Accessibility of education in the US (Ronghang Zhang)
Education in the United States has always been a popular topic of discussion for some time, but recently the debate over heath care in the United States now bebomes front-page news. It is important to make education even higher enducation more accessible for every Americans.
Education has not been as common as expected in today’s society. There are several main reasons that not every American receive higher education.The expensive tuition is one of the most biggest. According to the U.S. Department of the treasury, “students are bearing a greater share of the college costs than a generation ago. At public four-year colleges and universities, tuition and fees as a percent of revenue has doubled since 1987, while the proportion funded by state and local governments has fallen by about one-third.”[1] The education opportunity has not provided to everyone in America yet.
The situation that not too many teenagers receive high-quality education or finish their degree brings new problems, such as unemployment. “The unemployment rate for Americans with a high school diploma (9.4 percent) is about twice the rate of those with a bachelor’s degree (4.9 percent). Americans who did not graduate from high school are unemployed at almost three times the rate (14.1 percent) as those with a bachelor’s degree”.[2]When the education level of a region is not that abundant, other aspects of the society are affected negatively. For example, the education condition is poor in the Central America, so the society is not stable enough. The average standard of living in that area needs a huge improvemnet and the region’s criminal justice system needs to become “more transparent and efficient.” “Education is fundamental”[1] for cutting crime rates, said Pardo. She said that in most Central American and Caribbean countries the quality of education is poor and many “kids don’t even know how to read and write”.[2]
In summary, due to high tuition cost and other reasons, many students in the United States do not have the opportunity to access higher education and even basic education. Low education level also makes other problems for the students themselves, even the soiety. To respond to this current situation as much as a social issue, there are programs offered by the U.S. government to alleciate the problem which are indeed helpful.
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