When it comes to the cost of higher education, not many people care. The issue of rising college cost has been put on the back burner by politicians. The reason being is the fact that they have more important things to worry about. When I looked up bills related to higher education, only six popped up that have been passed, and of those six, none planned on reducing the cost. I think this issue is yet to be resolved because the people who are concerned with it have little to no representation in office. In order for this issue to become an issue for people who are not in college, people would have to care about it. If no one cares enough about an issue, it isn’t going to get solved. Without the concern of politicians, college cost are able to skyrocket with no consequences.
Inquiry: Generally the main reason people are not motivated enough to take stand towards important issues is because of the way government usually responds to their issues indirectly. Most people who are least concerned today about getting the college tuition costs decreased is because of the constant rejection of the government on proposed bills in the interest of students success. I’m adding this link (https://blog.law.uconn.edu/blog/public-education-and-separation-powers) as my inquiry source to help you and other readers understand the role of 2 branches of the government: Legislative and Judiciary in College Tuition Costs. And also review the case Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell to see the Connecticut Supreme Court’s Decision.
Reflection: I relate with the entire crux of your blog. The fact that the people who are concerned with our issues have little to no representation is infuriating. Especially because the people who are in office are more concerned with keeping their position of power rather than helping the greater good.
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Inquiry; Here is a list of student aid/college cost bills this year. Admittedly, many of the bills seem to have nothing to do with student aid or regulation of loan providers. None the less, perhaps looking at what does get introduced can give insight on how to approach this dilemma.
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Reflect: The topic itself has a very small audience devoted to it. There is a problem to how this and many other issues get little to no attention to the politicians, but the task at hand needs more support from the politicians before coming up with a solution. I’d say the problem with the lack of support to free higher education would be the poor voter turnout to the group that wants the free education, but it could be more deeper to the politicians themselves.
Inquire: On your blog, I identified some incorrect statements, for example, that education is not important for politicians. In reality, it is a significant issue that has been debated by many representatives from the senate and house. However, they have not found a possible solution that can fix it without affecting the taxpayers or other interest groups. Therefore, you need to consider a change in, “When it comes to the cost of higher education, not many people care. The issue of rising college cost has been put on the back burner by politicians. The reason being is the fact that they have more important things to worry about.” By doing it, you will have a more explicit statement that will avoid confusion or contrast between the viewers’ point of view that education is already important for some politicians. Also, you can use emphasize why is education reforms challenging to get passed by explaining the complex congress structure that limits any bill to get a pass in congress by adding, “With 535 members in Congress and a seemingly infinite number of domestic, international, economic, agricultural, regulatory, criminal, and military issues to deal with at any given moment, the two chambers must divide their work based on specialization. Congress does this through the committee system. Specialized committees (or subcommittees) in both the House and the Senate are where bills originate and most of the work that sets the congressional agenda takes place”. ( American Government, Pg.430). This information can help you provide support for your point of view that Congress is not focused all its power to reform education, but it does not mean that they do not care; instead, it shows that they need to distribute their budget accurate in all committees.
inquire: people have power to change things with their votes however maybe the reason as to why nothing has changes is because people dont want free college. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-dont-want-free-college . there are opposing ideas about why people don’t want to fix this problem if you to change the governments way of thinking then you should change the peoples first.