During the 2004 Presidential Debates, President Bush said:
Got four more years, I’ve got more to do to continue to raise standards, to continue to reward teachers and school districts that are working, to emphasize math and science in the classrooms, to continue to expand Pell Grants to make sure that people have an opportunity to start their career with a college diploma.
CNN is reporting today that the Department of Education is announcing a change in the Pell Grants programs that would cut some 90,000 students from the rolls of recipients and affect more than 1 million others. In addition to those who will lose their grants completely, there are estimates that about 1.3 million students will see reductions in their grants from $100 to $300 per year. Yet, supposedly, even with this change, there will be more Pell Grant recipients and the federal government will spend more money on Pell than it did this year.
In this environment, I am even more glad that I completed my college education almost 20 years ago (BS, UCLA, 1982; MS, UCLA, 1985)!
