last dollar in” plans often mean they have to use their grant money for tuition, and can’t count on it for other costs associated with college such as books, fees, housing, and food.
Many students are forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet and with a 20 hour limit in place, it just isn't enough to cut it.
Free college became a litmus test for liberals
Although this idea is extremely beneficial to the country, govt officials are using this as a election strategy.
Its enrollments jumped, and so too did the number of teachers in the district.
offering students free tuition for colleges lifts such a weight from their shoulders and lets them focus on school and the materiel rather than "how on earth are we going to pay for this?"
the scholarship does not cover adult and returning students.
if 40% of the college tudents are over the age of 25 and the financial aid does not cover them, how are they going to b expected to not go into debt?
they often don’t cover the needs of the poorest students, who don’t have to pay tuition and fees but have housing, transportation, textbook and other college costs.
living situations are often very expensive and many low income communities arent able to cover an additional rent for a child
But students of color and those from lower-income backgrounds often bear the brunt of the tension that exists between proclamation and practice of this social experiment. Schools cannot simply showcase smiling black and brown faces in their glossy brochures and students wearing shirts blaring “First Gen and Proud” in curated videos and then abdicate responsibility for the problems from home that a more diverse class may bring with them to campus.
The quota that colleges need to meet with the admission of POC and Black people do need to be partnered with the community standards that come with us, meal plans or reduced price options for lower income communities as a start.
3.3 million students who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), less than half applied.
I had no idea college students could apply for this program.
I was working too much; that’s what the work-study rules said.
I understand that working too much can sometimes affect a students study habits, but not every student has the luxury of someone helping with bills or expenses and need to work to support themselves.
At that moment, however, I thought less of home and more about the gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Food insecurity is a huge problem that is often overlooked on college students
I examine the“left behind”thesis(that is, the theory that those who lost jobs or experienced stag-nant wages due to the loss of manufacturing jobs punished theincumbent party for their economic misfortunes).
working class blames fisrt class for financial hardships
Some issues, such as the epidemic of sexual assault in immigration detention, are not given an exhaustive review
in addition to miscarriages and limited to no access to health care in detention centers, sexual assault by ICE officers happens frequently and goes without reporting and without consequence.
The immigration detention system separates mothers from their families, denying them the ability to parent; it mistreats pregnant people and denies access to abortion and other reproductive health care, interfering with the rights of detained people to control their reproductive lives and have healthy and positive pregnancy outcomes.
this system is a a direct example of women not being able to control their own bodies and blanketing this denial of rights by renaming it reformation.
Despite being told she would be given an appointment with a provider outside the detention center, Teresa was not, and she had to pay for medications from the facility’s commissary, which were later confiscated
a huge trauma happened to this woman ans she was denied care several times and in addition to being in poor health due to her conditions, Teresa had to pay out of pocket for medication that was confiscated.