Project Summary

One of Barack Obama’s campaign promises was to increase the maximum pell grant award to $5,400 over the next couple years.  The maximum amount that you can earn on a pell grant this year is $4,731, that would be an increase of almost 1,000 dollars.  This increase would cover almost 1/3 of the full cost [...]

Josh Clark Interview

Interview with Josh Clark Summary: I interviewed Josh Clark, a UO transfer student who receives the maximum Pell Grant award each term. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Citizen What is it: Interview Author: John Spring Date of the interview: 3/11/09 Usefulness: I interviewed a fellow student who recieves a Pell Grant as part of his financial [...]

Linda Brady

Linda Brady: Creator of Pathway Oregon Summary: This is a picture of Linda Brady, creator of the Pathway Oregon program. Topic: Pell grants Category: Image What is it: Photo Publication: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 6/12/08 Author: Gilliam, Stephen Location: http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2008/jun/images/lbradyweb.png Accessed: 3/9/09 Support: Article by Stephen Gilliam Summary: The article describes how Linda [...]

Bridge to Success

Bridge to Succcess Summary: Bridges to Success is a program that Oregon State University introduced this year to help financially needy students afford college. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Academic What is it? Web site Publication info: Oregon State University, 2008-2009 Author: None given Location: http://oregonstate.edu/financialaid/bridge-success Accessed: 3/6/09 Support: Video interview with OSU President Ed Ray. [...]

Pell Grant maximum rewards VS total cost of college

Federal Pell Grants: Maximum awards & total costs Summary: This graph shows the increase in the maximum award of pell grants in comparison to the rising costs of college from 1976 – 2008. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Image What is it? Graph Publication info: US Department of Education, 2008 Author: none given Location: http://www.nea.org/assets/img/content/09BB-Pell-Grant-Max-Award-vs-Total-Costs.gif Accessed: [...]

Carla Bowers interview

Making College More Accessible: an Interview with Carla Bowers, Pathway Oregon Coordinator. Summary: I got a chance to talk to Carla Bowers, coordinator of the Pathway  Oregon program.  Pathway Oregon is designed to make college more accessible for low income students, and make sure that Topic: Pell Grants Category:Citizen, expert/ academic What is it: interview [...]

Pathway Oregon

Pathway Oregon Summary: Starting this year incoming freshman at the University of Oregon have a chance to gain free tuition through a new program called Pathway Oregon. Topic: Pell grants Category: Multimedia/Academic What is it? Video Publication info: youtube, 6/18/2008 Author: Rebecca Purice Location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDtuyUqPiGY Accessed: 2/7/09 Support: Elizabeth Bickford: Director of Financial Aid Rebecca [...]

College of the Ozarks

The Value of Hire Education Summary: College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout is giving students free tuition in exchange for working on campus. Topic: Pell Grants Category: Multimedia What is it? Video Publication info: CBS, 7/28/09 Author: Bowers, Cynthia Location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJZVtpnDHRY Accessed: 3/8/09 Support: Amy Brown: student Levi Walker: student Jerry Davis: president Emily [...]

H.R. 4137

Rep. Young Amends H.R. 4137 To Create College Opportunity Summary: Representative Don Young from Alaska presented amended version of bill 4137 in order to creat college opportunities for kids who have lost family members in Iraq and Afghanistan. Topic: Pell grants Category: multimedia What is it? video Publication info: youtube, 2/7/08 Author: C Span Location: [...]

Claiborne Pell

Claiborne Pell Summary: Claiborne Pell was a former Rhode Island Senator, his greatest achievment was sponsoring the Pell grant in 1973. Topic: Pell grants Category: media What is it? image Publication: nndb.com Author: none given location: http://www.nndb.com/people/063/000052904/ Accessed: 2/26/09 Support: www.nndb.com Summary: This is the web site that provided the photo along with a small [...]