Years of inconsistent funding for the Pell Grant and state budget cuts played a role in a nearly half-million drop in the ...

Pell grant recipients will be granted up to $20,000 in federal loan relief under President Joe Biden’s newly announced debt forgiveness plan. Citing the rising costs of higher education, Biden said ...

College advocates breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Department of Education said the Trump Administration’s “federal funding freeze” would not affect federal Pell Grants and student loans.

In 2021, Congress passed several changes to the FAFSA form, streamlining some parts of the monster application and changing some terms and grant levels. Some of those changes are now taking effect for ...

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A new report finds nearly 500,000 fewer Black students enrolled in college over a decade, citing Pell Grant cuts and state disinvestment.