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THE FORGOTTEN - Example Of An African Middle-Class

Images from Africa in the Western media show mostly terrible misery, war, hunger and poverty. According to UN figures more than ninety percent of all Africans live neither in war nor crisis-areas and the economic growth of some African countries is among the largest in the world.

Kenya‘s economic growth is annually between five and six percent which is three times higher than the growth in Germany. This is above all to the credit of the middle class, which is probably the most crucial potential for the development of the country. Nevertheless you hardly notice anything about the lives of African middle class people. Hahn + Hartung traveled to the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi to meet and create a portray of people belonging to the middle class.
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An existing issue with our current financial aid system is that middle class students don’t qualify for low income scholarships such as the Blue & Gold Plan AND don’t make enough to afford higher education. So then how do they pay for their degree? By taking out loans, and LOTS of them. The average college graduate graduates with not only a degree, but also an average of $25,250 in loans. Right now in our nation, the total student loan debt is MORE than the credit card debt. Furthermore, with our economy the way it is, the employment rate for young college graduates is only a small 9.1% Obviously, there is something wrong with this picture.

California Assemblyman John A. Perez is proposing a plan that will close a loophole that will channel a tax from out of state corporations into higher education that totals to about ONE BILLION DOLLARS. $150 million will go to California Community Colleges to fund scholarships and the rest will go to the UC and CSU system. If his plan passes, tuition for CSU and UC students who meet the requirements will be CUT BY TWO THIRDS! The plan defines middle class as students whose family income is less than $150,000 annually and the student must apply for financial aid and submit his or her FAFSA on time.

For more information and to get involved check out http://asmdc.org/issues/middleclassscholarship/

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