How to Secure and Strengthen Pell Grants to Increase College Access and Success
May 7, 2020
Fact sheet with key recommendations on how to secure and strengthen Pell Grants, the federal government’s most vital investment in higher education.
May 7, 2020
Fact sheet with key recommendations on how to secure and strengthen Pell Grants, the federal government’s most vital investment in higher education.
October 25, 2019
The College Affordability Act, introduced by House Education & Labor Committee Democrats, makes critical new investments in Pell Grants, funds a renewed federal-state partnership, makes student loans more affordable, protects students against low-quality colleges, and improves federal postsecondary data collection and reporting.
October 11, 2019
18 organizations urge Senate HELP Committee leadership to reject a piecemeal approach to higher education reform and instead pass a comprehensive Higher Education Act reauthorization that makes major strides in increasing college affordability, reduces the burden of student debt, and closes racial and economic equity gaps in college access and attainment.
October 8, 2019
63 organizations urge Senate appropriators to continue their support for the Pell Grant by keeping all Pell Grant funds in the Pell program.
July 22, 2019
We analyzed select state- and system-level data on short-term programs under consideration for expanded Pell Grant eligibility, finding a diverse landscape.
June 27, 2018
Sixty-eight organizations urge House and Senate appropriators to continue their support for the Pell Grant by keeping all Pell Grant funds in the Pell program and increasing the maximum grant by at least what would be provided were the automatic inflation adjustment still in place.