Here are two interesting articles about higher education.
Student Loans Start to Bypass 2 Year Colleges
Fulbright Scholarships Taken Away and then Restored to Students in Gaza
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3 comments:
I found this aricle about loans interesting. I agree that it is difficult to get loans and Financial aid. Still, I can say that situation in Russia and Europe is worse. People earn less but tuition fees are sometimes almost the same as in the USA. Of course, it depends on college and university. Colleges in America are often cheaper than in Russia and Belarus.
Victoria Golovatenko
It is said when companies have no sense of community any more. It is even more riduculous when alot of those policy makers from these lending institutions are also products of the community college system or four-year colleges that are abit more open to student needs. These individuals have failed themselves and the country by acting in this manner. This is going to affect the already strained possibility of attending college for students who struggle with this decision due to curcumstances beyond their ocntrol. It is even worse when our government does nothing to stop this madness because soon if this continues there will be no qualified personnels to run the operations of these organizations.
Natalie D
I wish I posted a comment about this earlier! I think we often take for granted the privileges we have in this country. At least we have loans and federal assistance and such. Victoria is right to say that the situation is much worse in other countries. As for the Gaza students with the Fullbright scholarships, they were pretty lucky that their scholarships were restored. My mother grew up in the West Bank and had to halt her education because the colleges were forced to shut down in response to the first Intifada. I have cousins there now who, despite economic hardship and the occupation, thrive in their studies because if they get the top 10 averages in the West Bank at the end of 12th grade they are granted scholarships. Otherwise, they have to pay up on their own. One of my cousins actually landed on the 11th spot and repeated the 12th grade to rid his parents of the burden of paying for his education. Makes me feel ashamed that I don't have obstacles anywhere near the ones they encounter over there and I do not do as well as they do in school!
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