08-24-2022, 05:44 PM
(08-24-2022, 05:35 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I’m a little confused about the spell grant thing. Pell grants mean you got free money right? Why would they get double?
(08-24-2022, 05:39 PM)treee Wrote: Pell grant is a need based grant, so it is income limited. So it's another way that they're aiming this forgiveness at lower income people.
Indeed. The idea behind Pell Grants were that the neediest students would be able to attend school, essentially for free. The program has not been updated and funded to keep that up, but it is still the case that Pell eligible students are the ones most in need of tuition assistance.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
