Pell Grants

The bill aims to nearly double the maximum Pell Grant award, which currently assists over 6 million undergraduate students in pursuing higher education.

This jump has helped SIU make progress towards its 2030 goal of 15,000 students. SIU has focused mainly on Southern Illinois for new students.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is cosponsoring legislation that would rollback one of the provisions of the 1994 crime bill. It’s called the Restoring...

Illinois could save millions of dollars on incarceration costs if the federal ban on Pell Grants for inmates was lifted, according to a new report from...