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Romeo Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the relationship between federal Pell Grant status, campus diversity statistics, and their influence on graduation rates within higher education. This study focuses on higher education institutions in the state of Texas and adopts a quantitative design that utilizes a regression analysis to…
Descriptors: Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion, Grants
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Case, Karl E. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1990
In response to Fischer (HE 527 626), the author considers his proposal to simplify and unify the need analysis used in the Pell grant program and other federal need-based student aid to be useful and well designed, avoiding some common political considerations as it improves procedures and increases equity. The alternative cost-saving aspects of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Equal Education, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A new law lowered the 1992 earnings cap that made it difficult for college students to qualify for Pell Grants, the largest federal source of need-based student financial aid. The measure also raises the Pell Grant maximum award, increases the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget, and makes other changes in the law. Details of l998 budget…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Eligibility, Enrollment Influences, Federal Aid
DeLoughry, Thomas J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Insufficient funding for college work-study programs, increased student loan defaults, unanticipated deficits in the federal Pell Grant program, and the climate of recession are creating serious problems for student financial aid. Some fear enrollments will be affected and federal programs will be further reduced. (MSE)
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Educational Economics, Enrollment Influences, Federal Programs
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Jackson, Charmaine – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2003
For several decades, education has assumed a vital role in this country's economic, social, and political development, catapulting less advantaged citizens into higher social classes and the political process. A testament to education's fundamental importance in our society are the numerous programs designed during the 1960s to eliminate the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Financial Aid Applicants, College Applicants, Federal Government