The Troubles Millennials Face Through Poverty
Millennial College Students are under economic pressure to finish a four year degree before they can get a “real job”. Students are struggling to pay for college due to college funding, job placements and poverty. If the four year degree is so important, we should be helping students more in their financial needs to pay for college. “Homeless on Campus,” by Eleanor J. Bader, discusses her opinion on homeless students not receiving the help or education they need. Poverty is impacting the graduation rate, making those who can’t afford a higher education to dropout and most likely become in debt. “Without housing, access to a work space, or access to a shower, students’ lives suffer, their grades …show more content…
She argues about these problems and the ways society has reacted to the issue and that society believes that they are doing more than is actually being accomplished. Videos of Habitat for Humanity and others always show starving children in Africa, usually depicting an image that seems too far away to be realistic which cause people to not feel bad. It's possible that when poverty comes into hand with college students, others may think twice about helping due to the representations we have been given and not quite understand how to address the problem of poverty. Within the United States and other countries, there is a limited supply of help in 2017. Since there is a lack of help, finding ways to escape poverty is very difficult. Even when the poor speak for themselves to improve their lives, it takes a lot of effort to fix it alone. “Appeals to a nation that believes anyone can achieve economic security with just the right attitude and set of circumstances,” says Diana George. This I disagree, if achieving economic security was as simple as changing one's attitude, the number of poor people would rapidly decrease in a small amount of time therefor not having the issue of …show more content…
Mellow discusses his opinion on the information regarding college students and their cost for a higher education as well as the obstacles or problems they face that may keep them from moving forward. College costs are forcing students to leave college. Most Students live at home to make their education more affordable while working at least 30 hours a week. About 25 percent of individuals work and go to school full-time, working extremely hard to meet their educational needs and to be financially stable. Those in poverty or have a tuition for low-income students can be covered by the Federal Financial Aid Program. Although, students have other cost such as housing, transportation, and food, “that regularly pos obstacles to their education,” says Gail. “Community colleges need increased funding, and students need access to more flexible federal and state financial aid, enhanced paid internships and college work-study programs. Improved access to public supports, like food stamps and reduced public transportation fares, would also make a world of difference,” says Gail. I agree and think this would be a very effective way in helping those who are struggling with their education, to hopefully decreasing the amount of students that drop out due to college costs. “Bridging The Higher Education Divide,” by many Authors, explains that, …”the college “dropout” rate for American students might be as high as 50
Millennial College Students are under economic pressure to finish a four year degree before they can get a “real job”. Students are struggling to pay for college due to college funding, job placements and poverty. If the four year degree is so important, we should be helping students more in their financial needs to pay for college. “Homeless on Campus,” by Eleanor J. Bader, discusses her opinion on homeless students not receiving the help or education they need. Poverty is impacting the graduation rate, making those who can’t afford a higher education to dropout and most likely become in debt. “Without housing, access to a work space, or access to a shower, students’ lives suffer, their grades …show more content…
She argues about these problems and the ways society has reacted to the issue and that society believes that they are doing more than is actually being accomplished. Videos of Habitat for Humanity and others always show starving children in Africa, usually depicting an image that seems too far away to be realistic which cause people to not feel bad. It's possible that when poverty comes into hand with college students, others may think twice about helping due to the representations we have been given and not quite understand how to address the problem of poverty. Within the United States and other countries, there is a limited supply of help in 2017. Since there is a lack of help, finding ways to escape poverty is very difficult. Even when the poor speak for themselves to improve their lives, it takes a lot of effort to fix it alone. “Appeals to a nation that believes anyone can achieve economic security with just the right attitude and set of circumstances,” says Diana George. This I disagree, if achieving economic security was as simple as changing one's attitude, the number of poor people would rapidly decrease in a small amount of time therefor not having the issue of …show more content…
Mellow discusses his opinion on the information regarding college students and their cost for a higher education as well as the obstacles or problems they face that may keep them from moving forward. College costs are forcing students to leave college. Most Students live at home to make their education more affordable while working at least 30 hours a week. About 25 percent of individuals work and go to school full-time, working extremely hard to meet their educational needs and to be financially stable. Those in poverty or have a tuition for low-income students can be covered by the Federal Financial Aid Program. Although, students have other cost such as housing, transportation, and food, “that regularly pos obstacles to their education,” says Gail. “Community colleges need increased funding, and students need access to more flexible federal and state financial aid, enhanced paid internships and college work-study programs. Improved access to public supports, like food stamps and reduced public transportation fares, would also make a world of difference,” says Gail. I agree and think this would be a very effective way in helping those who are struggling with their education, to hopefully decreasing the amount of students that drop out due to college costs. “Bridging The Higher Education Divide,” by many Authors, explains that, …”the college “dropout” rate for American students might be as high as 50