The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.
We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.
More than ever, a college diploma unlocks economic opportunity, provides students with a wealth of new skills and knowledge, and encourages innovation and growth. But more than ever, it also comes with a mountain of student loan debt.
There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.
Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.
It's one thing to make financial aid available to students so they can attend college. It's another thing to design forms that students can actually fill out.
Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.
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