The Pell Grant program is facing a funding gap. Cuts to the program would likely put college out of reach for many low-income ...
The Pell Grant program faces a $2.7 billion funding shortfall for the 2025 fiscal year, raising concerns over financial aid ...
The Congressional Budget Office last month released Pell Grant program projections, which now estimate a $2.7 billion funding ...
Current estimates show that the federal Pell Grant program will have a $2.7 billion funding shortfall later this year.
In fact, the number of Pell Grant recipients peaked over a decade ago, when 9.4 million students were awarded grants in the 2011-12 academic year, and sank 32% to 6.4 million in 2023-24, ...