Strengthening Cal Grants to Better Serve Today’s African-American Students
Cal Grants provide more than $1.6 billion in need-based grants to California college students. However, many low-income students are left out of the program, and the grant that the lowest income students receive – Cal Grant B – has stagnated.
This fact sheet details the extent to which African-American students are served by the Cal Grant program, and the ways in which the program can be improved to serve them better.
