As many of you jump back into work and school in the wake of Spring Break, we want you to know that we’ve been monitoring the happenings in Washington that affect student aid. Just before Congress departed for a mid-session break, both the House and the Senate considered budget resolution bills for FY 2014. A budget [...]
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April2nd
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March7th
If Congress doesn’t act to prevent a 6 percent cut to the student aid programs, more than 100,000 students could lose major portions of their financial aid, and millions more will see their aid reduced. Students have given again and again to help balance the budget. In fact in just the last few years, over [...]
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March7th
News on Sequestration
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March 1 has come and gone and Congress did nothing to stop the looming budget cuts. As a result, If students who get federal aid could lose hundreds of dollars a year. We calculate the cost could be as much as $876 a year in new fees, fewer work-study hours and reduced grants, and we are [...]
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January21st
It has been a while since you heard about us and our petition to Save Student Aid. Last year, your signature, along with those of more than 140,000 people like you, made sure that Capitol Hill got the message that students need support, not more cuts. We are now facing a historic moment and it’s [...]
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January15th
The opportunity to gain a college education helps advance the American ideals of progress and equality. The precedent for direct aid to students was set by the 1944 G.I. Bill, and expanded in the National Defense Education Act of 1958. The Higher Education Act of 1965, which formed the basis for the current federal student [...]
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July5th
The Pell Grants turn 40
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Providence Journal “This New England Blog” – Opinion Piece By Clay Pell July 3, 2012 When I was a boy, my grandfather would take me on runs. “Shuffles,” he called them – 1.1 miles from the house and back. People would often stop us to thank him for helping them go to college. By the [...]
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