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Lois Ann Dickson Fitt Rice (February 28, 1933 – January 4, 2017) was an American corporate executive, scholar, and education policy expert. Known as the ‘‘mother of the Pell Grant” because of her work lobbying for its creation, she was national vice president of the College Board from 1973 until 1981.
18. Jan. 2017 · Lois Dickson Rice, a janitor’s daughter who became a trailblazing corporate executive and helped persuade Congress to provide federal subsidies, known as Pell grants, to tens of millions of...
20. Sept. 2022 · Without Lois Dickson Rice, the Pell Grant “would not have come into existence.” That’s how Clay Pell IV, whose grandfather sponsored the creation of the grants, described Rice’s role in the...
Lois Ann Dickson Fitt Rice (February 28, 1933 – January 4, 2017) was an accomplished American corporate executive, scholar, and education policy expert. Throughout her life, she made significant contributions to the field of education and fought for greater access to higher education for all students. Rice’s groundbreaking work as a ...
19. Sept. 2022 · While accepting the NAICU’s Advocacy Award for her mother in February, Susan Rice said that neither Lois Rice nor Pell, who died in 2009, knew that their contributions would have a lengthy legacy. “They didn’t necessarily set out to transform the landscape of higher education,” she said.
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11. Jan. 2017 · (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Lois Dickson Rice, a corporate executive and education policy expert who earned the moniker “mother of the Pell Grant” for her role in shaping the federal financial...
7. Sept. 2022 · In fact, for the past 50 years, over 80 million people have used Pell Grants to pay for higher education. And they exist, in large part, because of one Black woman who often goes unmentioned. The ...
