The Trump administration is proposing to decrease the maximum Pell Grant award from $7,395 to $5,710 per year. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Saturday, June 28th 2025 ...

Experts warn that dismantling the Pell Grant’s efficacy would deliver a seismic blow to low-income students. “Historically, the Pell Grant was viewed as the foundation for financial support ...

The proposal comes as Republicans debate the enormous cost of Trump’s flagship ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, which critics describe as a massive wealth transfer from poor to rich.

A Pell Grant is a permanent financial award for first-time undergraduate students with few monetary resources, established in 1965 by the Higher Education Act. Unlike student loans, they never ...

The Pell Grant gives money that doesn’t need to be repaid to low-income students for schooling. The amounts vary in size depending on the family’s adjusted income..

Under Trump's proposal, the maximum Pell Grant for the 2026-2027 academic year would be at its lowest level in more than a decade. "The Pell reduction would impact the lowest-income families ...

More than 92% of Pell Grant recipients in 2019-2020 came from families with household incomes below $60,000, according to higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.

The Democratic governor’s remarks came one full academic year after Healey announced $110 million in state funding to expand a financial-aid program.

TRAVERSE CITY — Proposed changes in the federal budget headed to the U.S. Senate could include changes to Pell Grants that make it harder for part-time undergraduate students to receive ...

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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A Republican-backed proposal could bring major changes to the Pell Grant program, requiring many college students to take on heavier course loads to qualify for federal aid.