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...proposed by President Carter. Sen. Clairborne Pell (D-R.I.) and Sen. Harrison Williams (D-N.J.) are leading the fight for a somewhat modified version of the bill in Congress. The bill as it stands now would increase the maximum award under the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program (BEOG) and would extend eligibility for those grants to the $15,000 to $25,000 income range for the first time...
Carter proposed an automatic $250-a-year grant for college students from families with an annual income of $16,000 to $25,000. Such grants, part of the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program, had previously been limited to students from families that earned under $16,000 a year. The increased aid, according to Administration estimates, would cost $700 million...
...BEOG's lack of funds is due to increased higher education enrollment and a tight economy, which have caused more students to apply for financial aid. The program has run a surplus in the past two years...
Funds to compensate for BEOG losses could come from scholarship funds unused when the financial aid books close in June, Anne D. Kleihauer, Harvard's senior financial aid officer said yesterday...
...loss of the BEOG funds would be nothing to laugh about, but I think we'll be all right," Kleihauer said. "We've had success in appealing for extra funds in the past," she said...