October 19, 2001

Senate Committee Approves Increases for Pell Grants and the NIH

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted last week to provide the National Institutes of Health with a $3.4-billion boost in the 2002 fiscal year, a larger increase than that proposed by House of Representatives appropriators and President Bush. The Senate spending plan would also increase the maximum Pell Grant by $250, to $4,000.

Although the bill, over all, was good news for higher education, it would keep flat or reduce spending on other student-aid programs. The plan, for

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