College Tuition Costs

Imagine, if you will. Students in colleges not having to concern themselves with working, no longer working twenty to thirty hours a week just to make ends meet. Finally students are able to focus on their studies and not worry about their next payment. Next, envision students graduating from colleges without being tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Graduates getting jobs that they desire instead of the job they need to be able to afford their loan payments. This is the dream of many people in America from the lowest college student to the highest politician. This complex issue has divided America for years. Many believe we have a moral duty to provide free college to students. They claim that the taxes that we bring in need to be diverted …show more content…
In 1961, the cost to attend an Ivy League college was around $2,300, now the same school costs around $54,000. This steep increase in prices leads many to feel concerned about the availability of education to the underprivileged, and mainly the minority races. The rise in tuition prices, while Amirault 2 dramatic and in fact scary to some, should not be seen as bad. The increase in technology and the wide diversity of classes available makes up for the extra costs of tuition. (Matz)
Now how should we go about relieving the burden of financial assistance? Should we, as many on the left claim, move toward a fully free government funded college experience? Like those in many European countries? Or should we go with the right and say that those that are struggling are simply lazy or not trying hard enough? No. the proper and logical, indeed the only possible avenue, is to instead meld these two ideas together. While college tuition is a large concern and we should be doing more to help alleviate the burden of college students. Providing totally free tuition is unfeasible, and statistically …show more content…
This is in contrast to the department of health and human services and the social security administration, which combined takes fifty four percent of the total government budget. With one trillion and nine hundred thirty three million respectively. (US Office) Public funding towards colleges has fallen drastically. In 2004 the University of California received almost thirty percent of its budget from the state, this is compared to the current rate of twelve percent. This should offend many people as we are not putting more effort into our student’s futures. This is not to say that we should just fund college directly. Programs to alleviate student loan payments during school should be expanded.