All Posts

Your students could be leaving thousands of dollars in federal financial aid on the table — and the clock is already ticking. Starting this July, a new category of Pell Grant funding will cover short-term workforce training programs for the first time in the program's 50-year history. For institutions offering AI certificates, cybersecurity bootcamps, and other workforce programs between 150 and 599 clock hours, this means your students may finally qualify for federal aid. Bu

In July 2026, the legislatively approved Workforce Pell Grant program will extend federal financial aid to short-term training programs for the first time — opening a new pathway for students to access funding for programs between 150 and 599 clock hours. For the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence, this is a major opportunity. Community colleges, technical schools, and workforce programs can offer short-term AI certificates that are finally eligible for federal

Right now, the Department of Education and the IRS are calculating how much money your 2021 graduates earned last year. If those earnings fall below a federal benchmark, your program could receive its first strike toward losing federal student aid eligibility — and you will not find out until early 2027. This is not hypothetical. The timeline is already in motion. The cohort has been selected. The tax data is being processed. And for most institutions, the outcomes are alread