The Chronicle of Higher Education

President Bush Would Pay for Pell Grant Proposals by Making Student-Loan Program More 'Efficient'

By STEPHEN BURD

Washington

President Bush announced on Friday that he will seek to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $500, to $4,550, over the next five years, as well as to eliminate a $4.3-billion shortfall that has plagued the program for the past several years.

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