They're Too Poor to Apply

And they're too poor to pick up their front yards:

Even as the price of college rises, more low-income students who would likely get federal financial aid aren't even bothering to apply.

A new report by the American Council on Education estimates 1.5 million students who would probably have been awarded Pell Grants in did not apply for them. That's up from ACE's estimate in a previous survey of 850,000 who missed out on aid in 1999-2000.

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The article then goes on to discuss the reasons, but misses the most obvious: the folks are lazy.