Nearly 40% of working-aged Americans hold a college degree. College tuition has been an ongoing discussion for many years now, while some might say this has no correlation to whether a student is going to complete their education or not, I think it plays a huge role. If free college tuition was an option it would greatly help those who cannot afford college, it’d help motivate students to actually want to go to college, and would help raise the overall IQ of citizens.
Friedman in The World is Flat mentions what he calls the gap at the bottom. This is a particular group of students that free tuition would positively impact. In his article “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower,” Professor X, an English professor who teaches the required English classes at a college of last resort and the author of the article says that a lot of his students don't belong in college because, “Remarkably few of his students do well in these classes. Students routinely fail; some fail multiple times, and some will never pass, because they cannot write a coherent sentence.” Professor X is saying that a lot of his students are being forced to go to college because it is now believed that you have to go to college to be successful. For a lot of students they are set up for failure right away due to their lack of ability and knowledge. …show more content…
Academia is all for it, naturally. Industry is all for it; some companies even help with tuition costs. Government is all for it; the truly needy have lots of opportunities for financial aid. The media applauds it—try to imagine someone speaking out against the idea." Professor X, throughout his entire article, continues to bash on the "college is for everyone" principle. This is another good example of how he feels society is changing how college is looked at. Almost every part of society tells you that you need to go to
Friedman in The World is Flat mentions what he calls the gap at the bottom. This is a particular group of students that free tuition would positively impact. In his article “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower,” Professor X, an English professor who teaches the required English classes at a college of last resort and the author of the article says that a lot of his students don't belong in college because, “Remarkably few of his students do well in these classes. Students routinely fail; some fail multiple times, and some will never pass, because they cannot write a coherent sentence.” Professor X is saying that a lot of his students are being forced to go to college because it is now believed that you have to go to college to be successful. For a lot of students they are set up for failure right away due to their lack of ability and knowledge. …show more content…
Academia is all for it, naturally. Industry is all for it; some companies even help with tuition costs. Government is all for it; the truly needy have lots of opportunities for financial aid. The media applauds it—try to imagine someone speaking out against the idea." Professor X, throughout his entire article, continues to bash on the "college is for everyone" principle. This is another good example of how he feels society is changing how college is looked at. Almost every part of society tells you that you need to go to