Federal Grants

It has been a banner week for students.

The week began with the surprising news that Democrats in the House and the Senate agreed to increase the maximum Pell Grant for low-income students by $260 to $4,310 as part of their clean up of the left over Fiscal Year 2007 budget. Higher Ed…

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Cleaning up leftover work from the 109th Congress, the new Democratic Majority unveiled their Fiscal Year 2007 spending plan today, and higher education was one of the few areas selected for a spending increase. It appears that the…

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Today, Democrats take their first step in achieving a major campaign promise: passing a bill in the House of Representatives to cut student loan interest rates in half.

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Colleges Offering a Wider Variety of Early Admissions Options

Most colleges are not following the lead of Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia in ending binding early admissions. According to a Wall Street Journal article,…

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Congress to Freeze Education Spending, Eliminate Academic Research Earmarks, and Halt Potential $100 Pell Increase

The incoming Chairmen of the Congressional Appropriations Committees announced that they will freeze federal education spending for Fiscal Year 2007 at last…

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Indiana University Will Cover Full Tuition for Pell Grant Recipients

Indiana University (IU) has announced a new merit-based aid program for needy students. IU will assume the remainder of tuition and fee costs not covered by the…

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It's time for another installment of our ongoing series of profiles of new Capitol Hill Chairmen. Today, we move to United States Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). Since the Senate has changed hands more frequently than the House,…

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Next up in our series of profiles of key players in the upcoming Congressional session is the man who as much as any other will determine Pell Grant funding, Representative David Obey (D-WI). Obey will be the new Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee…

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It's official: the Democrats have taken control of the Senate and are in command of Congress for the first time in 12 years. Get ready for more reshuffling on Capitol Hill-new Senate leadership means new committee control and new committee chairmanships.

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Results of the 2006 election mean big and good changes for college access and college affordability. Watch for student aid to be front and center as Congressional Democrats work to retain their new majority status.

The 2006 election is in…

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