Enrollment in higher education is
slowly increasing in Texas. Overall enrollment grew about 8000 students in
2013. Although that is an increase of less than I percent since 2012. The state
has a plan to bring the performance up by 2015. In order this meet their plans
goal, we need the growth rate significantly higher than the current one. About 34000
students in the next two years. An article
in the Texas Tribune titled higher
education enrollment growth gives facts about enrollment in higher ed
institutions. Public universities experience an increase of less that 2 percent
the last year. Texas southern University experienced the biggest decrease of
more than 10 percent. Texas A&M added 3100 student, on a good note. Community
colleges experienced less than 1 percent decline and tech schools experienced highest
percent of 5.5 increase. Part of the plan is a program called Advise Texas College
Advising Corps. It places college graduates in high school to advise students
of their future. Since Texas has a slowly working plan for enrollment process,
in order to sustain it Texas government should adopt a course of action to keep
student enrolled in college.
Once students
are enrolled in college the main goal should focus on keeping the student in. There
are many reasons for students to drop out of college. Their financial situation
can play a big factor. Many students throughout their college lifetime don’t have
to funds to pay for it. They may take out student loans, apply for
scholarships, or mainly apply for financial aid. Once these options run dry
weather it is student slacking in school or just don’t have the necessary means
to supply their schooling. It can put a huge toll on the dropout rate, which does
not reflect well with the enrollment rate. Therefore Texas needs to implement a
better funding program for college tuition. This will help tremendously with
the overall system of Texas higher education. Your finances are main stressors
in life. If you know your finances are taken care of, then your life can be
less stressful. College is where you worry about your finances half the time
and I shouldn’t have to be.
Although
it is a good one, the overwhelming college lifestyle can be another reason why
students drop out. Many are not prepared for the transition from high school to
college. As stated earlier, there is a program to advise high school student
about college to help with the enrollment rate. With the dropout rate there
should be a better program to assist it. There are many counselors and previous
student as well to help freshmen college student. But there should be a specific
program to help student stay focus in school ensuring it doesn’t interfere with
their promising college years.
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/25/higher-ed-enrollment-grows-slowly-deadline-looms/
Aside from minor grammatical errors within the blog, the information seems to be solid and consistent with the original article. The inclusion of statistical facts about the overall rise or declining of enrolment in higher educational institutions; not only provided your blog readers with tangible information that they can research for themselves, but it also gave your interpretation of the article much more credibility. Your description of the Advise Texas College Advising Corp was fairly short. It would have been nice to see a little more depth in regards to which colleges or universities will be participating in the program, as well as some of the benefits of being a high school student who may receive advising from the corp. In addition, you seemed to hint that there needs to be a course of action taken to boost college enrollment, yet you did not offer any of your own suggestions on how to do so. That piece of information may give the reader the impression that the subject is one of importance to you, as well as boost your credibility. I do however, appreciate the fact that you went in depth on some of the possible reasons for the declining enrollment. I also agree with you on the notion that finances can hinder ones college aspirations, and in turn increase the drop out rate among college student. One thing is for sure; if everyone could afford college, there would be no need for financial aid. Overall you had allot of good information, but perhaps your ideas may have come across more clearly if u take the time to categorize information according to relevancy, and proofread your work for errors. Aside from that, Good work!
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