abstract:

The Pell Grant is the foundational need-based student aid program in the United States, providing students of lower socio-economic status a pathway to afford college costs and educational expenses. Currently, over one-third of all U.S. undergraduate students receive Pell. This paper examines federal Pell assistance and institutional costs for students at the 38 publicly controlled regional Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which serve high average percentages of low-income students and students of color. By deploying the University of Alabama Education Policy Center's new Mission-Driven Classification System to enrollment, tuition and fees, and other costs metrics along with federal Pell and student loan data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a more direct apples-to-apples comparison of the 38 public regional HBCUs to the 182 public regional non-HBCU in the same 19 southern states, is revealed, as are comparisons to the universe of 461 public regional universities nationally. This paper finds that America's most financially disadvantaged students rely on Pell Grants to alleviate financial constraints at public regional HBCUs, where 55 percent of students are Pell recipients, a rate 24 percent higher than their non-HBCU counterparts. Moreover, the data underscore an opportunity for Congress to construct a meaningful federal role in higher education by providing stable and sustainable funding for the Pell Grant program.

摘要：

佩尔助学金是美国基于需求的基础学生资助计划，为社会经济地位较低的学生提供支付大学费用和教育费用的途径。目前，超过三分之一的美国本科生接受佩尔。本文研究了 38 所公共控制的地区历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 为学生提供的联邦佩尔援助和机构成本，这些学院为低收入家庭学生和有色人种学生的平均百分比很高。通过将阿拉巴马大学教育政策中心的新任务驱动分类系统部署到入学、学杂费和其他成本指标以及来自综合高等教育数据系统 (IPEDS) 的联邦佩尔和学生贷款数据，揭示了南部 19 个州的 38 所公共区域 HBCU 与 182 所公共区域非 HBCU 的更直接的同类比较，以及与全国 461 所公共区域大学的比较。本文发现，美国经济状况最差的学生依靠佩尔助学金来缓解公共区域 HBCU 的财务限制，其中 55% 的学生是佩尔助学金，比非 HBCU 的学生高出 24%。此外，数据强调国会有机会通过为佩尔助学金计划提供稳定和可持续的资金来在高等教育中发挥有意义的联邦作用。以及与全国 461 所公立地区大学的比较。本文发现，美国经济状况最差的学生依靠佩尔助学金来缓解公共区域 HBCU 的财务限制，其中 55% 的学生是佩尔助学金，比非 HBCU 的学生高出 24%。此外，数据强调国会有机会通过为佩尔助学金计划提供稳定和可持续的资金来在高等教育中发挥有意义的联邦作用。以及与全国 461 所公立地区大学的比较。本文发现，美国经济状况最差的学生依靠佩尔助学金来缓解公共区域 HBCU 的财务限制，其中 55% 的学生是佩尔助学金，比非 HBCU 的学生高出 24%。此外，数据强调国会有机会通过为佩尔助学金计划提供稳定和可持续的资金来在高等教育中发挥有意义的联邦作用。