The Chronicle of Higher Education

Thousands of Students Could Lose Pell Grants Under Spending Bill Approved on Saturday

By STEPHEN BURD

Washington

Congress has given the U.S. Education Department the green light to make changes in a student-aid formula that could disqualify tens of thousands of students from receiving federal financial assistance. The go-ahead came in the vast spending bill that Congress approved on Saturday...

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