Bringing Awareness to City Resources
As we know, inflation is an issue growing every year in not only the state of New Jersey but around the U.S. and across the globe. The contributing factor to these issues can stem from not having enough resources on earth to sustain the ever growing population of its inhabitants, climate change, political strife, corporate greed, etc. Jobs strongly resist increasing the paychecks of their employees, our education system is powerless in how much government funding they receive so prices for tuition, textbooks, meal plans and dorm rooms only rise every year as financial aid for student tend to decrease and sometimes limited scholarships get granted from colleges. Backed by data from the, U.S department of Education: National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of colleges has increased by 31% this last decade. Financial stress is daunting to students who are or would like to receive higher education in order to achieve sustainable futures inside a career field they enjoy.
Doing my part to try combating this issues I will have these flyers of money saving suggestions printed then posted in the GSUB lobby of our campus after obtaining permission. The flyer is not complete yet as I need to create a QR code linking to a Google doc I will make including the available resources I know of within Jersey City. The document will contain the addresses, phone numbers and possible names of those within these places students struggling to maintain finances can contact. This ever going issue is not a battle which can be won over night but a little help goes a long way. My action can gain traction by others reaching out to me with other organizations they may know to help their peers as well.
References
U.S. Department of Education; National Center for Education Statistics. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: selected years, 1963-64 through 2017-18. Report, U.S. Department of Education; 2018,
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_330.10.asp
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