Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Student Aid Program Said Losing Millions

The federal government’s main aid program for students after high school is being robbed of millions of dollars by schools that provide little job training or obtain grants fraudulently from lax managers, congressional investigators testified. The Pell grant program provides 4.1 million students $6.3 billion in grants this year. In several cases, the Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations found orthodox Jewish schools in New York City had become “Pell grant mills,” existing primarily to reap federal tuition aid dollars.