James Donohue
Professor Hochfelder
AHIS 201
2/15/20
Title: How Much Influence Will UC's Faculty Have?
Date:1/10/20
URL:https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/02/10/how-much-influence-will-university-california-faculty-panel-have
Brief Description: College systems across the nation have started becoming test-optional colleges wherein students aren't required to have an SAT or ACT score in order to be accepted to college. The University of Nebraska system has already done it but required students seeking financial aid to take the tests. The University of California system debated becoming test-optional but a task force of UC professors recommended not becoming test-optional. Meanwhile, the chancellors of UC Berkley and UC Santa Barbara have endorsed becoming test-optional.
Keywords: College, Affordability, New York
Future Implications: Going test-optional would be beneficial to low-income students who disproportionately do worse on these tests. First off, SAT and ACT tests are expensive and thus its harder for lower-income students to take them. Sometimes wealthier students are also able to afford tutors who can help them do well on the tests which propel them to scholarships that make college more affordable. Lower-income students don't have this privilege because they can't afford a tutor. On top of that lower-income students may have to focus on working outside of school to help their family make ends meet and thus don't have time to study for a standardized test like the SAT or ACT. Test-optional schools would level the playing field between lower and upper-class students.
Title: Governor's budget to push for aid for schools, college debt
Date:2/4/20
URL:https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/02/04/governors-budget-to-push-for-aid_ap.html
Brief Description: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is preparing to unveil his budget for the state, a budget proposal that will include efforts to make college more affordable for lower-income students. The governor has been mum on revealing what his plan is(another article from outside my sources revealed his plan for what is called the Nellie Bly scholarship for students in the Pennsylvania state school system).
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: The governor's proposal will find staunch resistance from the legislature as Governor Wolf is a Democrat and both branches of the legislature are controlled by Republicans. However, a plan to fight college debt and make college more affordable for students at Pennsylvania's 14 public colleges is a good idea and could encourage more lower-income students to attend and complete college.
Title: Educators call on Congress to reject heartless Trump/DeVos budget
Date:2/10/20
URL:http://www.nea.org/home/75882.htm
Brief Description: In a press release NEA President Lily Eskelsen García asked Congress to reject the budget put forth by the Trump Administration because of its negatively impactful education policies. In this budget proposal, public education funding would be cut by $5 billion.
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: Cuts to funding for public education will inevitably cause tuition and other costs at public universities to rise to make up for the money being lost from the federal government. Thus these budget cuts will only make college more and more unaffordable and force students to fall further and further into debt.
Professor Hochfelder
AHIS 201
2/15/20
Title: How Much Influence Will UC's Faculty Have?
Date:1/10/20
URL:https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/02/10/how-much-influence-will-university-california-faculty-panel-have
Brief Description: College systems across the nation have started becoming test-optional colleges wherein students aren't required to have an SAT or ACT score in order to be accepted to college. The University of Nebraska system has already done it but required students seeking financial aid to take the tests. The University of California system debated becoming test-optional but a task force of UC professors recommended not becoming test-optional. Meanwhile, the chancellors of UC Berkley and UC Santa Barbara have endorsed becoming test-optional.
Keywords: College, Affordability, New York
Future Implications: Going test-optional would be beneficial to low-income students who disproportionately do worse on these tests. First off, SAT and ACT tests are expensive and thus its harder for lower-income students to take them. Sometimes wealthier students are also able to afford tutors who can help them do well on the tests which propel them to scholarships that make college more affordable. Lower-income students don't have this privilege because they can't afford a tutor. On top of that lower-income students may have to focus on working outside of school to help their family make ends meet and thus don't have time to study for a standardized test like the SAT or ACT. Test-optional schools would level the playing field between lower and upper-class students.
Title: Governor's budget to push for aid for schools, college debt
Date:2/4/20
URL:https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/02/04/governors-budget-to-push-for-aid_ap.html
Brief Description: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is preparing to unveil his budget for the state, a budget proposal that will include efforts to make college more affordable for lower-income students. The governor has been mum on revealing what his plan is(another article from outside my sources revealed his plan for what is called the Nellie Bly scholarship for students in the Pennsylvania state school system).
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: The governor's proposal will find staunch resistance from the legislature as Governor Wolf is a Democrat and both branches of the legislature are controlled by Republicans. However, a plan to fight college debt and make college more affordable for students at Pennsylvania's 14 public colleges is a good idea and could encourage more lower-income students to attend and complete college.
Title: Educators call on Congress to reject heartless Trump/DeVos budget
Date:2/10/20
URL:http://www.nea.org/home/75882.htm
Brief Description: In a press release NEA President Lily Eskelsen García asked Congress to reject the budget put forth by the Trump Administration because of its negatively impactful education policies. In this budget proposal, public education funding would be cut by $5 billion.
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: Cuts to funding for public education will inevitably cause tuition and other costs at public universities to rise to make up for the money being lost from the federal government. Thus these budget cuts will only make college more and more unaffordable and force students to fall further and further into debt.
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