My son graduated from UH in 2012 and my daughter in 2016. Both were unable to finish in four years because high level courses they needed in order to graduate were not available to them in their senior year. On the first day of registration for seniors, they learned the courses they needed were already filled by students with an overabundance of credits. They ended up taking unnecessary elective courses in order to keep up their full time status (for health insurance coverage). From talking to other parents, I learned this was quite commonplace. Perhaps opening up more classes of these high level courses could be something a "special work group" could address, especially with UH talking about student retention and graduating within four years.