Students are protesting the cost of colloge majors today - Stag Rezscore Insight

Amongstudentswhowerethe most worried aboutthecostofhigher education, 57 percent believed that a four-year degreeis“worth the investment and usually pays off” compared to 88 percent of higher-incomestudentswho said the same.

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Collegestudentsprotestinghigher educationcostsarefacing criticism after their demonstration disrupted a service honoring fallen military personnel at the Massachusetts statehouse on Wednesday.

Manystudentsargue that the hikewasintroduced without adequate consultation and at a time when familiesarealready struggling with rising livingcosts.Protestersinsist that public education institutions should remain affordable, especially for...

“Studentsareterrified ofprotests,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard government professor. “Not terrified because they’re going to get beaten up or shot or arrested, but terrified because they willbepunished, and there willbesignificant consequences for minor acts ofprotests.”

Studentswillbeprotestingon Thursday, part of a national day of action organised by Rent Strike , an activist network. The network, which grew out of campaigns at UCL and Goldsmiths in 2016-17,isnow trainingstudentsin activism and negotiation.

Studentshave a right tobeupset over the upward spiralingcostsofacollegeeducation, and I’m pleased to see that theyarebeingactive in demonstrating their frustration across the nation. With thatbeingsaid, theyarepointing their fingers at the wrong culprit.

Butprotesterssay the impact measures, announced several weeks ago, has alreadybeenlost due to rising prices. Additional help withthecostofliving by the governmentisexpected at Budget time, which willbein October.

Sixty-five percentofcollegestudentspolled said they support the recentprotests, and a portion of them even admitted to sympathizing with Hamas and having an unfavorable opinion of Jewish people.