College graduation rates: Income really matters

It's getting more difficult for low-income students to climb the economic ladder as the college graduation gap between the rich and poor grows. While more students from all backgrounds are finishing college, the difference in graduation rates between the top and bottom income groups has widened by nearly 50% over two decades. Also nowadays, education is the most important thing of upward mobility, which means that it’s even more harder for low-income(poor)people to prosper. As follow the some survey, it is recorded that only 9 percent low-income people get college diplomas. From this survey, wealthy made great gains in graduation rates. Why children from low-income backgrounds don't make it through college? One reason from researchers that poor people usually go to lower tier school. Another reason is that their parents don't have the financial means to aid their children. People said that this is a kind of important problem,  because poor people usually does not persist to graduation and this is hard for them to find future. In addition, this would cause to them to discourage and drop out. Today, A lot of better paying jobs require more education and skills that employees can only get in college. This can be problem for policy makers, because they should make programs to promote and protect for poor people to attend and complete college. This includes expanding tuition assistance for poorer children to give them a better shot at future financial security.