They cut that quite a bit. Including for people who are trying to work and go to college. It used to be you could have 12 credits and be eligible for Pell. Now You have to have a full 15 credits [to be eligible for Pell Grants]. and and so we got employers coming to us saying this is a problem. We try to help employ people who are going to school and we can't do that. (06:18–06:20)
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