Blog #2

Colin Sugg

            For my P2 essay the topic that has interested me the most is the issue of increasing tuition for college universities, as found in the Ethnics in Higher Education article UC Student Investment Proposal. This article involves the issue of growing tuition costs in college universities due to less state funding and college not able to pay for their expenses and faculty. The problem that I would like to get involved in the most is the issue of increasing college tuition in college universities. It has been increasing all across the country and should be looked at more in depth. I chose this issue to solve because it has not only affects the lives of many college students, but also their parents or any other family members involved in helping their child pay for college. Some students don’t get the financial help they need to go to college and with the increase in tuition costs they need it more than ever. For this issue there are multiple stakeholders are involved. For example, this includes students and parents since they are the ones who are paying the University of their education, and in some cases other family members depending on who has raised the student. These stakeholders are important because it is not just a particular group of people, it’s an affects students and families across the country. Also being a college student I have direct experience in this matter, and my audience is most likely other college students that are facing the same issues as I am. For this issue a logical solution might be the ability for students to gain more aid through loans, financial aid, grants, etc. Because while Universities can’t help raise their tuitions due to their decreased state funding or budget cuts. The increase of finical support from government companies will help students in their increased college expenses. Now the issue with this is that the government will be giving a lot more money to students and it might not be able to support everyone. Adding on to the increased of government funds to students I also think it should only be given to kids that are going to a selected college that is having finial troubles. What this means is Universities with finical troubles should report this to government funding options so they know who to help with their increased tuition costs. The reason I choose this audience for my proposal was because this is a nationwide issue that effected thousands of students around the country. Some kids like me their parents are right on the edge of finial support and their parents also make too much money to receive finical aid, but still have a tough time paying for college. These students will most likely end up paying for college in student loans. Although this is a very common answer to this problem the only thing it is doing is bring in more debt for the students. This issue is very prevalent in today’s society and I believe I have a good solution for it.