How is college undergraduate graduation rate affected by socioeconomic status?

RUNNING HEAD : Poverty and College Graduates

Poverty and College Student Achievement and the Issue on Graduating Possibilities among the Student Group in Focus

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Abstract

Poverty has naturally been observed by the educational experts that are concerned in the development of several college students in the society today . Undeniably the procedures of researches that is further processed today actually makes it certain that the said issue is serious matter to be considerably attended to by several researchers that are presenting the said

Obviously

, poverty along with all the elements that contribute to the situation has a strong implication on the sources of the reasons of why college students are not able to graduate at the expected time that they should . In the that follows , the development of the said issue shall be presented in a clarified manner that is much useful for the readers of the study

Poverty and College Student Achievement and the Issue on Graduating Possibilities among the Student Group in Focus

Statement of Purpose

In the school year 2004-2005 , the researcher had the privilege of working with the most wonderful College Resource Room students . The experience of teaching in a rural farming community was an eye-opening experience and one that the researcher will never forget . The following research has been based on the idea that students afflicted by poverty often do not achieve their highest potential in school . One way or another , it seems that grades are not important to them . In my opinion grades are not important to the said students because they feel as though they do not have many opportunities such as getting a good paying job , acquiring lots of money and so on . Resource Room students often see themselves as inadequate in the area of knowledge , skills and brains Hence , it is the duty of the teacher or teachers to help these students see what they have to offer the world , the job market and other sectors of success in the society . Although this is the case , it could not be denied that the main will of these students is to free them from poverty . How ? Through short term schooling , earning minimum grades and planning to obtain a minimum wage paying job in the future . In this regard , understanding poverty and college resource room student achievement will allow teachers to begin to understand the students thinking , their rationale for school , their view concerning the importance of school , their patterns of displaying several behavioral reactions towards numerous situations concerning themselves and their education . Finally , this would also help the educators understand the possible ways by which the students being studied could be helped and motivated in achieving more that hat they are achieving at present hence providing them with a healthy growth , good education and an excellent outlook on life

Justification of Study

In rural areas , College Resource Room students and poverty seemed to go hand and hand . Farming is a way of life but sometimes not...