The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial: Undermining the Pell Grants

The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial: Undermining the Pell Grants:

Too many kids from poor families in the United States don't get a good education. College is a distant prospect for most.

"The Bush administration, however, has actually made this problem worse by cutting the federal Pell grant program, which was developed to encourage poor and working-class students to pursue higher education.

"The cut could cause as many as 1.2 million low-income students to have their grants reduced - and as many as 100,000 could lose their grants altogether. That inevitably means that students will either drop out or take longer to finish their degrees. "