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Pell Grants are getting their due in the 2020 campaign

  • Written by Donald E. Heller, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of San Francisco
A proposal to increase the Pell Grant award amount could help restore the grant's original purchasing power when it was created in 1972.AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

Just as it did in the 2016 election, college affordability has become a critical issue in the 2020 election.

One key difference, however, is unlike in the 2016 election, which was largely dev...

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