Why Should Federal Government Help Students Go To College Summary

In the article “Why should the federal government help students go to college”, the author argues that without financial aid, many students wouldn 't be able to go to college anymore. In addition, the author considered that higher educated students would be beneficial to our country and economy in the future. After reading this article, I agree with the author’s ideas. That is to say, if the Federal government helps students go to college, as a result many social issues will be solved. For example, the economic gap between the wealthy and the poor would be reduced, population of the homeless would be reduced and social inequality, even environmental issues. The following statements are my perspectives. To begin, with the help of the Federal government, an increased number of children without the financial support means there will be less students who would be able to go to college. As one of my African-American friend told me, it used to be …show more content…
Therefore higher educated individuals are more likely to pay attention, even willing to contribute to the environment. According to New York Times 2011 report, “67% of the environmental workers are graduated student from college or university, 21% are master degree or higher.” In another word, more than four-fifths of the environmental contributor are higher educated. It is important to realize, this world is facing a large amount of environmental issues, for instance, global warming, loss of biodiversity, the phosphorus and nitrogen cycles, ocean acidification, un-renewable ground water, pollution and over fishing. More higher educated individuals are one of the best solution for those environmental issues. The Federal government should pay for the higher education to obtain more