the work force sooner.
Why are fewer people attending college? The New York Times describes that college attendance throughout the United States dropped by nearly five-hundred thousand this last year (Lehren and Martin). The truth is that not all people have the same advantages, and when trying to enroll at college, those disadvantages show more than ever. A lot of this falls into the category of price discrimination. Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good or service at different prices to different customers. This is used by colleges around the country and is allowed because of a key component: the willingness to pay. But what happens when this is applied to higher education and learning? It puts those in lower income
Why are fewer people attending college? The New York Times describes that college attendance throughout the United States dropped by nearly five-hundred thousand this last year (Lehren and Martin). The truth is that not all people have the same advantages, and when trying to enroll at college, those disadvantages show more than ever. A lot of this falls into the category of price discrimination. Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good or service at different prices to different customers. This is used by colleges around the country and is allowed because of a key component: the willingness to pay. But what happens when this is applied to higher education and learning? It puts those in lower income