The Huffington Post – John B. King Jr. & Shaun Donovan
“Today’s good-paying jobs increasingly require a high-quality post-secondary degree or credential…Today, only 60 percent of those enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs complete their education. Even for those who do complete, at least one-third take longer than expected to graduate, forcing them to bear additional costs and leave school with higher debt burdens…We need more students completing college on a faster track, which will lower their costs of college and likely reduce their student debt. The President, through proposals to be released in his forthcoming budget, is pushing to support more students reaching this goal by proposing $2 billion in additional Pell Grants next year for students working towards their degrees…3 million students next year could benefit..”(more)