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Harkin’s Pell Grant Cut Proposal Part of Budget Agreement
Congress is set to cut $303 million in funding for the nation’s largest program that offers the chance to attend college to many of the country’s poorest students, as part of a massive spending...
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Obama Admin to Pilot Pell Grants for Adult Prisoner Education
The Obama administration is looking to reintroduce federal Pell grants for adult prisoner education. The policy has been banned for 20 years, but now the Education and Justice departments are set to...
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Report: Pell Grant Graduation Rates Depend on Colleges
According to a report from Education Trust, the typical graduation gap seen between students who receive Pell grants and those who do not is relatively small at individual institutions compared to...
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DOE to Offer Pell Grants for High School Dual Enrollment
The Obama administration has announced that thousands of low-income students will be eligible through a $20 million experimental program to take college courses while still in high school. The program...
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FAFSA Study Shows $2.7 Billion in Unclaimed Pell Grants
An annual study has found that high school graduates have missed out on as much as $2.7 billion in free federal grant money this past year as a result of not completing the Free Application for...
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Wisconsin’s Baldwin Introduces College Affordability Act
United States Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin has introduced the In The Red Act, a reform meant to address college affordability in an effort to create debt-free college. The In The Red Act will...
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Report Highlights Colleges With Successful Pell Grant Efforts
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The Department of Education has issued a report highlighting both public and private universities that are performing well in terms of enrolling and graduating...
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Pell Grant Pilot Will Pay for Dual Enrollment for High Schoolers
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Thousands of low-income students will soon be able to receive federal Pell Grants to enroll in college courses while still in high school. The program, launched by the...
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Second Chance Pell Grant Pilot to Educate Prisoners
(Photo: Petr Svab, Epoch Times) The Department of Education has announced the selection of 67 colleges and universities to participate in the new Second Chance Pell pilot program created in July 2015...
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Colleges Should Increase Low-Income Grants, Report Says
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A new report from New America has examined data provided by the US Department of Education pertaining to the amount that low-income college students across the country...
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