Increasing Cost Of Higher Education Essay

The Increasing Cost of Higher Education Higher education is a prospect that many young Americans think is a necessary step toward the future. The mindset today is that the only way for an individual to be successful is through higher education where they can earn a degree and obtain a job that will set them up for a successful life. With this attitude more and more high school graduates are attending college to get a degree. This increase in attendance in the past few years has the demand for college sky rocketing; opening the door for colleges around the nation to increase the cost of attendance. The film Ivory Tower discusses this issue and makes the claim that the price of college tuition is increasing more than any other good or service in America and at this frightening rate soon college tuition will be set astronomically high. Young adults will simply not be able to afford college, even with loans. The …show more content…
The film Ivory Tower uses the example of Arizona State University, which is ranked the third highest party school in the US according to College Envy, a website that ranks all party schools in America. Arizona State chooses to spend money on luxury living for students, a large Greek Life network, and big time sporting events and facilities. They do this because they are targeting students who desire to go off to college simply to party for four years and get a degree. If more students who have that mind set wish to go there it gives places like Arizona State a leg up over other public state universities. The problem with this is that prices for tuition sky rocket, and the things that students are paying for with their tuition goes to party amenities and not toward their education. The increase in tuition has become a problem within society as a