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...concepts as “Spring Break” and “Summer Vacation,” we forget that, once we graduate, the seasons will be things we glimpse in passing through our neighbor’s cubicle window. Of course, when we are thrust into the pell-mell melee that is the corporate world, that internship we had at a reputable firm with an ampersand in its title will look nice on our resume. But is this the best use of our time?To some extent, we have convinced ourselves that it is. In his book Bobos...
...most important change that this bill would enact would be to raise the maximum number of Pell Grants, the federal grant for students from low-income families, raising the grants $750 above their present ceiling. It is the specificity of this bill that tries to help students avoid private loans that is essential to its overall merit. To persuade students that have turned to the costlier private loans because they are able to borrow more money, Kennedy’s bill also raises the amount a student may borrow in a federal loan for a financially dependent undergraduate...
While President Bush’s $3.1 trillion-budget increases funding for higher education with an eye toward financial aid, the proposal freezes funding for the areas of scientific research that matter most to Harvard. “This proposed increase in Pell Grant funding is welcome news,” said Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations. “But I think the budget overall for higher education is a mixed bag.” Casey cited the zero-increase in funding for the National Institute of Health...
...staff member with Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat—many of the draft bill’s provisions are aimed primarily at state and public institutions. However, Day said that the financial aid elements are of particular relevance to Harvard students, since many rely on Pell grants for tuition...
Unlike the President, we find many reasons to support the bill. Federal funding for higher education has been lackluster for years, as evidenced by the fact that the maximum Pell Grant was stagnant from 2002 until the beginning of 2007. This bill presents an opportunity to build on previous increases in order to create a more robust program that better reflects the costs faced by low-income students at state universities...