By Mark Dunn July 7, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (Photo by Dan Renzetti) The American Talent Initiative (ATI), a national alliance of leading colleges and universities, has recognized Yale as one of its most successful members for rapidly increasing the enrollment of undergraduate students eligible for Pell Grants, a federal need-based program for low-income students. Created in December 2016, ATI aims to attract, enroll, and graduate an additional 50,000 lower-income students at the colleges and universities that consistently graduate at least 70% of their students in six years. ATI recently recognized Yale for achieving the fourth-highest Pell growth rate among all 130 ATI members. Between the 2015–16 and 2019–20 academic years, the percentage of Yale students eligible for Pell Grants increased from 13% to 18%, a growth rate of 55%. During that same period, the 130 ATI colleges and universities collectively saw a 3.5% growth rate in Pell enrollments.