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PDF pending restorationMortenson, Thomas G. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1988
Research on changes in the design of the federal Pell Grant Program between 1973-74 and 1988-89 is reported, with focus on changes in the formulas used to calculate the Student Aid Index and the payment schedule, especially with reference to actual direct and indirect college attendance costs. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Family Income, Federal Programs, Grants
Download full textLechuga, Vicente M. – 2000
This paper provides a basic understanding of the Pell Grant program and summarizes the evidence regarding its effectiveness. The Basic Educational Opportunities Program, known as the Pell Grant program, began in 1973 as a means of providing disadvantaged students access to a postsecondary education. The Pell Grant program has tried to keep up with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Futures (of Society), Grants
