Education is for everyone

I found this article to be quiete interesting. However, regardless of color, gender or ethnicity, the means for diversified enrollment lies in the awareness and attitudes of the parents/significant adults in the students’ lives. Also poor to middle income students and adult caregivers of any race, receive the message throughout the K-12 years, “Higher education is economically possible, an achievable option for students of any economic means. This help is available to complete the paperwork/enrollment process,” the parents and students in these underrepresented groups will have hope. The adults and students will begin to view themselves as “college bound.” Providing information on saving for college and handing out occassional fliers will only bring out discouragement in parents who are barely getting by financially or can’t read the application in front of them. First, the mentality of hopelessness must be replaced with a vision of nondiscriminatory opportunity.


To read more about this article, check it out here: ">"Hispanic college enrollment up in Texas; participation rate lags."