College shouldn’t require mortgaging your future. No student should graduate with crushing debt. But the college affordability crisis is also an existential crisis for our institutions. When students lose financial aid, enrollment and tuition revenue decline, putting pressure on colleges to cut academic programs, faculty and staff positions, and student services—and, in severe cases, close or merge campuses.
Join students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members from across the country on Tuesday, September 1 at 7 PM EDT for a virtual Town Hall on the fight to protect and expand Pell Grants. We’ll talk about what’s at stake for students and institutions and build plans to demand that Congress fully fund Pell, double the maximum award, and make higher education affordable and accessible for everyone. Register for the town hall.
The Raise Hell For Pell campaign is about protecting the program now and winning a new affordable and accessible higher education system for the future. Join us to help open the doors of higher education for the next generation.
At this 60-minute session we’ll:
- Learn what’s at stake right now for Pell Grants and college affordability.
- Connect the fight for Pell to the broader attacks on higher education.
- Develop organizing plans for your campus and community.
- Join a national movement demanding that Congress fully fund Pell Grants, double the maximum award, and make college and other kinds of post-secondary education more affordable for everyone.
