Limiting College Education

Economic Status Should Not Limit One 's Education It is not fair that some of the smartest kids in the United States go to community college instead of Harvard because they do not have the finances to support their academic intelligence. Eighty three percent of students in the United States say they cannot afford a college education, but a college education has become necessary in most jobs. Even community college costs two thousand a year, for families who can 't put food on the table that is a lot of money. Discrimination based on race and ethnicity is not tolerated in the United States, so why is economic discrimination? Families should be able to send their children to college without going bankrupt. Every citizen of the United States should have access to a higher education at an affordable price because economic status should not limit students’ options. Students should not have to forfeit a proper …show more content…
A college education is becoming more and more necessary in society today. As the need for a college education increases, so does the price. Richard Eskow from Campaign for America’s Future tells how “America’s colleges and universities are quietly shifting the burden of their big tuition increases onto low-income students, while many higher-income families are seeing their college costs rise more slowly, or even fall.”(Free Higher Education Is a Human Right) As the colleges “quietly shift” the cost of the education has increased for low income and families who are financially stable see very little changes in the tuition and even the price drop. By making it such a far reach, the colleges and universities are disrupting the view of the American dream. Eskow describes “this kind of economic aristocracy is fundamentally un-American. And it’s getting worse.”(Free Higher Education