ASAHP joined nearly 1,200 organizations, including nearly 900 colleges and universities, in urging Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant. Doubling the maximum Pell Grant — and permanently indexing the grant to inflation to ensure its value doesn’t diminish over time — will boost college enrollment, improve graduation rates, and honor the history and value of these grants as the keystone federal investment in college affordability.
The letter to Congress may be accessed here. Talking point are available here.