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 ...

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.

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

New federal financial aid will cover short-term credential programs for automotive and collision repair training, potentially ...

The committee will now move on to how to hold all programs accountable, and ED officials say they plan to create a level playing field, hinting at an overhaul of gainful employment.

The Pell Grant program has been the foundation for federal financial aid since 1972. Its mission was simple: provide low-income students with a fair chance at higher education. Despite making enormous ...

Only 15% of adults in prison have earned a postsecondary degree or certificate – either before or while being incarcerated. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images People in prison ...

WASHINGTON — An unexpected surge in college enrollment has created an $18 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program, the biggest in its history. An administration official told The Associated Press ...

Thirty years ago, there were 770 postsecondary education programs spread throughout 1,200 prisons in the United States. But when the 1994 crime bill passed, cutting off Pell Grants to incarcerated ...

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While the federal government continues marathon economic sessions in Washington over the current economic crisis, there are concerns about future funding for government programs. The Bush ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College (THE CONVERSATION) People in prison rarely get to go ...