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Redoing Pell

Inside Higher Ed - Opinion Piece

January 24, 2012

There is little evidence that the large investments over time in the Pell Grant program have moved us much closer to meeting national goals such as narrowing gaps in the participation, completion and attainment rates of rich and poor students and those from different ethnic and racial groups. One way to react is to make further modifications in the current program structure in the hope that such changes will lead to greater effectiveness. But a better way to proceed, in my view, is to start from scratch, including a reaffirmation or an adjustment in principles for modern times and then designing a program that meets those principles.

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