January 30, 2004

Bush Proposes More Money for 2-Year Colleges and Bigger Pell Grants for Some Students

By JAMILAH EVELYN and JEFFREY BRAINARD

In his State of the Union message last week, President Bush proposed more federal support for community colleges to provide job training, and bigger Pell Grants for some secondary-school students who take difficult college-preparatory courses.

Although the president spoke about higher-education issues for only a few moments during the 54-minute speech, which focused on national security, taxes, and health care, his comments on community colleges generated some of the loudest applause