By Mark Dunn
July 7, 2021
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The American Talent Initiative (ATI), a national alliance of leading colleges and universities, has recognized Yale as one of its most successful members for rapidly increasing the enrollment of undergraduate students eligible for Pell Grants, a federal need-based program for low-income students.
Created in December 2016, ATI aims to attract, enroll, and graduate an additional 50,000 lower-income students at the colleges and universities that consistently graduate at least 70% of their students in six years.
ATI recently recognized Yale for achieving the fourth-highest Pell growth rate among all 130 ATI members. Between the 2015–16 and 2019–20 academic years, the percentage of Yale students eligible for Pell Grants increased from 13% to 18%, a growth rate of 55%. During that same period, the 130 ATI colleges and univ
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