This week is going to read like shorter ramblings, as I found I had plenty to say on both prompts. I ought to put a disclaimer here before moving on. I receive a broad scholarship from the University of Oklahoma that covers nearly all costs. In terms of financial aid, it was a huge … Continue reading Two Quick Ones
As the issue of funding for higher education becomes an increasingly debated, increasingly publicized, and an increasingly complex issue circulating through the American public as well as its political system, a wide array of questions begin to surface on a wide array of issues, some immediately faced in the present while others tempting theory as the future […]
Financial aid is an issue at the center of the current debate on higher education. Candidates in both primaries have offered a variety of solutions discussed in this article by Kimberly Hefling for Politico. Marco Rubio wants to create income-sharing agreements that would have students pay a percentage of their income back to a company … Continue reading Future of Financial Aid
I believe that the span of financial aid comes from far more than just the price of a flagship university tuition. Even the people who are attending these universities are receiving more aid from merit based scholarships and private scholarships, so that it is difficult to tell how much the government really contributes to this fund. I believe that there is such a differences in the amount that students pay for college based on an enormous number of factors like size, public versus private, reputation, location and more. Due…read more
