Pell Grants help students from low-income families pay for school, but often, misconceptions about federal aid keep many students from applying for it.

Leaders of NJ universities painted a grim picture of what President Trump's move to slash federal spending for higher ...

Expected federal government cuts to the U.S. Department of Education and a projected budget shortfall for Pell Grants, which are given to low-income students, could have an impact on high education ...

However, since taking office, Trump has said he would like to use executive action to dismantle or at least diminish the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence.

The federal government’s Pell Grants are one such example. "The terms ‘scholarship’ and ‘grant’ are often used interchangeably,” explains Mark Kantrowitz, president of Cerebly Inc ...

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Current estimates show that the federal Pell Grant program will have a $2.7 billion funding shortfall later this year.

These typically range between 30 and 70 percent of each grant’s direct costs, which are added on top of funds that pay for items like lab supplies. That means around 25 to 40 percent of a grant ...