APLU In The News
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The Oregonian
Awarding grants to college students on verge of dropping out helps boost graduation rates: Report
Oregon’s seven public universities want more state money to help undergraduate students who are on the verge of graduation but face money woes stay in school. Higher education leaders are asking for $15 million from the Legislature during February’s short session to help students who otherwise might drop out stay in school and finish their…
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Diverse Education
‘Completion Grants’ Best Way to Assist Students Lacking Cash
When students are short on funds for tuition but otherwise on track to graduate, colleges and universities should provide “completion grants” to help make sure the students finish school instead of dropping out. That is the major thrust behind a new report released Monday and meant to highlight the best ways to identify and assist…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
‘Completion Grants’ Are Just One Part of the Student-Success
Even modest financial hardships can often derail students who are nearing graduation. That’s why some colleges give small awards known as completion grants to low-income students who are well on their way to earning a degree. A just-in-time grant of even a few hundred dollars can keep many recipients from dropping out, according to a…
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Inside Higher Ed
Small Grants, Big Impact
A small amount of financial aid, even $300, can go a long way toward helping a student graduate. Emergency aid or microgrants from colleges can be used to cover a last tuition bill or even to help pay for a financial emergency, like fixing a car or visiting a sick relative. Microgrants aren’t new. But…
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The Washington Post
When students face financial hardships, these colleges step up
A new report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities encourages schools to use predictive analytics to identify at-risk students and continue to track their progress after they’ve received grants. The suggestions are a part of guidelines for schools interested in using small grants to improve retention and completion. The report highlights several schools…
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The Hechinger Report
Colleges offer microgrants to help low-income students pay bills that can derail them
During the summer between his sophomore and junior years at Georgia State University, life finally appeared to give Tyler Mulvenna a break. Since his mother got laid off, Mulvenna was working up to 70 hours a week to help cover the mortgage and utilities, as well as transportation, food and textbooks — all while inching…
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Inside Higher Ed
A Higher Ed Wish List, DOA
“Election-year politics should not foreclose progress in the year ahead,” Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, said in a statement on President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal. Ambitious proposals to pour money into seeking a cure for cancer and the like “should not be immediately dismissed simply because there will be…
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Huffington Post
Obama Wants To Permanently Link Pell Grants To Inflation
“Year-round Pell grants help students graduate faster, with less debt, and join the workforce sooner — all of which contributes to student success and a healthy economy,” said APLU President Peter McPherson in a statement Tuesday. “Combined with full funding of the Pell grant program and indexing future increases to the rate of inflation, the…
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