Many students get a job or internship in college to help pay for tuition or gain professional skills — or both. But some institutions — designated federal work colleges — put work-based learning ...

Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a need-based employment program that gives eligible students the opportunity to earn money to help pay for education expenses while gaining valuable work experience and ...

Metropolitan Community College offers Pell Grant programs.

when our students have access to good paying jobs with benefits that can change a life. It means they can stay here. They can live here. They can buy a home here. They can raise their families here ...

Workplace Pell expands long-standing education aid to cover shorter term programs that reflect changing demographics and job ...

Juneteenth is a relatively new federal holiday, but it's origins date back more than 160 and it is widely considered the nation's longest-running celebration of Black freedom. The day marks when ...

After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process. Hoses and plastic bags being used to manage a leaky roof in an ...

Changes to food assistance programs can have immediate effects on household budgets, especially for people already struggling with high housing, transportation, and grocery costs. As new work ...

Under congressional mandate, the National Academies’ Board on Children, Youth, and Families (BCYF) and the Committee on National Statistics will conduct a consensus study to assess the impacts of the ...

Officials say it could take years for students to access Workforce Pell grants, with aid initially available only to students in a handful of programs.

There is growing interest in scaling career and technical education, yet barriers to advancement remain. This report offers ...