The Pell Institiute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people. Claiborne Pell
   
   
 

spacer image

 
WELCOME Printer Friendly  
   
 
 

Home

 

Conferences/Seminars

 

Clearinghouses on Educational Opportunity

 

Links

 

Contacts

   
 
   
  Looking for info on the Federal Pell Grant Program?
   
 

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.

What is New?

Call for Papers: 25th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference!

The Pell Institute, The Sallie Mae Fund & BET Networks publish college scholarship guide for African American students (.pdf)

Read Press Release about Black College Dollars: Scholarships for African-American Students, 2007-2008 Directory (.pdf)

Save the Date: 25th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference, June 12th- 14th, 2008 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD

View presentations from the Research and Retention Strands at the 26th Annual COE Annual Conference held in September 2007

View presentations from the 24th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference

Read the press release about Demography is not Destiny (.pdf)

New Report: Demography is not Destiny: Increasing the Graduation Rates of Low-Income College Students at Large Public Universities (.pdf)

New Report: Straight from the Source: What Works for First-Generation College Students (.pdf)

Read the Press Release on Straight from the Source (.pdf)

Preliminary agenda, registration information for 24th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference June 21-23rd in Portland Oregon.

Pell Institute, Pathways to College receive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation for Education for “Effective Tools for Evaluating the Outcomes and Impact of Outreach Programs and Practice” project

Pell Institute, COE receive funding from USAFunds for Project on Institutional Tools for Low-Income Student Retention

View presentations from the Research Strand at the 25th Annual COE Annual Conference held in September

Dr. Tom Schuller addresses US competitiveness, standing in global postsecondary market at COE 25th Annual Conference (.ppt)

View presentations from the 23rd Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference

Read the Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education 2005 report

New report: The State of College Opportunity in Ohio 2005 (.pdf)

Read the Press Release (.pdf)

Adolfo Bermeo named Senior Scholar with Pell Institute (.doc)

( More..... )


Get Adobe Reader


 
Questions & Comments


Recent Publication


Black College Dollars
Scholarships for African-
American Students
2007-2008 Directory
(.pdf)



Demography Is Not
Destiny
(.pdf)



Straight From The Source
What Works For
First-Generation
College Students
(.pdf)

 
           
     


Sponsored by Council for Opportunity in Education