State leaders are pushing for a change that would give all eligible students the chance to complete the program and earn a tuition-free college education.
is to lift kids out of poverty through the power of education – to help them reach opportunities that will put them on a new trajectory for their adult lives.
Students show they can succeed in college if they have the means to get there. In exchange, the state covers their tuition, hoping for an eventual return on that investment through a better quality of life for those Hoosiers, higher educational attainment rates and more tax dollars from the higher-paying jobs that data shows come with a college degree.
Jackson grew up in southwest Indiana, the child of a single mom. When he was young they moved around a lot, but eventually settled in Bicknell, a city of a few thousand people in Knox County, living in a rental home owned by his uncle. After three semesters, he earned an associate degree and transferred to the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. He commuted for the first semester and then moved there for the last two years.
With the expected increase in participants, the Commission for Higher Education estimates it would cost the state an additional $150 million for each cohort of students, though that cost wouldn’t be felt for several years – until this year’s eighth graders begin enrolling in college.“To me, the real impact on the state is on economic and social mobility for these students,” Lowery said.
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