High unemployment imperils pell grant program funds

From March 16th, 2011 issue. Wow! Reading the Education Week magazine is a little depressing. There are so many cuts financially that are already occurring or are going to occur in the near future. First there isn't enough funding to keep teachers, they are closing schools left and right and now they want to take away Pell Grant funding for students who only want to better their quality of life. I know several people, including myself that would not or will not be able to achieve this with out the help of Pell Grants. What is this world coming to! It makes sense that with so many people out of work that more and more people are attending school. What else is there to do but educate yourself and hope that when the economy turns upwards again that there will be something better to turn to career wise.