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The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education conducts
and disseminates research and policy analysis to encourage policymakers,
educators, and the public to improve educational opportunities and outcomes
for low-income, first-generation, and disabled college students.
The Pell Institute is the first research institute to specifically address
the issues impacting educational opportunity for this growing population.
To examine these issues, the Pell Institute conducts independent research
in three areas: access, success, and innovation.
The Pell Institute is named for Senator Claiborne Pell (RI-D), who served
in the U.S. Senate from 1961 to 1997. Senator Pell was the principal sponsor
of the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, the student aid program
that helps low-income students go to college. In 1980, the program was
renamed the Pell Grant Program to honor the Senator's efforts. To read
more about Senator Pell, please click
here. To read the Pell Institute's statement on Senator Pell's passing and legacy, please click here.
The goals of the Pell Institute include:
- to serve as an information resource to policymakers and practitioners
through the presentation of high-quality, rigorous research and policy
analysis that is user-friendly and accessible;
- to facilitate dialogue about access for low-income, first-generation,
and disabled students to higher education; and
- to work in partnerships at national, regional, state, and institutional
levels to maximize the impact of the Pell Institute and to increase
its relevancy to improving access to higher education.
Pell Institute staff include:
- Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, Vice President of Research & Director
- Abby Miller, Research & Project Manager
- Dr. Andrew Nichols, Senior Research Analyst
Pell Senior Scholars include:
- Dr. Adolfo Bermeo
- Thomas Mortenson
- Dr. Lana Muraskin
- Congressman Louis Stokes
- Dr. Vincent Tinto
The following individuals are members of the Pell Institute’s Advisory
Board:
- Dr. Sonya Anderson, First Five Years Fund
- Dr. Estela Bensimon, University of Southern California
- Dr. Karen Boran, Chicago Public Schools
- Betsy Brand, American Youth Policy Forum
- Dr. Alberto Cabrera, University of Maryland
- Dr. Heather Eggins, Staffordshire University (UK)
- David Evans, Educational Policy Consultant
- Dr. Shaun Harper, University of Pennsylvania
- Dr. Donald Heller, Pennsylvania State University
- Scott Miller, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
- Dr. Waldo Johnson, University of Chicago
- Barmak Nassirian, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
- Dr. Raymund Paredes, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Dr. Thomas Wolanin, Institute for Higher Education Policy
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