Monday, October 10, 2016

"Texans know college matters"

     The local newspaper source I used was "My Statesman" titled "Statewide poll finds strong concern about student financial aid, debt" written by Ralph K.M Haurwitz who is a Higher education reporter. He has covered higher education for the Austin American Statesman since 2004 and currently resides in Austin. 
     A Statewide poll that was commissioned by the Texas arm of Western Governors University discovered that a majority of Texans believe it is important for the state to fund financial aid for first-time students from low and middle income families to help them get off their feet. In this poll you see that many Texans who are not 1st time student consider a post-secondary degree or certificate essential to getting a good job, and improving one's quality of life to pay and secure their needs for the future.
     This article overall is written pretty straight forward, very easy to read, highlights of this article are "Large majorities say a degree is essential for getting a good job and securing a higher income"
"Texas Chancellor Veronica Stidvent stated that Texans know college matters" 
     The author is not really on a side about whether the state of Texas is helping to much or helping to little with higher education. His viewpoint not really stated. Although in the Article it is a bit overstated with a lot of statistics about how Texans deem that student loan debt is a problem but no solution is being suggested on how we can fix that or improve on minimizing this problem for Texans. Though we are getting informed about how many Texans want to continue their higher education, most Texans don't continue going to school of how outrageously expensive it is to go to school, and cost of living on campus or even off campus is also a overwhelming amount of money. This article begins to just go round and round about how there is a problem but no solution is provided or attempt to fix it is really there, which is the only downer I have about this article.
    Although this article is a very interesting read because the author Ralph K.M. Haurwitz dedicates himself to informing us about higher education in Texas, but if a problem is proposed finish off with a solution and not just abruptly with numbers. 

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