Most experts say the primary goal should be finding the funds needed to plug an immediate $17 billion gap. But it remains undecided where those funds would come from or how to resolve the larger $100 ...

A long-awaited policy change inked into last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will soon allow students to use federal financial aid for job-training programs that take just a couple of months to ...

・Workforce Pell expands Pell Grants to shorter programs (generally 8 to 15 weeks and 150 to 599 clock hours) but only if programs meet new outcome and quality rules. ・Students still have to file the ...

The headline writes itself and the industry groups are celebrating: Pell Grants are coming to CDL schools. The American ...

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 eligibility ...

But a slew of rules intended to protect students and taxpayers, combined with a rapid implementation timeline, could mean relatively few courses get approved for the 2026–2027 academic year. Money; ...

Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program that helps low-income Americans afford college and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, are projected to have big funding shortfalls that could ...

For the first time in decades, Congress has expanded the Pell Grant program, allowing recipients to use the funds for programs as short as eight weeks. The introduction of Workforce Pell Grants could ...