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

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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 ...

Some fear the Pell Grant, the popular college aid program created by a Rhode Island senator, could be in jeopardy amid massive upheaval in Washington NEWPORT, R.I. – When Claiborne Pell returned ...

Amid all the chaos and upheaval for federal higher education policy, the Pell Grant program is running out of money. In January, the Congressional Budget Office projected a $2.7 billion budget ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to ...

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.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Linda McMahon, said in a hearing on Thursday she would continue funding Pell Grants ... department collects statistics on enrollment ...