Just over half of California students go immediately to college after high school, ranking the state 40th among states’ college-going rates, according to researchers at Cal State Sacramento.
California’s state of poverty is creating a desperate situation. The spiraling effect of the economy affects the middle schoolers by scaring them away from college. Many of the Middle Schoolers and their families just see the price of tuition and assume they can not afford it. However, with financial aid, in addition to grants and scholarships, it is in reach to many of them. How do California officials get a commitment from these middle schoolers that they promise to go to higher education? They go over the financial options with parents, and have the students sign a pledge. It is good that they are being proactive about this, because
Unless more students pursue a college education, the state won’t be able to fill key jobs and will see a drop in per-capita income of $2,475 by 2020, according to a report the Campaign for College Opportunity released Tuesday.
It is scary to think of how the country will end up if this ends up being a trend.
“This would be a serious problem, not only for individuals, but it would be a serious problem for the state’s economy,” Bill Hauck, president of the California Business Roundtable, said during a conference call with reporters Tuesday.
If the students don’t go to college, not only will the college fail, economically, but there will not be any qualified individuals for vital jobs like doctors, teachers, and architechs, etc.
I have a possible solution! What is another interesting aspect is that California as well as Texas have universal text books. Maybe if teachers had more flexibility in CA, their students would flourish more.
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