Posts Tagged ‘Pell Grant’
DC Shuttle: Maximum Pell Grant Increased; Education Dept. Updates Lists of College Costs
by The New England Council
June 18, 2012
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted along party lines to approve FY2013 authorization for Labor-HHS-Education programs, including $68.5 billion for the Department of Education. This includes an $85 increase in the maximum Pell Grant award level, from $5,550 to $5,635, beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Funding for most other student financial aid programs ...
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The DC Shuttle: Higher Education News from Washington
by The New England Council
April 18, 2011
On Thursday, the House and Senate both passed a fiscal year 2011 budget compromise (H.R. 1473) which would make almost $40 billion in cuts to federal spending. The bill is much more restrained in its cuts to education programs than was the House Republicans’ spending legislation (H.R. 1) which passed the House in February. The ...
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Saving Pell Grants in an Era of Cost-Cutting
by Karen Gross
May 9, 2011
In the context of the recent efforts to arrive at a federal budget, articles abound in the popular media and trade publications debating both the value of Pell Grants and their rising cost to the U.S. government.
Both pros and cons of the debate hold value. Pell Grants are what enable many of our low-income families ...
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