Starting today, a new federal student aid program is available for people who want to enter the workforce immediately. The Department of Education’s Workforce Pell grant is the first-of-its-kind ...

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For months, administrators at Ivy Tech Community College have been feverishly working with Indiana state officials to parse which of their programs might be eligible for Workforce Pell. The policy ...

July 1 marks the official opening of a program that allows federal dollars to go toward short-term workforce training programs. But so far, just 12 states have created road maps for colleges to apply.

Students pursuing short-term workforce training may soon have a new way to pay for their education as a major expansion of the federal Pell Grant program begins rolling out nationwide. The Workforce ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a night class at St. Paul College here in Minnesota, students are practicing the nursing skills they'll need to pass the state exam in a few weeks. A few are emptying catheter ...