Pell Grant

In December of 2007, the United States economy slipped into a recession that would become the most profound financial crisis since the Great Depression. The origin of the recession varies by which economist is asked. Some economist contribute the recession to the rise in oil prices and the weak dollar. The common theory to the 2007-08 financial crisis is the collapse of the housing market bubble and the related subprime mortgage crisis. Consequently, the results of these two problems…

To begin, they have to fill out and mail applications, wait for acceptance letters, and ultimately choose the school they will attend. All of that is time consuming. Another time-consuming issue is how to pay for college. There are scholarships, grants and loans. Even though there are many ways to pay for college, the cost of obtaining a higher education is a major factor when choosing a school. Students can choose between different types of college to earn a degree. There are community…

There are many benefits for people from low socioeconomic statuses to attend college. It could change their lifestyle; it could earn them more knowledge, give them more opportunities in the real world. However, like everything else in life, nothing is guaranteed. When coming from a low socioeconomic status attending college could have some downfalls. For one college could be too expensive and sometimes difficult to pay back the loans, and one might not be able to understand the teaching…

education. Currently in the U.S. today, higher education is a balance between students and the government with more of a focus on students. The government pays for higher education dependent upon levels of income. Lower income families receive Pell Grants or any other type of free money. The remaining amount is left up to the students to pay through loans. Candidates in the Democratic Party have proposed a plan to make the government pay for all college tuition and essentially make it free for…

I always knew that college and high school dropouts are a big problem in this country, however I was never informed enough on the topic to realize how much it impacted people worldwide. Over the past few weeks I have been researching effects, causes, and solutions for college as well as high school dropouts. After this research I realized that this issue is much bigger and more important than it seems, it has negative effects on everyone in the society.However, the worst part is that the…

student now and in the future. Just demonstrating these facts made you really think about the situation instead of jumping in first and finding out the ramifications later. I am so grateful at this time that I know the ins and outs of receiving the Pell Grant, it is so true the best defense is a great offense, Thanks to taking this course I am resolved to keep my GPA above reproach, to attend classes, not to withdrawal from classes or keep changing major so I can graduate with an Associate…

What do Denmark, Slovenia, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, and Finland have in common? They all have the policy of free or very little tuition for college. The average debt for U.S students in 2014 was 28,950. With the U.S being the richest country in the world, it poses the question why does America not have free education? The workforce today is not like what it used to be. Students rarely sustain a formidable financial life with solely a high school diploma. College students on…

2005). Even though “prison education has long been a traditional higher-education concern, with more than 350 individual two-year and four-year college programs offering classes to 38,000 students nationally by the early 1990s,” the restriction of Pell Grants to prisoners all but ended that trend (Boulard…

transportation fees because the nearest U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office is in Oxnard, where they have to take my biometrics as part of my application process. It is because of this that I am applying for the Community Financial Fund Grant because if I were to receive the maximum amount it would take a big financial burden off my shoulders but I would also be able to concentrate more on my studies instead of working myself tirelessly in order to afford my DACA renewal and still…

Learning Objective 3 for me was “How to interact with students as a paraprofessional”. From the very beginning of the internship I have interacted with students in several different capacities. However, the most time I spent with students was as a Peer Success Coach. In this role I was assigned five students (four are first time first year students and one is a junior transfer student). How I interacted with each had similarities and some had vast differences. The main similarity was getting the…