The reactions that President Obama’s budget request for the 2012 fiscal year elicited this week from the college lobbyists at One Dupont Circle were entirely predictable. They applauded the president’s desire to keep the maximum Pell Grant at $5,500, but made clear -- in the most polite way possible -- that they would not support the means by which the administration would achieve that goal.
“It is clear that the administration has put a lot of effort and care into producing a budget that strives to protect and preserve student financial aid,” Molly Corbett Broad, the president of the American Council, said in a written statement. “While the higher education community does not agree with all of the choices made, we support the overall objective of ensuring a viable array of student aid programs anchored by the indispensable Pell Grant program.”
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