For the first time in nearly three decades, people incarcerated nationwide will have expanded access to the federal Pell Grant on July 1 to help pay for the cost of college education programs. “From a ...

The Federal Pell Grant is a need-based financial aid program for U.S. students pursuing higher education. It doesn’t require ...

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety is working to rehabilitate our incarcerated population with educational opportunities ...

The U.S. Education Department ran two pilot programs between 2012 and 2017; one gave income-eligible students with a bachelor’s degree access to Pell funding for short occupational training programs ...

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, a private two-year college in Boston, offers an 800-hour certificate ...

The Pell Grant was created by Congress in 1972 as ... the government will determine the expected family contribution towards ...

The maximum Pell Grant for the 2020-2021 academic year is $6,345. Award amounts and eligibility are subject to change each academic year. Students with an EFC of $5,711 or below are eligible to ...

This grant does not need to be paid back and can help eligible limited-income students pay for college costs, including tuition, fees, food, housing and other educational expenses. According to ...

Recent changes at the federal level by the Biden-Harris Administration have put Pell grant eligibility for students like me at risk. A new U.S. Department of Education rule could disqualify many ...

The financial aid office uses a Pell Recalculation Date (PRD) each semester to evaluate your Federal Pell Grant eligibility based on your current enrollment status. If the Pell grant you were ...

The UC president’s office and the UC Student Association recently launched a joint campaign to urge Congress to double the maximum amount of the Pell Grant. They were also part of a coalition of ...