The fact that many schools in the U.S are highly segregated today, this means that racism is sadly still a huge deal. Racism has been around for decades and even though the Brown v Board of Education ruling in 1954 already happened, it doesn't mean that certain individuals won't still have their racist opinion's. Consequences that are likely to stem from this modern-day segregation would be the norms these kids will get accustomed to. Kids mindsets grow over time, but it is the environment around them that really affects their overall thinking. If kids are exposed to segregation, especially at a young age, they will grow up thinking that it is normal and an "okay" type of thing. When indeed, it is not something that should still be around to this day. More efforts should definitely be made to integrate schools, as enforcing laws to not allow such separation between races. When the law is stated and clear, it is most likely you can not go against it so people who believe segregation should be allowed, would not really have a say in the choices made for schools. This would definitely open up kids to become unprejudiced of others, nor hateful just because of a simple skin color difference. 

The increasing need for college students to take on often unpaid internships in order to help them is very important. Not only does it make them competitive in the job market, but it also will open up their eyes to more. This is definitely a more beneficial qualification for society to better each individuals future. I believe whether the internship is paid or not, it still is beneficial for your overall understanding on your major, whereas it prepares you for what you are pursuing. From personal experience, during my senior year of high school, I took an unpaid internship at an elementary school as a teachers assistant. Initially, I was pursing the elementary education major, but when I took my internship, I realized afterwards that I wanted to do something differently in another field. That is when I decided to change my major to criminal justice. If I had never taken my internship, I would have never been opened to the fact that maybe I was interested in something else, I would have came into college, and taken education major classes, therefore wasting time and credits when the whole time at the end I wouldn't have enjoyed what I was pursing. It was so beneficial in my experience because I was able to realize that I wanted to pursue something else the whole time and I changed my major before it was too late. A conflict theorist would analyze this new trend as something that should be more focused, emphasized or applied on students. For example, they would believe in teacher offering this option heavily on students beforehand would be very beneficial.

Although students have their own reasons for dropping their college but one of the main reason from dropping out is financial issues. According to Chambliss and Eglitis, family commitments, conflicts between work and school is one of the main reason for dropping (McKinney et al. 2019, pp. 184). As per the previous suggested studies, student drop their college when they feel that they are not prepared. I personally know people who drop their college due to the lack of financial support from family and due to family commitments. There are many ways to addressed this issue, for instance, students who are not prepare for their studies and cannot afford the tuition fees can get extra academic support. For example, teachers can give the same lectures through YouTube videos and provide semester notes for free for students who can’t afford. Furthermore, who cannot get financial support, many education system are experimenting with innovating strategies to address the financial support. For example, they are offering small “completion grants” as well as emergency loans which enable the student to complete their education (Váradi et al. 2019, pp. 55). Furthermore, I believe that most of the students don’t know that there are resources through which they can get their education completed. It is really in important for colleges to ask students the reason for dropping out and inform them if there are any resources available.

References

McKinney, L., Novak, H., Hagedorn, L. S., & Luna-Torres, M. (2019). Giving up on a course: An analysis of course dropping behaviors among community college students. Research in Higher Education, 60(2), 184-202.

Váradi, J., Demeter-Karászi, Z., & Kovács, K. (2019). The Connection between Extracurricular, Leisure Time Activities, Religiosity and the Reasons for Drop-out. Central European Journal of Educational Research, 1(1), 55-67.