MarketWatch – Jillian Berman
“The money the federal government provides to help low-income students pay for college will soon be available to some students as early as high school. The Department of Education announced a pilot program Friday that would give up to 10,000 students access to Pell grants while they’re still in high school that they could use to pay for courses at local colleges…Though having access to a Pell grant in high school could eliminate barriers for a student interested in college courses, it would reduce the amount of Pell grant money they could tap while in college.”(more)