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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.

WHAT'S NEW?

NEW! Opportunity Matters study cited in recent Chronicle article: "Learning Community' Programs Can Help At-Risk Students, Study Concludes"

NEW! The Pell Institute announces the innaugural issue of Opportunity Matters: A Journal of Research Informing Educational Opportunity Practice & Programs, Vol. 1 2008

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)

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 span style="font-size: 8pt; color: RED">(.pdf)

Read the Press Release (.pdf)

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

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NEW! Opportunity Matters
A Journal of Research Informing Educational Opportunity Practice & Programs
Vol. 1 2008




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)

 
           
     


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