Sentence Outline

Sentence Outlines A sentence outline is developed in the same way as a topic outline, but the ideas are more fully stated. Each heading is expressed as a complete sentence, usually, but not always, consisting of just one main clause: Thesis: Though many students from middle-income families must struggle to meet college costs, low-income students suffer even more because of the ways in which colleges and federal agencies distribute aid, advertise it, analyze students' needs, and "package" the aid provided. I. College
1. With funding for grants "disproportionately lower" than funding for loans, fear of heavy debt makes low-income students unwilling to borrow. 2. The half-cost rule hurts low-income students more than it helps middle-income students. 3. Besides cutbacks in federal aid to education, cutbacks and restrictions in other federal programs also penalize low-income students. B. Colleges are generally neglecting low-income students. 1. Better-off students are squeezing out low-income students even at public and community colleges. 2. Competing for students from middle-income families, some colleges are granting aid to students who don't truly need it. 3. The gap between the cost of college and the value of aid--including aid from the college