Trump isn’t cutting #PellGrants, after all − but other changes could complicate #financialaid for some #students
Recent changes to federal financial aid create a new type of Pell Grant and reduce debt limits for graduate and part-time students. An education expert walks through what prospective students should know.
Here's what students, K-12 schools, and colleges can expect now that "One Big Beautiful Bill" is officially law:
•K-12 #school vouchers are going national (sort of)
•Loss of Medicaid funds to K-12 schools
•Cuts to food assistance & school meals
•Increase to the #ChildTaxCredit
•Big changes to federal #StudentLoans
•Changes to #PellGrants for low-income students
•An accountability earnings test for colleges
•Higher #tax on #college endowments
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5459784/trump-school-college-student
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From CBS News.com: Are you a student loan borrower? Here's how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could affect you.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-beautiful-bill-changes-student-loan-repayment/
New law reduces the number of federal student loan repayment options and caps how much individuals can borrow for higher education.
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From WTOP News.com: Pell Grant changes could raise college cost for Virginia students
https://wtop.com/virginia/2025/06/pell-grant-changes-could-raise-college-cost-for-virginia-students/
Federal Budget Bill May Reduce Aid for Nearly 500,000 Texas College Students
A proposal in the House would cut the maximum Pell Grant award by $1,500 and remove eligibility for part-time students.
Why We Need to Protect #PellGrants for #Black #Students
https://wordinblack.com/2025/05/why-we-need-to-protect-pell-grants-for-black-students/
#Trump targets #college #accreditation process in new executive order | CNN Politics
#colleges #university #universities
The #executiveorder asks the secretary of education to “hold higher education accreditors accountable including through denial, monitoring, suspension, or termination for poor performance or violations to the federal Civil Rights Act,” a White House official told CNN ahead of the signing.
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