T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
April 21, 2011
Volume 92, No.
108
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY J.
C.
DERRICK
The Shorthorn senior staff
Significant changes will come
to the federal Pell Grant program if a...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
April 21, 2011
Volume 92, No.
108
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY J.
C.
DERRICK
The Shorthorn senior staff
Significant changes will come
to the federal Pell Grant program if a group of financial aid
experts has its way.
The seven-person panel sent
a letter last week to the College
Board containing several recommendations, including one that
would require students to take
15 hours to be considered fulltime instead of 12.
Sandy Baum, a faculty member at George Washington University, led the group’s efforts to
fend off undesirable “quick fixes”
to the program designed for lowincome students.
“We think our approaches
would be much better for students than cutting the max [Pell
Grant award] across the board,”
Baum said via email.
UTA distributed $322.
8 million in financial aid this academic year, including $43 million in
Pell Grants.
University spokeswoman
Kristin Sullivan said the program is a big part of f
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