Pell grants

President Obama announces system to adjust financial aid

President Obama announces a new college affordability and rating system. The system would rate colleges on factors including graduation rates and graduate earnings, favoring students who apply to high-performing colleges by giving them better rates on their student loans and more in their Pell Grants.

Budget cuts to impact University students financial aid, grants

Mariella Roque/ Staff Writer Now that the nationally discussed sequester is no longer an abstract idea, the parties affected have to deal with the fallout, including university students receiving financial aid. A series of federal spending cuts went into immediate effect on March 1, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama […]

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