- Target:
- Secretary of Education, Congress
- Region:
- United States of America
A recent study showed that by 2025, United States economy will need 60 % of the workforce to hold a post-secondary degree. Currently, less than 40% of the United States workforce has a post-secondary degree. Nationwide, student loan debt has accumulated to over $1.2 trillion, contributing to that debt is the continued increase cost of higher education. On average in the United States, higher education has increased over 5.2% which is double of what the national inflation rate of 2.3%.
This continued increase of tuition is making in more difficult for the working middle class to attend college. Many young adults are choosing not to go to college to avoid the high costs of tuition which those individuals will earn almost half of what a college education American would earn,
Sign this bill in protest to the continued increase of higher education and to make it more affordable to the working middle class!
We, the undersigned, petition that higher education should be affordable for all Americans. There needs to be more funding/grants towards American students tuition to minimize the need for student loans.
Tax credits should be offered to those that have already accumulated student debt and are struggling to make payments.
Finally, there should be guidelines set for Universities to ensure that they are making college affordable for all students.
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The Lower the costs of Higher Education petition to Secretary of Education, Congress was written by Mollie and is in the category Education at GoPetition.