Let's not just talk about Black students, Pell grants are received by all poor college students. In the eleven public institutions in Illinois, only three institutions graduate more than 70% of their White students in six years. And only three graduate more than 50% of their Black students in six years. Why six years? the data are reported by NCES as the measure of an institution's graduation rate. Do the folks in the Education Department talk to each other when they are making decisions. If it takes most students six years to graduate, why change the policy of one agency in contradiction to the other. Politicians, not educators make these decisions. Politicians' decisions are based on the polls for the next election. Educators are silent because they are busy trying to educate students while living within the rules that politicians promulgate. A recent tweet indicated that President Obama should change some of his stands on education or teachers will stay home. Let's not stay home, let's stop being silent as individual educators. The unions can't do it all!