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The Campaign to Double Pell August 17, 2021

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NEWS COVERAGE

• Free Community College Expected To Be Cut From Spending Bill, Associated Press (October 22, 2021)
• White House Drops Free Community College from Its Spending Bill, NPR.org, Washington, DC, (October 21, 2021)
• Why Biden’s Plan for Free Community College Likely Will Be Cut From Budget Package, The Wall Street Journal (October 20, 2021)
• Build Back Better Dumps Billions on NH Community Colleges That Graduate Few Students, NHJournal.com (October 4, 2021)
• N.J.’s College Presidents Urge Congress to Double Maximum Pell Grant Award, ROI-NJ.com, (September 23, 2021)
• Biden Could Slash Student Debt in Half for the Average Borrower if Congress Doubles the Pell Grant, Report Finds, BusinessInsider.com (September 14, 2021)
• Report: Doubling Pell Would Cut Future Loan Debt in Half, Inside Higher Ed (September 13, 2021)
• Pumping Up Pell to Curb Student Debt, Politico.com (September 13, 2021)
• New York Six Presidents Support Increased Pell Grant Funding, New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, (August 20, 2021)
• Building a Campaign to Double Pell, Inside Higher Ed.com (August 5, 2021)
• Two Dozen Organizations Launch #DoublePell Campaign, Inside Higher Ed.com (July 13, 2021)
• Doubling Pell Has Broad Support, but Is It Attainable?, Inside Higher Ed.com (June 25, 2021)
• Democrats Introduce Legislation to Double Pell Grant, Inside Higher Ed.com (June 17, 2021)
• Democrats Propose to Double Pell Grant Over Five Years, Diverse.com (June 16, 2021)
• NAICU President's Statement on the Pell Grant Preservation & Expansion Act of 2021, NAICU.edu (June 16, 2021)
• A Big Plan, but Will Biden Get the Votes? Inside Higher Ed.com (April 29, 2021)
• Biden Directs Education Funding to Community Colleges, a Key Lifeline, The New York Times (April 28, 2021)

PRESIDENTIAL OPINIONS

• An Increase in Pell Grants Must Be Part of Any Final Budget Deal, MinnPost.com, MN (October 15, 2021)
• Pell Grants Make College Attainable for Millions of Americans, Including Here in Tacoma, News Tribune, Tacoma, WA (October 13, 2021)
• Doubling Pell Grants Will Increase Opportunities for All Students, The Canton Repository, Canton, OH (October 8, 2021)
• An Assignment for the Federal Government: Tackle Student Debt and Expand Educational Opportunity by Doubling Pell Grants, Gotham Gazette, New York (October 1, 2021)
• Substantial Boost to Pell Grants Would Help Students and the Economy Across the Board, Kansas City Star (September 27, 2021)
• Make College Affordable and Accessible by Doubling the Pell Grant, Portland Business Journal (September 24, 2021)
• The Case for Doubling Pell Grants, Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, MA (September 17, 2021)
• Pell Grants Have Leveled the College Playing Field for Low-Income Students — Let's Expand Them The Hill (September 14, 2021)
• The Necessity of Doubling Pell Grant Awards, Fordham University (September 7, 2021)
• Double Pell Grant to Boost Access, Achievement, The Times-Tribune, PA (September 7, 2021)
• Doubling Pell Grant Max Is a Wise Investment for the Future, Washington Business Journal (August 27, 2021)
• Jesuit Colleges Are Committed to Serving Low-Income Students. If Joe Biden Doubled the Pell Grant, We Could Serve More, AmericaMagazine.org (July 28, 2021)
• Make College a Reality. Double Federal Pell Grants, Star-Ledger, NJ (July 13, 2021)
• Double the Pell Grant to Make College to All, Syracuse.com (July 7, 2021)
• Doubling Pell Grants Would Be a Modern GI Bill to Boost the Economy - Presidential Opinion, The Hill.com (June 25, 2021)
• Why Doubling the Pell Grant is Good Public Policy, Real Clear Education.com (June 25, 2021)
• Make College Affordable by Doubling the Pell Grant, The Tennessean.com (May 13, 2021

COMMENTARY/EDITORIALS

• Community College Is Already Affordable, Forbes.com (October 13, 2021)
• Pell Grant Students Are Doing All They Can. They Deserve Our Support, EdSource.org (September 20, 2021)
• Democrats Should Seize This Chance to Reshape the Safety Net. But Not All They Propose Makes Sense. - Editorial, The Washington Post (August 29, 2021)
• Republicans are Wrong; Doubling the Pell Grant Is Good Policy, Inside Higher Ed (August 16, 2021)
• A New Higher Ed Coalition Forms to Push for Doubling of Pell Grants, Forbes.com (July 13, 2021)
• Biden’s Wrong. He Should Help More Kids Get into 4-year, Not 2-year Colleges., Washington Post (July 11, 2021)
• You Want Free Community College — Do It with a Pell Grant Expansion, The Hill.com (April 2, 2021)
• Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free, Manhattan Institute (March 9, 2020)
• Doubling the Pell Grant to Promote Access to Opportunity, Higher Ed, Diverse Issues in Higher Education (December 15, 2020)

 

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