https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi By Avi and Noah Goldman en-us 2021-05-25 15:44:59 UTC 2025-11-05 20:23:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558160772 College Affordability]]> 2021-05-25 15:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558160772 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558162665 "College is More Important—But More Expensive—Than Ever Before" - US DOE

*The Department of Education estimates that 2/3 of jobs in the US in 2020 will require a post-secondary education or training

*College debt can range from the average of $27,000 to over $200,000
-Average student has about $37,000 in debt

Students that come from low-income families are less likely to pursue a degree

]]> 2021-05-25 15:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558162665 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558169249 -We had always known college was a heavy financial expense
-The numbers quickly become overwhelming when the college search process begins and balancing is needed for a financial future
-We wanted to learn more about this issue]]> 2021-05-25 15:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558169249 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558181305 2021-05-25 15:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558181305 9959616 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558191574 - Personally affecting us through our own college search 
- Many people we know are unable to attend desired colleges
-*We care about access to education for all.
-*College affordability will continue to be a growing issue as college degrees become more important in our workforce.

]]> 2021-05-25 15:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558191574 9959616 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558240605 - *As time has gone on, there has been a higher and higher demand for more education
- This has come with a rise in US population as more immigrants flood in and as more veterans complete there service
- This can be directly correlated to the cold war, as many who were drafted at a young age were given discounts to different universities under a series of bills
- This promoted education as well as prompted a rise in its attendance, triggering the growth seen today

*History has been altered by important figures, many of whom have been shaped by their education. Our future as an entire world is pertinent on the education and growth of our race.]]> 2021-05-25 16:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558240605 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558260148 Federal Subsidization
-In which the government pays for a portion of a student's tuition because of merit or current financial standing
-Ex. FAFSA, Pell Grants
-Paid for by taxes
-Often do not cover the entire costs and leaves students short

State Subsidization
-Goes directly to the state school and community colleges
-Paid for by taxes
-Makes state school tuition cheaper for in-state students
-Certain education systems are not ideal and it forces students who are disadvantaged to attend a university or college that is not a good fit for them

#Allow access to college programs or credit in high school
#-Cuts the tuition by knocking off required classes or programs in college or trade school
-Sometimes still costs money
-Credit isn't always given until the high school course is completed, or the students score a certain grade on a test (ex. AP exams)

Opt for certificate/trade over a degree 
-Often cheaper and requires less years of education and tuition.
-Classes can be taken in some high schools
-Trades are well-paying jobs
-Trades can be learned at community colleges or special schools where the tuition is cheaper


Online textbooks 
-Are cheaper and more accessible
-Can't get lost
-More likely that they may be free
-Easy to share 

]]> 2021-05-25 16:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558260148 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558278181
The first college in the US, New College, was founded in the 1636 and is now known as Harvard University.

Before the federal government subsidized tuition, they supported the creation of colleges through legislation such as the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act.

*Even in the early 1900s, college was "still to high for average family"(ProCon). For example, Brown University charged $393 ($9,535 today) in 1907.

By the 1920s, college tuition was on the steady rise and has increased ever since then.

In 1944, the GI Bill allowed veterans to attend colleges when before the price would have been to steep to afford

In 1972, Pell Grants are introduced.

By 1980, financial aid had transformed from giving grants to enabling access to loans. This increased debt.

By the mid 1980s, 40-50 percent of high school graduates would go into postsecondary education. Making the workforce more competitive. 

*A generation ago, the US was number #1 in college degree attainment for young adults, now the US ranks 13th.

In today's global and competitive economy, higher education is no longer a luxury to a few like it once was.

*There are 22 million college students in the US, and over 44 million people are in debt due to tuition. This accumulates to over 1.5 trillion dollars.

*According to the US Census Bureau, 33.4% of the adult US population has a bachelor’s degree or higher as of Mar. 30, 2019

*College prices have seen increases for a wide range of reasons
-Marketing (needed to recruit top students)
-Growing in population and size
-Campuses have been redesigned to attract students
-Growing variety in different courses and classes being offered
-New practices and technology
-Hiring and paying quality faculty and staff
-Tuition discounting, colleges lose a significant amount of money in grants/aid
-Prestige (helps with recruitment and success after college, requires large amounts of money)

While colleges have gotten more expensive, inflation and the annual amount of income that the average household takes in has increased over time.]]> 2021-05-25 16:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1558278181 9959615 https://padlet.com/9959615/ns2on9oocmsisrhi/wish/1559367419 1. Promote and strengthen the local and state college systems (community college)
2. Offer more reasons to go to community classes (ex. classes, sports, campus life)
3. Promote and educate others on travelling abroad
4. Eliminate the stigma around community college
5. Promote legislation to give students more aid or to prevent outrages schooling prices

(Solution highlighted above is the one chosen)


Who Should be Involved in our Solution?

