Asia Matthews may have to take out an additional $1,700 in student loans next year to complete her degree at Morgan State University, under a new Trump administration proposal to reduce Pell Grants.

Big changes are on the horizon for federal financial aid and the college students who rely on it. Here's what to expect.

House Republicans unveiled a massive draft budget bill on Monday that would reshape how American students pay for college, including a massive student loan overhaul and raising Pell Grant requirements ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal funds for college that students do ...

North Texas students and families will soon see changes to how they pay for higher education. President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he signed in July, limits how much students and ...

House Republicans are embarking on wholesale changes that could shake up the way students pay for college, advancing a conservative agenda to curtail the federal role in education financing. If new ...

If the GOP really cared about meritocracy, they wouldn’t gut programs that help low-income students—especially those who also have a job or care for a child—earn a college degree. Advocates have said ...

The federal Pell Grant program faces a looming $2.7 million budget shortfall, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office. Established in 1972, the Pell Grant gives ...

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As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students. But college tuition has risen at ...

But college tuition has risen at roughly twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, and federal student debt climbed 500% to US$1.6 trillion during that same period. The Biden ...