An advisory committee will discuss a Pell Grant expansion that will support short-term job training programs.

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Talks over how to regulate Workforce Pell , a new need-based financial aid program for short-term job training certificates, will kick off this week at the Department of Education. But the meeting agenda , released late Thursday afternoon, is raising concerns among members of the advisory committee as well as outside higher education policy experts.

Department officials are hoping to reach a final agreement on the regulatory proposal for the new grant program and a few other Pell-related issues by Friday, according to the agenda. Historically, negotiations over new regulations take place ov

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