion of volunteerism as a cornerstone of literacy.

10.   It would give additional money to schools on the rebound academically and would make more college aid available to high-achieving students in failing schools.