Not sure why we should aid wealthy parents because they have a philosophy, rather than aiding bright students who overcome significant obstacles to obtain their educations.
Would you explain why you mention aiding
parents vs aiding
students? Some may say that regardless of philosophy/obstacles, a scholarship primarily aids the student, and secondarily may aid the parents/family?
As a side note, a broad range of parental philosophies can be an obstacle for a student, ranging from very uninvolved parents who may not read to or converse with their young children, to overly involved pushy tiger parents or helicopter parents. the price is too high. That's the real problem, and members of every SES should be able to get behind pushing to solve it, because members of every strata would benefit.
Agreed!
As a side note, some may seek to solve this for their child only (for example competitive edge for scholarship), some may seek to solve this by infusing money into scholarship funds, some may seek to solve this by getting on boards and/or bringing about changes in a college/university tuition/scholarship policy. At the root may be a wide range of viewpoints on thoughts of redistribution, sustainability, equal opportunity, equity, and the enduring question of what is just. There may be a broad range of right answers... initiatives which help motivate students toward internal locus of control and self-sufficiency, while bringing out the best in people.
