Pell Grant Programme News Today

An expansion of the federal Pell Grant programme – the largest US scholarship programme that helps lower-income students attend college – has recently been proposed. This column shows that, besides the long-run benefits of making college more affordable, Pell Grants significantly raise local economic activity. Local income rises by 2.4% when Pell Grants increase by 1% of

Share LAST week, I commenced a discussion into one of the most controversial issues in the Nigerian education sector – the administration of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) which has been subject of arguments for the inclusion of private institutions in the scheme. I also highlighted the comments of the Executive Secretary of the Fund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro who condemned the idea of calling for the inclusion of private institutions on the grounds that the Funds was setup to ca...

LAST week, I commenced a discussion into one of the most controversial issues in the education sector – TETFund— a subject of arguments.