Return the Pell Grant eligibility limit to 18 semesters and help students achieve their dreams.
Why is this important?
With the recent decrease in the amount of semesters that a student can receive the Pell Grant it is getting harder for students to obtain the college degrees that are becoming necessary in today's society. There are many programs, especially in the STEM fields, that require specific course sequences that are becoming more difficult to finish in the normal time frame due to increasing standards. In order to ensure that students can achieve their goals without going into serious debt we need to restore Pell Grant eligibility to a term of 18 semesters.
