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Arne Duncan: “One of the big emphases today is our desperate fight to maintain access for poor students to Pell grants.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
One of the big emphases today is our desperate fight to maintain access for poor students to Pell grants.
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Arne Duncan

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Duncan stresses the need to preserve Pell grants for low-income students.

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