{"id":51156,"date":"2020-02-21T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=51156"},"modified":"2020-02-21T12:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:24:48","slug":"federal-pell-grants-help-pay-for-college-but-are-they-enough-to-help-students-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/federal-pell-grants-help-pay-for-college-but-are-they-enough-to-help-students-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Pell Grants help pay for college \u2013 but are they enough to help students finish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51157\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pell-Grant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pell-Grant.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pell-Grant-250x165.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pell Grants are one way the federal government helps people pay for college.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 to 2021 school year, eligible students can receive up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/understand-aid\/types\/grants\/pell\">US$6,345<\/a>\u00a0through the program, depending on where they go to school, how many classes they take and how much money their family makes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this assistance, students who receive Pell Grants are less likely than other students to graduate from a four-year institution within six years:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/brown-center-chalkboard\/2017\/10\/25\/a-look-at-pell-grant-recipients-graduation-rates\/\">51%<\/a>\u00a0versus 59% for students who first enrolled in 2010. Six years is the timespan the federal government uses to measure graduation rates.<\/p>\n<p>One reason for this disparity is that Pell Grant recipients\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=76\">tend to go<\/a>\u00a0to less selective colleges and universities.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d18\/tables\/dt18_326.10.asp\">Graduation rates are lower for these institutions<\/a>\u00a0than for more selective institutions.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, at four-year colleges with open admissions \u2013 that is, an institution where just about anyone who applies gets in \u2013 only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d18\/tables\/dt18_326.10.asp\">31%<\/a>\u00a0of students who first enrolled full-time in 2011 graduated within six years. At selective schools, which admit only a quarter of their applicants,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/digest\/d18\/tables\/dt18_326.10.asp\">87%<\/a>\u00a0did.<\/p>\n<p>We are scholars who study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MpiZLOEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">why students attend different colleges<\/a>\u00a0and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ecTgyEUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">issues of fairness in higher education<\/a>. One of our recent studies finds that institutions that enroll high numbers of Pell grant recipients also have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1521025119892934\">other characteristics<\/a>\u00a0that are linked with lower graduation rates, such as having fewer students live on campus and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1521025119892934\">spending less per student on instruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our findings have implications for policymakers, taxpayers, college leaders and Pell Grant students themselves.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>College choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.collegeboard.org\/trends\/student-aid\/figures-tables\/pell-grants-recipients-maximum-pell-and-average-pell\">About a third<\/a>\u00a0of the nation\u2019s approximately\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.collegeboard.org\/trends\/student-aid\/figures-tables\/pell-grants-recipients-maximum-pell-and-average-pell\">22 million<\/a>\u00a0college students received these grants in 2018. The federal government spent about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.collegeboard.org\/trends\/student-aid\/figures-tables\/pell-grants-recipients-maximum-pell-and-average-pell\">$28 billion<\/a>\u00a0on Pell Grants in that school year.<\/p>\n<p>More than half,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.collegeboard.org\/pdf\/2019-trendsinsa-figs22a-22b.pdf\">58%<\/a>, of Pell Grant recipients who are financially dependent on their parents had family incomes below $30,000 in 2015-16.<\/p>\n<p>But not all Pell Grant recipients are young or live with their parents. About half (53%) take care of themselves and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.collegeboard.org\/pdf\/2019-trendsinsa-figs22a-22b.pdf\">42% were age 24 or older<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More degrees<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Congress\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihep.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/docs\/pubs\/pell_final_website_may_2015.pdf\">first created<\/a>\u00a0what is now known as the Federal Pell Grant program in 1972. A primary goal was to address financial barriers to college enrollment for students from low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the availability of the federal Pell Grant, college enrollment rates\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=42\">continue to be lower<\/a>\u00a0for students from lower-income families.<\/p>\n<p>And, simply enrolling in college isn\u2019t enough to lift these students out of poverty. They need to graduate.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cew.georgetown.edu\/cew-reports\/3pathways\/\">Georgetown University\u2019s Center on Education and the Workforce<\/a>\u00a0has found that increasingly, \u201cgood jobs\u201d \u2013 defined as a job \u201cthat pays at least $35,000 for workers 25 to 44 and at least $45,000 for workers 45 to 64\u201d \u2013 require at least a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Structural barriers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In a report we produced with The Pell Institute, a research and policy analysis organization that focuses on low-income, first-generation and disabled students, we found that, at community colleges,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=76\">55%<\/a>\u00a0of first-year, full-time students got federal grants, including Pell Grants, in 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p>The percentage was even higher at for-profit colleges \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=76\">68%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, at the nation\u2019s most academically selective colleges, only\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=76\">16%<\/a>\u00a0of first-time, full-time students received federal grants.<\/p>\n<p>One reason Pell Grant recipients\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=76\">more commonly attend<\/a>\u00a0open-enrollment and less selective colleges is that students from low-income families more often attend K-12 schools with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchforaction.org\/educational-opportunity\/\">fewer academically demanding courses<\/a>. Lack of academic preparation reduces their chances of getting into a competitive college. And it contributes to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecs.org\/developmental-education-an-introduction-for-policymakers\/\">need to take developmental or remedial education courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ThePellPartnership_EdTrust_20152.pdf\">2015 report published by The Education Trust<\/a>\u00a0shows that graduation rates are higher for Pell recipients at more academically selective institutions. At institutions enrolling students with the highest SAT scores, graduation rates were 74% for Pell recipients and 79% for non-Pell recipients. At institutions enrolling students with the lowest SAT scores,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ThePellPartnership_EdTrust_20152.pdf\">graduation rates averaged<\/a>\u00a037% for Pell recipients and 42% for non-Pell recipients.<\/p>\n<p>Lower-income students who attend the most selective schools also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3007490##\">fare as well as their affluent peers<\/a>\u00a0in terms of how much money they make after college, according to Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research and policy analysis group.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Supporting low-income students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Much attention has focused on increasing enrollment of Pell recipients in the nation\u2019s most selective institutions. While important, we believe these efforts are not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Much more must be done to improve graduation rates at the open-access and less selective colleges in which many more of the nation\u2019s Pell recipients enroll. In fall 2015, just\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/downloads\/publications-Indicators_of_Higher_Education_Equity_in_the_US_2019_Historical_Trend_Report.pdf#page=18\">8% of all undergraduates<\/a>\u00a0were attending the nation\u2019s most and highly selective colleges and universities. By comparison, 37% of all undergraduates were enrolled in community colleges and other two-year colleges.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Laura Perna is Professor of Higher Education and Jeremy Wright-Kim is a PhD Student, Higher Education both at the University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pell Grants are one way the federal government helps people pay for college. 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