Students who successfully apply to and enroll in college have access to information on the necessary steps to achieve this goal as well as the financial aid options to help pay for it. Profiles highlight efforts to streamline financial aid applications, increase awareness of access and financial opportunities such as scholarships and grants, and institutional efforts to contain costs.
September 21st, 2011
By Brian K. Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, BHEF
Increasing American competitiveness will require saving the Pell Grant program. A series of recession-driven forces have converged on lower-and middle-class American families, reducing families’ ability to pay for college at just the time we need more Americans earning college degrees. ...
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July 25th, 2011
By Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust
If our economy is going to thrive over the long term, we need to tend to the harvest. Protecting Pell Grant funding is one of the surest steps Congress and the White House can take to increase our yield. ...
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BHEF Publications
The Federal Pell Grant Program is a critical source of grant aid for many low-and moderate-income college students. Over the past decade, the federal government has expanded the program to serve more students, increasing the maximum level of each award to $5,550 and better ensuring college access and success. However, the House 2012 budget proposal calls for drastic cuts to the program, reducing the maximum grant by as much as 45 percent to $3,040. ...
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Program that Works
Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program provides high achieving, low-income, minority students with college scholarships. ...
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Program to Watch
A global approach designed to provide former foster care youth with the resources necessary for college success. ...
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Program that Works
The Meyerhoff Scholars Program is a global, systematic approach sponsored by UMBC to increase the ethnic diversity within STEM academic and career pathways. ...
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Program to Watch
A Syracuse, NY Program that provides college access mentorship to underserved and first-generation college bound students. ...
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Tool
This Web site includes a Toolkit, best practices, and a resource library which covers a variety of topics relating to college access. This Web site is also affiliated with the Pathways to College Network. ...
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Tool
This online tool helps students compute and plan for college costs. ...
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Program that Works
Posse provides scholarships, support, and college access information to underserved and overlooked students. ...
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