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Direct linkMartinez, Ignacio; Turner, Sarah – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
The Pell grant program is the largest source of need-based federal financial aid available to low-income students, currently providing a maximum of $5500 in grants to undergraduate students. The program is a major investment of public money, and policymakers have a responsibility to ensure that the investment yields results. Because low-income…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedTebbs, Jeffrey; Turner, Sarah – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
The extent to which colleges and universities provide opportunities for students from the most economically disadvantaged families is an important indicator of the potential for U.S. higher education to promote intergenerational mobility. Yet the measurement of "opportunity" for low-income students at the level of individual colleges and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Colleges, Universities, Measurement Techniques