-Local school districts (these would promote community colleges in school and gives the idea that it is a plausible choice of schooling
-Local and state governments, these would further help implement community colleges in local schools as well as help improve community colleges without raising the fee, likely through legislation
-Town/City citizens, these will largely be needed in order to approve legislation and cooperate in order for any of this to work, this would likely cause a rise in taxes
-Educational/Political representatives, these will be needed in order to convey to the public just how necessary these improvements are and to push this legislation through the government
-Students, in the end, students/parents are the ones making the final decision to attend community or local college, and therefore, their support is needed
-State and local college/educators, these people will be needed in order to help implement these new plans, although this will be passed through legislation, it is up to the colleges to take advantage of this new initiative


How to Implement This Solution

1.
-Legislation is passed
-to promote local and community colleges in the form of extra money given to them by the government as well as to improve life at the colleges.

2.
-New funding would be given to local middle and high schools, as well as local community colleges in the form of taxpayer dollars

3.
-Once this money is distributed, frequent visits from these community college representatives to local high and middle schools.
-Representatives and community colleges become a large part of the high school student's college choice process with help of funding

4.
-Next is improving Community campus life and education,
-this will largely help with the stigma surrounding community college
-Eventually more decorated staff will be recruited to local and community colleges, helping with improving the education standard
-This will be paired with improvement to campus life such as renovating buildings, improving food quality, renovating dorms, renovating fields/sports equipment, expanding the campus, and much more.

5.
-The prices of the college will only rise with inflation as the legislation had stated in order for it to still be available to all students around the area.
-This will allow it to compete with much more expensive colleges, hopefully in time, reducing the amount of government spending being allocated to these schools.


Problems/Opposition with this Solution

-Passing Legislation, Something with this magnitude would be nearly impossible to pass through the government as it not only involves giving certain colleges an advantage over others, but it also involves billions of taxpayer dollars. These are generally not welcome especially in NH, where it already supplies students with the lowest amount of college funding than any other. This also involves preventing community colleges from really raising their prices, something that would generally never be able to make it through.
-Community outcry, Even if something such as this did get passed, many citizens would likely be outraged over the massive amount of new taxes they would receive for something they would likely not even be able to use or partake in. For example, a 50 year old who has already gotten their educational degree would likely not be fond of paying thousands of more dollars on taxes to help random community colleges take in more students.
-Funding for Legislation, Although the final funds will come from the governments, the initial funds needed to pass the legislation through government with representation would be costly.
-Widespread Cooperation, even if this controversial bill does get passed, it will be difficult to get every community/state college to take full advantage of the new initiative. This will greatly lessen the impact that this is suppose to have. This also means that many would likely exploit these resources for more personal means and therefore misuse the program and funds given.


How These Will be Overcome

-Passing Legislation, Something of this magnitude, as mentioned previously, would be very hard to pass. Therefore, widespread, national support would be required. Much campaigning and rallying would also be required, which would further raise the problem of funding.
-Community Outcry, In order to offset the discontent of many who do not have children, these new taxes would be diverted strictly to those who have children. This however would still raise the problem many not liking a raise in taxes regardless, in which case, a possible solution of those who know they will not put their kids through college would not pay taxes. This in itself raises new problems as well.
-Funding for Legislation, again, this is where campaigning and national support would come in. This is a very important step, as this would be completed under the assumption that the funding would be coming strictly from donations.
-Widespread Cooperation, this is something that would likely be backed up by further legislation and careful wording that covers almost all other document.

How Would We Raise This Support?

-Use of a Figurehead, in order to help launch the initial campaign, assuming we have a large enough group at our back, we would likely need to get the attention of a celebrity/political figure to launch it to a national scale. This would involve reaching out and establishing connections.
-Campaigning,  We could begin a small campaign with the small amount of national support and gradually grow as more donations come in. This means posters, billboards, commercials, merchandise, rallys, etc. Anything that could be used to boost support and recognition from the public. This of course would be much later in the funding process when more donations would come in. These together would hopefully be enough to send it through the legal system and convince many to vote on it.





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