Portalpicks

How to easily find and apply for US grants Summary: This is a advertisement for a website that provides grants, and tips on how to recieve them. Topic: Pell grants Category: institutional (business), multimedia What is it: video Publication info.: portalpicks, April, 2008 Author: portalpicks.com Location: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2340611 Accessed: 2/24/09 Support: Bob Silber: previous customer Solomon [...]

Photo slideshow reflections

I really think that this photo assignment was my weakest assignment yet.  I am normally a very shy person, especially around new people.  The main thing that went wrong with this assignment is that I did not choose the right  person as my subject.  I chose my neighbor, because we were already good friends and [...]

Department of education budget

U.S.  Department of Education Budget Summary: President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on February 17th.  This bill will bring $98,238,000 in funding to the Department of Education, $15,640,000 of that money going towards raising Pell Grant award. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Institutional (Government) What is it: spreadsheet Public info: US Department of [...]

Pell grant increase will help thousands of students

Experts: Pell grant hike will be big Summary: The newly passed stimulus plan will increase the maximum pell grant award to $5,350 this year, and to $5,500 next year.  Financial aid officers are still in the dark on how much money will be distributed, but the retention rate will increase because more students will be [...]

Allocation of funds

Summary of final stimulus package Summary: Political expert John Aravosis gives a summary of how the money in the newly passed stimulus bill will be spent. Topic: Pell grants Category: citizen (expert) What is it? Blog post Publication info: americablog.com, 2/12/09 Author: Aravosis, John Location: http://www.americablog.com/2009/02/summary-of-final-stimulus-package.html Accessed: 2/19/09 Support: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...]

What the stimulus means to you?

Will the stimulus package help you? Summary: This is a blog post examining the newly passed stimulus bill and how it will affect you. Topic: Pell grants Category: Citizen (commentator) What is it? Blog post Publication: Count Us Out, 2/21/09 Author: none given Location: http://countusout.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/will-the-stimulus-package-help-you/ Accessed: 2/21/09 Support: Economic stimulus plan Summary: The economic stimulus [...]

Pell Grant tips

The pell.com Summary: This website gives you information, tips, and resources on how to apply for a pell grant. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Institutional (non-profit) What is it: website Publication Info: thepell.com Author: none given Location: http://www.thepell.com/ Support: Givemescholarships.com Fastweb.com Student aid on the web FAFSA on the web Federal Stafford loans Summary: There is [...]

In class interview

Should question: Should the Obama administration implement a strong policy of openness and transparency. Reasoning: He thinks that transparency and openness is essential to a government.  Also thinks that the government should use technology better and more efficiently. Sources: 1. Sunshine Week survey: Says that 90% of Americans believe that the government is secretive, and [...]

Free tuition college

Applications Surge at Cooper Union, New York Times, 2/8/09 Summary: Cooper Union, a college in New York that prides itself on being tuition free, is seeing more applicants than usual due to the current economic times. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Mainstream journalistic What is it? Newspaper article Publication Info: New York Times, 2/8/09 Author: Foderaro, [...]

Increase in pell grant award

Stimulus Plan Includes Billions for Colleges and Students Summary: The newly approved stimulus bill will increase the maximum award given to pell grant recipients from $4,731 to $5,350.  That is the biggest increase in US history. Topic: Pell grants Category: Mainstream journalistic What is it? Article Publication info: Ap, 2/8/09 Author: None given Location: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/08/stimulus-plan-includes-billions-colleges-students/ [...]