Introducing the 2022 Pell Access and Completion Series
June 2022
New series highlights baseline statistics on access to the federal Pell Grant program and completion rates for U.S. higher education institutions by three sectors— community colleges, public and non-profit universities, and for-profit colleges.
New Data Show Recent Graduates Who Received Pell Grants Left School with $6 Billion More in Debt than Their Peers
December 21, 2020
OPINION: The dire need for significant federal investment in U.S. colleges and their students
August 6, 2020
Slow and Steady…Appropriate Safeguards Are Needed for Any Extension of Pell Grants to Short-Term Programs
July 22, 2019
An Income Cap to Restrict Pell Grant Eligibility Would Punish Students with True Financial Need
October 19, 2017
The House Budget Committee’s Plan to Slash Federal Student Financial Aid: A Tweetable Summary
August 8, 2017
What the House Republican Plan to Cut Pell Grants by $78.5 Billion Means for Students
July 18, 2017
What the House Republican proposal to cut $77 billion in mandatory Pell Grant funding means for students
March 16, 2017
Impact of House Budget Committee’s Proposal to Cut the Maximum Pell Grant and Freeze it for 10 Years (Chart)
March 16, 2016
Students at Shuttered Corinthian Campuses Need Congress to Restore their Pell Grant Eligibility
April 28, 2015
Impact of House and Senate Budget Proposals to Freeze the Maximum Pell Grant for 10 Years: Making College Even Less Affordable (Chart)
March 19, 2015
CBO Projects Almost No Annual Growth in Pell Grant Costs (2012-13 to 2023-24)
September 9, 2013