Middle class feeling squeezed by rising college tuition
It’s middle-class families who are really feeling the pinch with higher tuition, local high school counselors said. They’re less likely to get financial aid based on need and often have to rely on loans and savings to pay for college, they said. Steve Boyd, a counselor at Foothill, knows how hard it is for middle-class families figuring out how to pay for college. Boyd, a father of two, said he is "personally feeling squeezed out," especially when he’s taking furlough days because of state budget cuts. "It just doesn’t seem right," he said. "It doesn’t seem like it should be this difficult, but it is." A survey released this month by the Public Policy Institute of California reflects Boyd’s frustration. Nearly three-fourths of respondents said the state does not provide enough funding for universities. About the same number believe the price of tuition keeps qualified students from going to college.
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by Jean Cowden Moore, The Ventura County Star.