The new Workforce Pell Grant provides federal funding for short-term job training in healthcare, transportation and skilled ...

May 18, 2026 Pell Grants extended to include short-term workforce training programs. Beginning July 1, students enrolled in ...

New high school graduates who don’t want to enroll in college could qualify for federal financial aid for the first time this ...

Pell Grants for short-term job training programs will become available July 1 after the U.S. Department of Education signed a final rule on Monday. This new grant is called the Workforce Pell Grant, ...

Photo courtesy of Getty Images With labor shortages impacting the manufacturing, healthcare and skilled trades industries, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a new ...

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The Education Department just took a big step toward fulfilling Donald Trump’s pledge to boost workforce programs that don’t require a four-year degree. Now Congress has to figure out how to pay for a ...

Idaho students will soon be able to apply for federal Pell Grants covering workforce training programs in high-demand career fields. Pell Grants are longstanding federal subsidies helping poor ...

If approved, colleges and universities will have the ability to award federal Workforce Pell grants to students in qualifying ...

Despite a multibillion-dollar budget deficit for the Pell Grant program, higher education advocates are calling on Congress to increase the maximum award by $200 ahead of this year’s budget ...