claim: "in 1976, the first year that pell grants were fully funded, a full pell grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. today, a full pell grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.
author: sheldon whitehouse
evidence_1: jul 29, 2011 ... in 1976, the first year that pell grants were fully funded, a full pell grant paid 72  percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. today, a full  pell grant covers just 34 percent of those costs. still, this vital assistance can  often mean the difference between being able to attend college or ...
evidence_2: "in 1976, the first year that pell grants were fully funded, a full pell grant paid 72  percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. today, a full  pell grant covers just 34 percent of those costs. — politifact rhode island on ...
evidence_3: aug 23, 2017 ... overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 ... the  average state spent $1,448, or 16 percent, less per student in 2017 than in 2008.  ... over the last 20 years, the price of attending a four-year public ..... of pell grant  funding altogether, reducing the maximum award for the 2018 ...
evidence_4: in financial aid was distributed to undergraduate and graduate students ... thirty- four percent went to public four-year college students. (42% of ... two-thirds of the  dollar increase in average tuition and fees at public four-year ... the percentage  of tuition and fees ... college covered by the maximum pell grant increased from.
evidence_5: sep 29, 2014 ... for fy2015, the total maximum pell grant was funded at $5,775. ... in the same  year, over half of pell grant recipients attended public schools, and ... funding  provided for the pell grant program is exempt from sequestration, ... percentage  of tuition, fees, room, and board covered by the total maximum ...