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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not number of Pell grants. It is the graduation rate for Pell grant recipients. Which seems fair. [/quote]

Actually, it's both.  Look it up.[/quote]

[b]As posted above, it not both. It is the graduation rate of Pell grant recipients in both an absolute value, and relative to non recipients.[/b] [/quote]

It is absolutely NOT that simple.  As was posted above, "[s]cores for the new social mobility indicators were then adjusted by the proportion of the entering class that was awarded Pell Grants because achieving a higher low-income student graduation rate is more challenging with a larger proportion of low-income students."

Looking beyond the UC schools, Grinnell is a good example of a school that clearly benefited from the change.  It has a high percentage of Pell grant recipients compared to most elite SLACs, and they graduate at the same rate as non-Pell recipients.  The school jumped from #18 to #11.   [/quote]

Perhaps UVA and W&M will now start rejecting even more students from NOVA because their income is too high to qualify for Pell . . . [/quote]

That's an interesting thought. This change could benefit students who are from lower-cost-of-living areas. [/quote]

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