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LTC Pell Grants
November 02, 2011 | KTBS ABC Shreveport, LA

Pell Grants and Debt Deal
August 02, 2011 | WNAC FOX 64 Providence

Republican budget could affect students
April 27, 2011 | WFTS ABC 28 Tampa, FL

Pell Grants Wikipedia Information

The Pell Grant program is a type of post-secondary, educational federal grant program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. It is named after U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell and originally known as the the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program. Grants are awarded based on a "financial need" formula determined by the U.S. Congress using criteria submitted through the Free...

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Speaker Boehner’s Comments on Student Loans Issue Not Based in Fact, House Democratic Members Write
May 01, 2012
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2012 – House Democratic leaders on education and public health issues wrote Speaker John Boehner today, challenging statements he made over...

David Elliot: The Class of 2012′s Choice
April 30, 2012
April 30, 2012 - Millions of college graduates will soon walk across the stage to accept their diplomas. Given the harsh reality of today's economy, here's the...

EDITORIAL: ASI candidate endorsements 2012
April 17, 2012
The State Hornet Editorial Board bases its candidate endorsements off of in-person interviews with each candidate. The contributing factors in the decision to...

Dan Smith: Ryan Budget a Windfall for Special Interests, Devastating to Public Priorities
March 21, 2012
March 20, 2012 - Statement of U.S. PIRG Tax and Budget Associate Dan Smith on the FY 2013 budget proposed by Chairman Paul Ryan of the House Budget Committee...

Robert Reich | The Republican’s Social-Darwinist Budget Plan
March 21, 2012
March 20, 2012 - In announcing the Republicans' new budget and tax plan Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said "We are sharpening the contrast...

Working Class Wednesday: College on a budget
March 14, 2012
This is what my weekends look like nowI recently went back to Community College, after taking about 3 years off. My husband is also a college student. With 1...

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Calif. farm subsidies, rail at risk of federal cuts
August 01, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
WASHINGTON - There are about 866,000 Californians who are paying for college with federal Pell grants. This week, they should count themselves lucky. Read comments ...

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Charles Krauthammer: The divider in chief
May 05, 2012 | indystar.com
Tell them, as Obama repeatedly does, that Paul Ryan's budget would cut Pell Grants by $1,000 each, if his domestic cuts were evenly distributed. (They are not evenly...

Mamas, do not let your babies grow up to be'' Julia''
May 04, 2012 | michellemalkin.com
Instead of thrift-minded families who save for their own kids' higher educations (or who opt for non-college alternatives) and who encourage those kids to work in private-sector summer jobs, Obama praises his'' opportunity tax credit'' and Pell Grants ...

Iowa View: Cutting funding is no solution for education
May 04, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
At the federal level his support for work-study jobs, tuition tax breaks to deal with higher costs, doubling Pell Grants to cover an additional 3.7 million students, creation...

< b> Colleges fight fraud with more coursework
May 01, 2012 | indystar.com
According to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the rate of improper payments of Pell Grants is down, from 3.12 percent in 2010 to 2.7 percent in...

For- profit colleges need close scrutiny from Congress
April 23, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act would ensure Pell Grants, GI Bill funds and other public money is not used for activities that serve no educational...

Average student debt at Iowa's public universities dips
April 20, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Sources of need-based funding like federal Pell Grants has not kept pace with demand, and Iowa Grant Program dollars were cut in half last year, the report said. The report...

Pell Grants on twitter

	If he 35 & still in college he too lazy to find a job & rather live off financial aid & pell grants so #HeAintShit Twitter: @PureRoyaltyKing
	Student loans debt at 1 trillion dollars. And they're cutting back on pell grants. And tuition and books keep going up. Twitter: @Nikkigucci
	So professional students and college kids with no hs diplomas are gettin pell grants cut. Twitter: @DntSmoke_REGGIE
	Congress pulls plug on Pell Grants; thousands of students affected - San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/d8tpx1Gi Twitter: @feliciagopaul
	Congress Pulls Plug on Pell Grants; Thousands of Students Affected: http://t.co/v0EGGqRY (via @HispanicBizMag) #college #highered Twitter: @ColorinColorado
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