Workforce Pell: What You Need to Know
For the first time in decades, Congress has expanded the Pell Grant program, reshaping higher education through Workforce Pell, also known as short-term Pell.
Workforce Pell provides federal grant aid to students in short, career-focused job training programs, including non-credit offerings as brief as eight weeks.
This expansion is a significant change in federal student aid, comparable to previous expansions to for-profit colleges and fully online programs.
Workforce Pell introduces a new category of education, combining workforce training and higher education, potentially offering students debt-free pathways to good jobs and helping states meet urgent workforce needs.
Only two other instances of expansion have been so significant: when Pell and loans were extended to for-profit colleges and then to fully online programs
Author's summary: Workforce Pell expands Pell Grant program to short-term job training.