It is becoming noticeable, now more than ever that every year college tuition continues to only increases. But how are “fresh out of high school” youth, with little-to-no money and lower class jobs supposed to pay to excel in education? This is the type of situation that so many young adults have to be faced with. The ambition to further their education and take a direct path into a chosen career, unfortunately, with little, if any finances. I’m not devaluing the impact financial aid make each year, however, this process is beginning to be, well, not enough. The average cost of higher education at a 4-year university, circles around 100,000, and alas, graduate school programs only increase the cost. Many students are led towards debt positioning themselves into higher education, which is supposed to bring them stable financial lives for their “bright” futures. How ridiculous is this?
As helpful as it would be to have the government to pay for tuition or at least a majority of it, why hand the burden over to taxpayers, who already carry the burden of welfare? This solution will only increase the national debt, and make higher paying jobs easier to get with more unnecessary competition. Young adults would only devalue education more than they already do now that they are able to take it for granted. This overpowers the problems that lower and middle-class society faces while trying to pay for their children’s education. Although the issue is funding, those who must work hard to further their education, seem to only have to work harder to continue. On the other hand, those privileged enough to have the funding to go don’t have to endure those struggles. It is simply, those at the bottom struggle to climb up, or settle in that position, while those who are above, remain at the top.
The only reasonable conclusion that I’d say could reasonably leave both sides “unharmed” , is to push financial aid while increase funding from the government, while not expecting them to pay for school. Grants and scholarships aren’t going to suffice each individual in financial need.
In my classmate's blog, she mentions the fact that tuitions for universities have been at an all time high in recent years. Sadly, it only keeps increasing as time goes by. Students are finding it even more difficult to find a way to pay for their education while some also have to pay for rent, bills, food, etc. Not everyone has the support of their parents to pay some of the costs and some don't even have anyone to look for to get help. Financial aid can only pay for a fraction of the total cost and young students who have recently graduated from high school only have a minimum job as a source of income. Yet, they are expected to fully pay the cost, so they can have a successful career after finishing their education. However, that's not how it works. Most students end up in debt after finishing college, as my colleague had said in her blog. How are we suppose to encourage our youth to succeed when we are unable to provide them enough financial need, especially to those who are not as privileged as others.
ReplyDeleteAs my classmate said, she offers the solution of increasing financial aid while also increasing the funding from the government. I agree that as it is now, Financial aid is not sufficient enough for many young students in our universities. By increasing it, we would be able to support many more students and even encourage more young adults to enroll into a university. Many people choose not to attend because of the cost and not having enough money, but by increasing the fund we'll have more intelligent students graduating from their desired college and as a result, our workforce will improve tremendously. The government should really focus on education if we really want to be a successful country and they can start by aiding the students in need.
In my classmates' recent blog post Should The Government Pay For My Tuition, she discusses the problem of paying such high tuition to go to a 4-year university. She talks about how the cost has steadily been increasing every year and how now financial aid just does not cut it anymore. The pressure this puts on those in middle class or lower causes them the to not want to even attempt enrolling into college for fear of debt that will never go away because most only qualify for loans and those loans don't amount to half of a semester's tuition most of the time. This causes our workforce to diminish because so many bright and new graduates cannot pursue their desired career simply because they can't afford it.
ReplyDeleteShe offers a solution to increasing the financial aid while at the same time increasing funding from the government. I agree that by increasing it, we would be able to support more recent high school graduates and encourage more of them to enroll into a university. This will also, in turn, increase our workforce and the quality of our workforce because we will have more bright minds to increase it with.