In an ongoing effort to recruit more minority and low-income students to the university, the Cal Poly Opportunity Grant was introduced after campus-wide feedback and implemented in Fall 2019. Funding for the grant will come from the Opportunity Fee, which increased fees for out-of-state students. The Opportunity Fee will be phased in until 2022 and […]
Tag: income
Posted inOpinion
The case for Universal Basic Income
Chase Dean is a political science senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News. The United States of America is hurtling toward two major economic crises. The social security trust fund is projected to be tapped out by 2034. In addition, […]
Posted inOpinion
Unveiling Cal Poly’s classism problem
How Cal Poly creates a climate inaccessible to lower class students
Posted inMultimedia
Income diversity at Cal Poly among lowest in California
Cal Poly received comparatively poor scores in economic diversity, low income accessibility and upward mobility.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Resurgence of bartering an economic indicator that may offer hope for the future
Many businesses throughout the world are beginning to return to the traditional way of doing business that existed long before the creation of governments: bartering.