News reports this morning suggest that summer Pell Grants will be eliminated under President Obama’s budget deal with congressional Republicans, but that the Pell program would be otherwise untouched.
The elimination of summer Pell comes as no surprise, as Obama floated the cut in his own budget proposal two months ago. But as course offerings are being scaled back at campuses across the country, ending aid for summer classes will make it even more difficult for low-income students to complete their degree requirements in a reasonable time.
Republicans had sought to cut the maximum Pell Grant award, which now stands at $5,550, by fifteen percent.
studentactivism.net 
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April 12, 2011 at 10:57 am
Amy
Obama is a fraud. Whoever runs against him is who I am supporting. “Yes We Can” was meaningless horsesh*t to him. I feel like a fool for believing in him. Now it is obvious that he said whatever he needed to say to get elected.
April 13, 2011 at 2:00 am
Sheri
Thank God President Obama was able to negotiate to stop the republicans from cutting the Pell grants by fifteen percent! He is doing the best that he can with so many fighting him in congress. The rich want to eliminate the middle class. If the wealthy keep the financially weaker people uneducated and unable to achieve financial success, they can keep their peasant class subservient.