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Miller, Sheridan – New England Board of Higher Education, 2021
On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress lifted the 26-year ban on federal student aid--specifically, the Pell grant--for those who are incarcerated. The decision came after a long push for prison reforms that included calls for a greater emphasis on rehabilitation, reducing prison populations, and making prison sentences less harsh. New England has long been a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
Information on the General Accounting Office's (GAO) analysis of Pell Grant recipients during the 1986-87 school year is presented. Following an introductory letter, Appendix I looks at profile characteristics of Pell Grant recipients during that year. Findings show that: most were full time, first year, and independent; the majority had little or…
Descriptors: Awards, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
The development of a number of error-prone models to select Pell Grant recipients for validation is discussed. The 1983-1984 Pell Grant validation strategy consists of a two-stage approach: selection using Pre-Established Criteria (PEC) followed by selection using Error Prone Modeling (EPM). The database used for model development consists of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Dependents, Error Patterns