Beginning in 2026, Pell Grants will cover short certificate programs, while new eligibility rules may reduce aid for some ...

A law extends Pell Grant eligiblity to include short-term workforce programs, like HVAC, welding and nursing assistant. It ...

College loan administrators are raising concerns about what the latest expansion of the Pell Grant program could mean for student borrowers in Maine. Mila Tappan at the Finance Authority of Maine said ...

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Congress appropriated a one-time fund of $10.5 billion in July to help shore up the reserves for federal need-based student aid. While that may tide over a shrinking pot of Pell Grant funding for now, ...

Talks over how to regulate Workforce Pell, a new need-based financial aid program for short-term job training certificates, will kick off this week at the Department of Education. But the meeting ...

The Pell Grant program faces a large funding gap, despite the one-time infusion of funding enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Based on data from the Congressional Budget Office ...

The IGRTC delegation led by Ageline Hongo, Susan Wanja and Evelyn Gatiu, pose for a photo after receiving the PELL Award during the 6th International Forum on Participatory Democracy in Africa, held ...

The Education Department has created a rulemaking body tasked with shaping the future of higher education accountability, Pell Grants, and student aid. Matthew Feehan, a National Guard veteran and ...

Years of inconsistent funding for the Pell Grant and state budget cuts played a role in a nearly half-million drop in the number of Black students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities over the ...