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Are short-term credentials really more affordable?

Are short-term credentials really more affordable?

“There’s just a lot of sub-baccalaureate and sub-associate degree credentials out there” of different lengths and costs, called by a variety of names and offered by different kinds of providers, making it “hard to decipher any sort of outcomes or similarities,” she said.

Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

Short-term Pell pilot boosted enrollment but not earnings

“The cost of expanding Pell Grant eligibility—about $1,800 per student in this study—should be considered against the evidence on the economic benefits of short and very short-term programs.”