FAFSA Allocations
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FAFSA Allocations
Given the critical function higher education has in both the public and individual economic success, the government should consider giving FAFSA priority to younger students. This will go a long way to ensuring that the younger students who are likely to be out of school are retained in school. Younger students are disadvantaged in many ways, which makes their education challenges before they reach the senior years (Abel & Deitz, 2014). The government and other institutions offering grants and scholarships should recognize the disadvantages that the younger students face as a vulnerability (Lynch, Engle & Cruz, 2011). FAFSA regulations should give priority to younger students because they have fewer employment opportunities, are vulnerable to high dropout, and they tend to take courses that are cheap.
Younger students have lower employability than the senior students and thus should be prioritized by the FAFSA regulations for grants. The successful employability of the senior students is significantly higher due to having increased grades, increased practical knowledge, better communication ability, and experience dimension. Consequently, younger students have lower chances of landing employment opportunities to fund their education (Xu, 2013). Their …show more content…
If the FAFSA regulation change to favor the junior students, their parent may commit themselves into giving them enrollment fees into colleges as they await the grants. Therefore, giving the junior students in FAFSA allocations would eliminate the fear of finances running out and hence encourage the enrollment of a higher number of students. FAFSA should alter their regulations to favor younger students with the aim of encouraging parents to enroll the students at
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Institution
FAFSA Allocations
Given the critical function higher education has in both the public and individual economic success, the government should consider giving FAFSA priority to younger students. This will go a long way to ensuring that the younger students who are likely to be out of school are retained in school. Younger students are disadvantaged in many ways, which makes their education challenges before they reach the senior years (Abel & Deitz, 2014). The government and other institutions offering grants and scholarships should recognize the disadvantages that the younger students face as a vulnerability (Lynch, Engle & Cruz, 2011). FAFSA regulations should give priority to younger students because they have fewer employment opportunities, are vulnerable to high dropout, and they tend to take courses that are cheap.
Younger students have lower employability than the senior students and thus should be prioritized by the FAFSA regulations for grants. The successful employability of the senior students is significantly higher due to having increased grades, increased practical knowledge, better communication ability, and experience dimension. Consequently, younger students have lower chances of landing employment opportunities to fund their education (Xu, 2013). Their …show more content…
If the FAFSA regulation change to favor the junior students, their parent may commit themselves into giving them enrollment fees into colleges as they await the grants. Therefore, giving the junior students in FAFSA allocations would eliminate the fear of finances running out and hence encourage the enrollment of a higher number of students. FAFSA should alter their regulations to favor younger students with the aim of encouraging parents to enroll the students at