Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG), and Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship (CFHS)

As its original name, the Basic Educational Opportunity Program (BEOG), implies, the Pell Grant Program serves as the foundation of a needy student's financial aid package. Pell Grant is unaffected by other aid, and is "portable" in that once a student is determined to be eligible, the grant is available at any Title IV-participating school. BEOG was renamed in honor of Sen. Claiborne Pell, who was instrumental in establishing this program.

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New! 2022-23 FSA Handbook, Vol. 3, July 2022 PDF
2021-22 FSA Handbook, Vol. 3, March 2022 PDF
Academically Eligible and Ineligible Pell Grant Community College Students: A Qualitative Investigation Web URL

Source: Community College Review

College Affordability Web URL

Source: National College Attainment Network

Federal Pell Grant Eligibility and Receipt: Explaining Nonreceipt and Changes to EFC Using National and Institutional Data Web URL

Source: Journal of Student Financial Aid

Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: Primer PDF

Source: Congressional Research Service

Higher Ed Affordability Continues to Decline for Pell Recipients – Federal, State Lawmakers Must Act Web URL

Source: National College Attainment Network

How Middle-Income Families Benefit When the Maximum Pell Award Is Increased Web URL

Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Implementing Pell: Challenges and Successes of Implementing the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative PDF

Source: Journal of Correctional Education

Legislative Changes to Federal Methodology and the Pell Grant Program, 2006–2021 PDF

Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

NCAN Conducts First Comprehensive Review of Impact of Verification on Pell Grant Awards Web URL

Source: National College Attainment Network

New Insights Into Attainment for Low-Income Students PDF

Source: Center for American Progress

Pell Grants — a Key Tool for Expanding College Access and Economic Opportunity — Need Strengthening, Not Cuts PDF

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Pell Grant Mission Creep: How a Federal Program for Low-Income Families Expanded to the Middle Class PDF

Source: American Enterprise Institute

Prisoners’ Eligibility for Pell Grants: Issues for Congress PDF

Source: Congressional Research Service

The 20% Solution: Selective Colleges Can Afford to Admit More Pell Grant Recipients PDF

Source: Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce

The Effects of Expanding Pell Grant Eligibility for Short Occupational Training Programs: Results from the Experimental Sites Initiative. Study Highlights. NCEE 2021-001 PDF

Source: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance

The Impact of Pell Grant Eligibility on Community College Students' Financial Aid Packages, Labor Supply, and Academic Outcomes

Source: Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, AERA

The Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States: 2021 Historical Trend Report PDF

Source: The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education of the Council for Opportunity in Education

The Pell Divide: How Four-Year Institutions are Failing to Graduate Low- and Moderate-Income Students PDF

Source: Third Way

Trends in Pell Grant Receipt and the Characteristics of Pell Grant Recipients: Selected Years, 2003–04 to 2015–16 Web URL

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Trends in Ratio of Pell Grant to Total Price of Attendance and Federal Loan Receipt Web URL

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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