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Government Warns: Pell Grant Program in Trouble
22 September 08 02:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Without additional taxpayer funds next year, the government’s “most important” federal financial aid program may be unable to provide Pell Grants to millions of eligible low-income students, likely pricing these students out of a higher education, according Read More...

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Sex Offenders May Lose Pell Grant Eligibility Under Revised Higher Education Act
04 August 08 04:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Starting July 1, 2009, sex offenders confined in treatment centers throughout the country may no longer be eligible to receive need-based federal Pell Grants , under a new provision of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, according to an article in Read More...

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