The Purpose of Including Education Grants and Pell Grants in the Stimulus Package.
Summary: This is an interview on Anderson Cooper 360 with three political analysts commenting on why pell grant funding is crucial.
Topic: Pell grants
Category: multimedia
What is it? video
Publication info: youtube, 2/9/09
Author: CNN
Location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASc6YWmtGQg
Accessed: 3/1/09
Support:
David Gergen: former presidential advisor
Candy Crowley: Senior political correspondent
Willie Brown: former mayor of San Francisco
Summary:
Willie Brown explained how an increase will not only help create more jobs in the future, it will also save teaching jobs currently in jeopardy. Gergen then comments on the White House’s role in lobbying for the House and Senate to pass this stimulus package a second time. The interview ends with Candy Crowley explaining that President Obama might have to turn to some Republicans for support, in order to pass this stimulus bill.
Audience and agenda:
This video was posted by a user that goes by the name gettingtothetruth2. There is a collection of 614 news video clips on various current events, from various news organizations. Gettingtothetruth2′s channel has had over 10,000 views, and has 197 subscribers.
Useful:
This video shows three experts giving their view on why pell grants need to be funded in the economic stimulus package. This is a good way to keep teachers from losing their jobs at the college level, especially at community colleges. With more students able to afford and attend colleges, more teachers will be needed to accomodate them. Increasing pell grant funding will help to create more jobs in the future also, with the increase in college graduates that could be seen.
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