My siblings and I got to go to college thanks to the predecessor of the Pell Grant – the Educational Opportunity Grant – as well as the National Defense Student Loan – and other scholarships. With the ...

However, the courts blocked those efforts, and the Trump administration has taken a sharply different approach. Guided by evidence that higher borrowing limits contribute to tuition increases, ...

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The Trump administration proposed cuts to the Pell Grant, TRIO and other educational aid programs in May, creating concern ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS Changes made in the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" are expected to result in fewer Pell Grants for students.However, since the bill's implementation has occurred so quickly, the Department of ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal to brand a new type of federal Pell Grant as “Trump Grants” has sparked pushback from Rhode Island lawmakers who want the program to retain the name of its creator — ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal to brand a new type of federal Pell Grant as “Trump Grants” has sparked pushback from Rhode Island lawmakers who want the program to retain the name of its creator — ...

Fueled by the new Drury Springfield Promise program, the number of area students who enrolled in the university was up by 23% ...

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill reinvests in the Pell Grant program, the largest source of federal financial aid for undergraduate students. However, the bill will prevent students with ...

Public community colleges are losing millions in federal funding as the Trump administration redirects money to support the ...

The Trump administration is proposing the biggest cuts in a half-century to federal financial aid by reducing Pell Grant award amounts for low-income college students, plus the government’s ...

Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal funds for college that students do not have to repay. iStock/Getty Images Plus The Biden administration ...