Michelle Claussen is a junior at the University of Illinois Springfield. She relies on several forms of financial aid including MAP Grants to keep her in school.
When MAP grant funding was slashed she worried about how she'd pay for school, but now that the funding has been restored some believe the financial hardship has been handed over to the state.
"We're spending more than we're taking in on a regular basis," said UIS Political Science Professor Chris Mooney.
The story was featured in a WICS-TV 20 report on October 20, 2009 by reporter Heather Hubbs.
Watch the story online:
http://www.wics.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wics_vid_748.shtml
