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E-MAILStudent finances: Today's students are poor, yet optimistic
by Loreal Lynch | May 5, 2011
When AP-Viacom released the results of their survey on youth in education a couple of weeks ago, one thing became strikingly apparent: today's students are just as affected by the recession as their parents are. Despite their financial struggles, though, students are managing to maintain a positive outlook regarding their own futures—an outlook that involves putting faith in higher education.
The following visual vividly contrasts the financial struggles that plague America's students with the hopefulness they feel regarding their post-collegiate futures. Is this hopeful attitude testament to the value of an education?
(For more Schools.com coverage of the AP/Viacom survey results read: Money a big factor in young adults' school, career choices; Young adults see social media as key for jobs, education; and Students say education system doesn't understand them.)
About the Author
Loreal Lynch is a content editor at QuinStreet who is passionate about issues of education. She received her Bachelor's degree in Spanish from Tufts University and currently volunteers as an ESL tutor in the San Francisco Bay Area.
