Key Takeaways The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" created a new Workforce Pell Grant program that expands federal aid eligibility to students pursuing short licensing and certificate programs.Other ...

Mississippi State University students walk to class on the Starkville campus. Federal lawmakers are considering changes to a longstanding financial aid program that could impact the amount of money ...

Pell Grants are changing in 2026. New rules will let students in short programs get aid, count foreign income, and limit full-ride students. Families with small businesses or farms may get more money.

WASHINGTON DC — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has announced that she is introducing legislation to make college more affordable for working families. According to a news release from the Senator’s ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The United States Department of Education (DOE) projects changes in the redesigned 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will help award federal Pell ...

The Bush administration proposed new initiatives to reform the federal Pell Grant system earlier this month, limiting the amount of time a college student can receive Pell grants in order to provide ...

The Texas Tribune - Nearly half a million Texas students stand to get less help paying for college because of aggressive cuts federal lawmakers are considering to a critical financial aid program. The ...

The federal Pell Grant program faces a looming $2.7 million budget shortfall, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office. Established in 1972, the Pell Grant gives ...

Elite universities can afford to admit a much larger amount of low-income Pell Grant recipients without significantly hurting their graduation rates or budgets, according to a report released by the ...

wouldn't be able to absorb extra costs that this bill would charge them with. Students who rely on the Pell Grant to help them pay for college could be affected by this budget bill. Pell Grants give ...

As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden promised to double the maximum value of Pell Grants, federal assistance for lower-income undergraduate students that, unlike student loans, do not have ...