Should 'Elites' be Allowed to Continue Ignoring Pell Students?

THE Journal: Should elite schools — even the private ones — be required to enroll a minimum number of Pell Grant recipients? That's the question posed in a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

Pell grants are intended to help students with financial need attend college. The problem, according to "The 20% Solution: Selective Colleges Can Afford to Admit More Pell Grant Recipients," is that most recipients end up attending "open access" colleges, schools with low graduation rates compared to more selective institutions.

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