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New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College

New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College

Forbes New Higher Education Reform Bill Will Help Low-Income Americans Go To College  Ames Brown , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, will introduce a landmark proposal to overhaul the way the federal government funds and […]

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Senate Bill Includes Restoration of Pell for Defrauded Borrowers

Senate Bill Includes Restoration of Pell for Defrauded Borrowers

Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum September 11, 2017 A Senate appropriations package approved last week would restore Pell Grant eligibility for defrauded borrowers, among other boosts to financial aid and college readiness programs. The appropriations committee voted last week to approve the bill, which most notably boosted the maximum value of […]

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Alarmism abounds over phantom Pell Grant cuts

Alarmism abounds over phantom Pell Grant cuts

AEI Preston Cooper July 24, 2017 | Forbes Alarmism abounds over phantom Pell Grant cuts Economics of Education, Education, Higher Education House Republicans released a budget bill earlier this week aiming to rescind $3.3 billion from the surplus of the Pell Grant, a program which provides financial assistance to low- and moderate-income college students. A group […]

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The Assault on Colleges — and the American Dream

The Assault on Colleges — and the American Dream

The NY Times The Assault on Colleges — and the American Dream David Leonhardt MAY 25, 2017 Photo Some of the biggest declines in grants promoting economic diversity in public colleges have been in the University of California system. CreditEric Risberg/Associated Press The country’s most powerful engine of upward mobility […]

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