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Waco college administrators are joining colleagues nationwide with a new assignment heading into the Independence Day weekend ...
Changes that could have limited Pell Grant access to many San Antonio students didn't make the bill expected to be signed by Trump today.
The big ugly boondoggle, which President Donald Trump calls The Big Beautiful Bill, is a disgusting transfer of resources from the poor to the wealthy, preserving 2017 tax cuts, cutting ...
Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in ...
On July 3, the House passed an amended version of the Big Beautiful Bill that included some changes from the version described below. If the “big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump’s signature ...
The Pell Grant was never a handout. It was a lifeline. It was the thread that tied possibility to my name. It’s the reason a ...
The Pell Grant program is the primary source of federal financial aid for low-income students, supporting degree completion ...
Changes to Pell grant eligibility in President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' as passed by U.S. House would impact financial ...
Millions of dollars hang in the balance for education and students in Washington as actions in D.C. dial up the uncertainty ...
The Congressional Budget Office reports that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may reduce Pell Grant funding, affecting students in extreme need.
But the federal education budget for FY 2026, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would cut Pell Grant funding by $9 billion to $22.5 billion, compared to 2024’s $31.5 billion.
29% of Maryland students get Pell Grants Nearly half of UMB’s undergraduate students — 404 out of around 900 — received a Pell Grant for the 2024-2025 award year, Scott said.