{"podcast":{"title":"The Key with Inside Higher Ed","slug":"the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013","podcast_index_feed_id":1232013,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/insidehighered/feed.xml","website_url":"https://insidehighered.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8053533/key_minus_covida2edq.png","author":"insidehighered","episode_count":200,"summary":"Hear candid conversations with higher-ed newsmakers on how colleges and universities, with a special focus on equity and lower-income students.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 190: What to do About the Pell Grant Running out of Money with Kristin Hultquist","slug":"ep-190-what-to-do-about-the-pell-grant-running-out-of-money-with-kristin-hultquist","published_at":"2026-03-05T07:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013/ep-190-what-to-do-about-the-pell-grant-running-out-of-money-with-kristin-hultquist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013","url":"https://insidehighered.podbean.com/e/ep-190-what-to-do-about-the-pell-grant-running-out-of-money-with-kristin-hultquist/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dg4qn5nns3vk8kuk/the_key_0304267ip0u.mp3","summary":"Last month the Congressional Budget Office projected an $11.5 billion shortfall in Pell funding by fiscal year 2027. The program provides need-based federal financial aid for more than 30 percent of American college students. Part of the funding problem is that Congress made getting aid easier without appropriating more money to cover the increase in students gaining access. Finding a solution requires out of the box thinking that creates sustainable funding without limiting opportunity for first-generation students, according to this week’s guest, Kristin Hultquist, the founder and CEO of HCM strategies and an expert in higher education policy and strategy development. In this episode of The Key, Hultquist speaks with Inside Higher Ed’s editor in chief Sara Custer about what a long-term funding strategy for a modern Pell Grant program could look like. Thank you to our partners at the Gates Foundation for sponsoring this episode.","meta_description":"Last month the Congressional Budget Office projected an $11.5 billion shortfall in Pell funding by fiscal year 2027. The program provides need-based feder…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2924,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013/episodes/ep-190-what-to-do-about-the-pell-grant-running-out-of-money-with-kristin-hultquist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-key-with-inside-higher-ed-1232013/ep-190-what-to-do-about-the-pell-grant-running-out-of-money-with-kristin-hultquist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}