creator of Pell Grants, dead at the age of 90
By KrazyKlingon
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
United States
January 1, 2009 5:27pm CST
I'm sure that many Americans have attended college, & gotten grants to help cover tuition costs. If you applied when you were in college or a university, although I am not sure if they helped pay for other higher education schooling that was not really college, well, I guess I'm the bearer of bad news on the guy who started Pell Grants that was named in his honor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us/obit_pell
Has anyone here who managed to get a college enducation with Pell Grants to help with the high costs of college tuition? Has anyone with kids in college able to get aid? This is the guy who started it.
Has anyone ever filled up a favorite professor's office from floor to ceiling with a few hundred cubic feet of packaging peanuts?
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
1 Jan 09
I have indeed benefited from Pell grants in school. To my chagrin I have never given any thought to why this opportunity was offered or by whom. It just goes to show that we often go through life without considering how others are interacting with our lives.
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@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
2 Jan 09
At the time, I never gave it much thought, either. I was just thankful for being able to squeak by with the monies I had. I may not have had the money to go out & have fun, but that also meant that I also ended up studying more, & getting the grades required to be eligible to get grants the following semester.
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@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
3 May 09
I definitely benefited from a pell grant when I went to college. It helped pay for part of the tuition. I didn't know it was named after an actual person? I'm sure that grant has helped quite a few other people too.
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
4 May 09
I started my first two years at a community college, but because of the abnormally low tuition of state-run colleges & universities, I did not qualify. When I transferred to a four year private university, I did receive some aid.
However, being that I was only part-time when I was going for my junior & senior years, I needed to be at minimum, half-time - six credits minimum. I ended up stuck in situations where I was only able to take three credits towards my four year degree. I also was well aware a four-year degree also disqualifies. So I managed to also take some of my graduate courses, & when I was awarded my four-year degree, I already had credits towards my master's.
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@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
5 May 09
I don't recall qualifying for very much aid my first 2 years of college either. I also went to a 2-year school to begin with. When I went back to get my bachelor's our circumstances (3 kids and hubby in college too!) is what made me eligible for the pell grant. Sounds like you've had some interesting circumstances too.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
8 Jan 09
yup.i had a pell grant for college,he's from my state.
i think a couple of the trade schools up here may have accepted the pell too,i don't remember.it doesn't fund the whole thing,but it made a difference.
he was a nice ol' guy.
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I would not be surprised if they did, because occasionally, some of the courses taken at a trade school was transferable to colleges & universities for course credits.
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