Proposal

Education is important for today’s generation due to the worth of having a college degree versus working out of high school. To get the education needed to acquire a sustainable job, and provide for your family requires financial sacrifices. A college education isn’t cheap, and college isn’t for everyone. Working after high school can prove better than the debt that can be accrued sending a teen off to college. This is where poverty steps into the mix, when you have student that wants to pursue a degree and needs financial assistance without having thousands of dollars of debt. Does poverty and class impact how successful a college student? Without financial backing does a student have enough drive to hit their goals? Being on the lower middle class the tuition for the university is more than what my father makes in a year. Without scholarships and aid I wouldn’t be at the University of Illinois.

I plan using mostly primary sources for this assignment, maybe a survey or two, and some numbers from my sources support the evidence. Poverty, education, college students, success, higher education, drop out are some of the key words I am going to use to search in the library search. I will look for the sources on data bases, academic journals, articles, films, etc. I will use the most supported research based on peer reviews, the origin of the source. Creditable sources will play a huge role, along with information on universities. Some of the information maybe sensitive and be difficult to get.

 

Annotated Bibliography

Thesis: Does money, economic class, background and race hinder how successful a student of poverty will become.

Avalos, Deborah Anne. “Poverty and the Public School System: Student Persistence from Elementary School to College Graduation.” ProQuest LLC, 2013 Print

Students that reside in poverty stricken areas are more likely to be troubled academically and emotionally troubled than middle upper class. The purpose of this study was the find out the plan at risk youth put fourth toward graduating college.

This is a scholarly source from an academic journal this given a view strictly from the side of the student. There is a great deal of support which is loaded toward the factors of being in the lower middle class. Being published in 2013 it is somewhat recent with logical reasons to support the reasoning explained

Blackwell, E, & Pinder, PJ 2014, ‘What are the motivational factors of the first generation minority college students who overcame their families histories to pursue higher education?’, “The College Student Journal”, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 45-56.

Being a minority is tough as it but discrimination can hold you back without getting out the gate. The history of you family can also be a drawback despite the amount of support they give. A first generation college student who is also a minority faces even more struggles when getting a college education. This is a study consisted of third generation college students and first generation college students.  More support from the family of the third generation students but the drive from the first generation college students were better life style wise. The inner drive is the factor that separates the comparison of the two groups.

This academic journal is scholarly and is one of my topics that give me the ability to give diversity to my paper. Outside of poverty there are many influences that impact a student trying to strive for a higher education. If you aren’t a first generation college or not this could hit home for you and how you were raised. This article is pretty recent, and it is pretty accurate with my other articles even with the different views on the success of the students.

 

Breier, Mignonne. “From ‘Financial Considerations’ To ‘Poverty’: Towards A Reconceptualization Of The Role Of Finances In Higher Education Student Drop Out.” Higher Education Vol. 60

Financial stability plays a big role in whether a student receives an education.  The amounts of dropouts due to poverty are rising, and the issue has reached critical mass. The information in this source is from Vincent Tinto studies the retention and graduation of 7 HE South African Schools. He provides detailed information of the academic calendar and financial hardships. These hardships relate to the struggle of students around the globe looking for higher education.

This source is an Academic Journal and it is a scholarly source.  The article is from Higher Education Vol 60. This article was not peer reviewed, but has plenty of tables and graphs that supports the author’s main idea. The article is as bias showing how poverty is a truly a problem that needs to be heard. The information is quite outdated but it can be used, and help support information from other articles as I was published in 2010.

 

Moorman, Diann, and Danielle Wicks-Smith. “Poverty Discrimination Revealed Through Student Peer Evaluations.” “The College Student Journal” 46.1 (2012): 141-148

A study from Southeastern University involving 235 undergraduate students. The task given to the students is to experience the role of the teacher, by peer critiquing each other work. The study revealed that thirty two percent of the students would grade their peers harsher if they were poor. This resulted in a socioeconomic biased towards the less fortunate student’s presentations.

A study of how discrimination is still prevalent, and showing how the less fortunate is getting treated truly unfair. This article is from a “College Student Journal” this article was published in 2012 this article is a supporting piece of my paper. This topic shows that there are event students keeping over students in poverty down if give the same opportunity.  This information is useful and also gives me another view. This article is not peer viewed.

 

Robb, Cliff A., and Mary Beth Pinto. “College Students and Credit Card Use: An Analysis of Financially At-Risk Students.” “The College Student Journal” 44.4 (2010): 823-835.

Students are relying taking out loans and credit cards more now than ever. This study follows purchase patterns of college students, and shows how they become financial at risk if not they are at risk. Students at risk tend to put there self at even more risk. While working and school the money needed to stay above water, but without enough support a student will drown. Even of all of the scholarships around it still will take some time for a student.

Focusing on the still on students this source is more about how a college student can fall into debt so easy. This piece is from an academic journal, but is not peer reviewed. Also the data in this article is somewhat old it is still a common feat for students no matter what time period it is, and how easy it is to get into debt. The author is quite calm with this article very reasonable and not as swayed.

 

Wiener, JON. “Aiming Higher: Make College Tuition Free.” “Nation” 300.14 (2015)

Tuition cost at Universities are set so high that it put students so far into debt before they able to start first their job. Student loans are huge risk for college students because the education will result in a job after the time spent in college. Due to funding states the price for public universities sky rocket. Despite all of the grants, scholarships, and aid available for students tuition still put loans at a high risk. The government is responsible for not having free tuition along with students not willing to riot.

This is a popular source is a periodical from a magazine, the issue is from earlier this year. Debt is so prevalent in this issue I am proposing, this is a biased view on education and the United States government this author seems to point plenty of fingers and the views a swayed completely.

 

Xiaolin, Cao, Wang Shuangwei, and Fang Changchun. “The Grey Decision Assessment of National support Work Models for Poverty-stricken College Students.” Journal Of Grey System 27, no. 1 (March 2015):

Chinese college students were highlighted I this model and were picked specifically because of their financial shortcomings. The national support model was based on the financial resources a student as to achieve the higher education that they so desire. Quantitative analysis using the grey system assessment and grey target is used to determine the how to use the poverty stricken students natural support fund. An efficient use of the funds are needed to allow the student to receive the best assistance possible.

This study went into the issue the most in-depth, the research is scholarly, and was peer reviewed. This student was took quite a while to get all of the complete information. This article was published this year, and is a difficult to decipher.  Giving me information based how poverty is a struggle and the analysis shows what is best for students.

 

Zetlin, Andrea, and Lois A. Weinberg. Placed at Risk by the System: The Educational Vulnerability of Children and Youth in Foster Care. New York: Nova, 2013. Print.

Students out of the hands of their parents at the mercy of the system. This book is to find the hidden barriers for children in foster care. With foster care comes lack of money which increases the chances of children dropping out of school, abuse, and drugs. At the mercy of the system how can you get leap over the barriers to get an education? How many students never get become a college student or not even get the opportunity to go through high school? Hundreds of thousands of children are facing this dilemma currently in the United States alone.

This is a scholarly read coming out in 2013 this is still a issue that is thriving in society today. This is a book and it has plenty of data for me the researcher to use to support his thesis. It is a little different view on the children and how corrupt the system is.