Pell Grant Research Paper

I am writing to you to because I am concerned about the accessibility of the Pell Grant and asking you to support the Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act. Many students seeking higher education struggle to pay their tuition. They cannot afford to be at school for more than four years and cannot handle the pressure of taking a more than the suggested course load to graduate on time. One way to make higher education more accessible is to expand the eligibility of the Federal Pell Grant to winter and summer semester. If the Federal Pell Grant is available year round it, would allow students to take classes at their own pace. In the United States, Financial Aid like the Pell Grant has helped low-income students afford college. But as more lower income students enroll in higher education the need for federal funding increases. In the mid-nineteenth century support from taxes expanded funding for colleges. The support from the tax dollars aimed to help low-income families attend college. Since the nineteenth century, there have been many actions taken to reduce student loans. In 1972 the Pell Grant which provides financial aid based on income and to maintain eligibility the student must receive a 2.0 GPA or higher and receive two-thirds of the credits they attempted. As the
The main concern is the Pell Grant mostly assists low-income students that are not ready to attend college. The Pell Grant has forgotten its purpose: to focus on assisting the college ready on obtaining a degree. When the Pell Grant was created it covered about 90 percent of college tuition but now only covers near 30 percent. To increase the effectiveness of the Pell Grant the academic requirements should be increased. This would allow more students who are considered college ready to benefit from the