currently there is a proposed $500 increase to the Pell grant award as part of the stimulus package. It is sensible that we should let our legislators know that while the increase is beneficial, the one time increase will not help Pell grant recipients any better unless the increase is permanent. Now its time to contact your legislator and talk about the Pell Grant.
Thanks
Matt
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Pell Grant Articles
I did some research and found some links to articles and other sources that will help you better understand the Pell grant program.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2008/2/22/do-top-colleges-enroll-enough-pell-grant-students.html
And I highly suggest you read this article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/education/18grant.html?partner=rssnyt
Thanks
Matt
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2008/2/22/do-top-colleges-enroll-enough-pell-grant-students.html
And I highly suggest you read this article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/education/18grant.html?partner=rssnyt
Thanks
Matt
Monday, September 8, 2008
New School Year
So far, it has been quite on the higher education side of legislation. Mostly because it is an election year, and a majority of Congress is their home states campaigning. This is a good time for you to get out the student vote on your campuses.
Right now at UVU we have started our voter registration drive. Our student council is in competition to see who can get the most.
Last year we spearheaded an initiative to bring early voting machines on our campus to help get out the student vote. After working with local officials, we were able to negotiate a deal to bring the voting machines on campus.
As student leaders we look forward to the increase in voter turnout among our highly unengaged demographic. We look forward to providing our representatives with substantial reason to hear our concerns.
One final thought, when the number of students that voted exceeds the margin of victory in any election, it shows our representatives that without our vote they can't get into office.
Thanks
Matt
Right now at UVU we have started our voter registration drive. Our student council is in competition to see who can get the most.
Last year we spearheaded an initiative to bring early voting machines on our campus to help get out the student vote. After working with local officials, we were able to negotiate a deal to bring the voting machines on campus.
As student leaders we look forward to the increase in voter turnout among our highly unengaged demographic. We look forward to providing our representatives with substantial reason to hear our concerns.
One final thought, when the number of students that voted exceeds the margin of victory in any election, it shows our representatives that without our vote they can't get into office.
Thanks
Matt
Monday, July 14, 2008
To ASACC board members and Community College Students
First, I want to tell everyone thanks for visiting our blog. We hope to inform you in a balanced manner of the issues that students across the country are facing. It is our hope that after reading this blog you will act. We want you to be active in your own communities, to speak up to your local, state, and national representatives about the needs of students in your area and also that of students everywhere.
Second, I want everyone to realize what kind of an effect that students can have in our nation. Students represent a confident majority. Where interest groups are concerned, there is no doubt our numbers are vast, and have the potential to be highly influential. The NRA is considered as one of the most powerful lobbies in our nation. Yet in proportion, its numbers are extremely overshadowed by the vast student population across our country. Imagine, if you will, that we as a demographic decided to join together and rally behind one cause. We could sweep a primary. We could swing an election. We have enourmous potential.
Our difficulty lies mainly in two areas. First, mobility. Our demographic is a unique group. Our dynamics vary from ages between 18 yrs to mid 40's. We consist of all races, Varied ethnicity, and span the social class system by income alone. In the past, to mobilize such a group was near to impossible, but now with advances in the internet we can communicate more clearly with one another than was previously available. Our message can travel distances that are unheard of with a single click.
Our second difficulty lies in the message. Obviously, our opinions are across the board. It would be near impossible for each of us to come to a consensus on any given issue. The one issue we all have in common, education, would produce countless opinions. Whether we are left or right though, at the end of the class period, we are all students. Our purpose with this blog is not to pit ourselves against one another but rather to find the common uniting ground. Opinions do and will contiously differ. We can still discuss the issues amongst ourselves and with our legislators. which is what ASACC does.
ASACC is the American Student Association of Community Colleges. We are the students with fresh dreams. We are the students that work AND go to school AND perhaps even have families to support. We are tradesmen and tradeswomen. We are the workforce. We are consumers and producers. We are the future. Lets put our common interests together and see if we can do some good for hard working students everywhere. Lets put our issues on the top of the pile, and send a message to our representatives that we are in it for the long haul, and we need their support.
Please vist the blog again and again. We will post relevant news and sources to empower and inform students across the country on the current issues in Higher Education. We look forward to hearing from you.
Matt
Second, I want everyone to realize what kind of an effect that students can have in our nation. Students represent a confident majority. Where interest groups are concerned, there is no doubt our numbers are vast, and have the potential to be highly influential. The NRA is considered as one of the most powerful lobbies in our nation. Yet in proportion, its numbers are extremely overshadowed by the vast student population across our country. Imagine, if you will, that we as a demographic decided to join together and rally behind one cause. We could sweep a primary. We could swing an election. We have enourmous potential.
Our difficulty lies mainly in two areas. First, mobility. Our demographic is a unique group. Our dynamics vary from ages between 18 yrs to mid 40's. We consist of all races, Varied ethnicity, and span the social class system by income alone. In the past, to mobilize such a group was near to impossible, but now with advances in the internet we can communicate more clearly with one another than was previously available. Our message can travel distances that are unheard of with a single click.
Our second difficulty lies in the message. Obviously, our opinions are across the board. It would be near impossible for each of us to come to a consensus on any given issue. The one issue we all have in common, education, would produce countless opinions. Whether we are left or right though, at the end of the class period, we are all students. Our purpose with this blog is not to pit ourselves against one another but rather to find the common uniting ground. Opinions do and will contiously differ. We can still discuss the issues amongst ourselves and with our legislators. which is what ASACC does.
ASACC is the American Student Association of Community Colleges. We are the students with fresh dreams. We are the students that work AND go to school AND perhaps even have families to support. We are tradesmen and tradeswomen. We are the workforce. We are consumers and producers. We are the future. Lets put our common interests together and see if we can do some good for hard working students everywhere. Lets put our issues on the top of the pile, and send a message to our representatives that we are in it for the long haul, and we need their support.
Please vist the blog again and again. We will post relevant news and sources to empower and inform students across the country on the current issues in Higher Education. We look forward to hearing from you.
Matt
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