Pell Grants now cover short job-training programs for the first time
⏮ BeforeFederal Pell Grants covered traditional college programs only.
✅ NowFederal Pell Grants can also fund short-term vocational training designed to help students enter the workforce.
In short
- Pell Grants, long used for college, will now also cover short-term vocational training.
- The change is described as the first time this aid reaches such programs.
- PBS NewsHour reporter Stephanie Sy is covering the rollout in a series on rethinking college.
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Pell Grants have helped millions of students afford college for decades. Extending them to short vocational courses gives people another route into work without a full degree. The source does not give figures on how many students will enrol or how the rollout is going.
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From PBS NewsHour
For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college. Now, for the first time, that financial aid will also be available for short-term vocational training programs designed to help students enter the workforce. Stephanie Sy reports on the rollout of Workforce Pell for our series, Rethinking College.
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