Students putting economic recovery and higher education into their own hands

After reading various posts about the American Recovery and Readjustment Act on the main FM blog, I decided I'd share my views on the act, considering I will be a college student in the fall.

In this week's Pelosi 411 e-mail for students and young americans, there was a lot of talk about the act and how it will benefit college students.

"It will help students by boosting funding for Pell Grants, creating a $2,500 tax credit for nearly 4 million students, and tripling the number of science fellowships. This bill is also the first time that a tax credit will help students defray the rising costs of textbooks."

There was also a really good link to a YouTube video of Ohio representative, Tim Ryan, explaining the benefits the act will have towards higher education.

There was an interesting piece written by Emily Rutherford on Campus Progress about a group of students at University of Florida organizing a hunger strike to express concern about the university's endowments.

I am very hopeful about the passing of this bill because honestly I think it will affect me and thousands of other college students in a positive way. As an out of state student at University of Missouri, I've received a few scholarships, but yet I still worry about paying for college. I practically live on FastWeb and I stayed home from school today to finish up scholarship applications and essays that are due tomorrow.

I'm going to go out on limb here and trust President Obama, because its been a long time since I've had full faith in our leaders. I figure I should at least give them a chance.