We have had a quarter century of tuition going up faster than family income. And we've had completely inadequate increases in the Pell grant. Many states and institutions are shifting from need-based aid to aid based on test scores. At the same time, college has become much more essential for achieving middle-class status in the U.S.
Quotes about pell (15 Quotes)
The Pell grant is already too low for most needy students who go to four-year colleges.
Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.
Frank didn't know until 2 p.m. yesterday that he was the winner, ... His winning ticket was sitting in an envelope at the bar, and even though they knew the winning ticket was bought at Pell Lake, nobody tried to look in the envelopes and see who had the winner.
I'm still a firm believer that if you have a quality kid and he wants to wrestle in college, you can get him in school and get help whether it's financial aid, Pell grants or college scholarships. It obviously helps if you're a good student, because you can get some other finances through academics as well.
Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.
I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.
Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.
Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.
While the college has accomplished many things academically during the past six years, there have been some problems related to administrations of federal Pell grants. The college needs the guidance of someone with considerable experience in this area, and the Board felt that Dr. Linker would be an asset to the college at this time.
Cardinal Pell accused schools with critical literacy programs of trying to turn students into agents of social change ... George Pell should not be afraid of students being agents of social change -- we should all be that, and one thing the syllabus should be teaching children is to be critical.
our neediest students, who would not have access to college without Pell Grants, should not be further punished after enduring a natural disaster.
The Pell Grant isn't even keeping up with inflation, let alone college costs.
The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.
The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite.