Nearly one half of all college-qualified, low-and moderate-income high school graduates are unable to afford college. During the first decade of the twenty-first century, 4.4 million high school graduates will not attend a four-year college, and about 2 million will not attend no college at all (Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance 2002). I think the most important social problem is the increasing cost of college tuition, not only is this a personal trouble, but a public issue as well. It is a personal trouble because you cannot receive the education you need to pursue your possible future career and a public issue because the higher the tuition cost, the higher unemployment rate. Most students are eligible for grant aid, a transfer…
Fred, who is an average high school graduate, is contemplating his collegiate future. Unfortunately, he doesn't really know his major, but that doesn't faze him. Should Fred go to college, and what about the thousands of similarly indecisive high school graduates? Should they go to college at all? When considering this crucial decision, the factors of campus life, quality of education, and cost must be weighed.…
College Tuition Inflation, a Dilemma College has been described as almost necessity to prosper in the United States. Then why is it that tuition for college changes depending on how much your family earns? Or, why is it that majority of America either drops out of college or simply, does not attend? The ticket price of a higher education should not vary as much as it does. Even with this variation, there is still a struggle that occurs with many families.…
As time progresses, university diplomas are required for work as they are getting more and more competitive. There has been a huge increase in numbers on how many Americans have enrolled in university. Graduates that began college a few years later specify that “instead of reducing inequality, our system of higher education reinforces it.” Because of this, universities are making the cost of their schools more expensive. By 2034, universities are supposed to go up to 34 percent.…
Tuition Reform Society today faces the challenge of being able to receive higher education due to economic and financial difficulties. Students, and even parents, experience hardship when it comes to the attempt of earning a degree in any field of study. In addition to the current cost of tuition, most middle class and lower class citizens are not able to afford the "luxury" of attending college or universities in the United States. Likewise, this poses a leviathan problem for the country and especially to the communities. Tuition needs to make a drastic change in prices, which in doing so will open more opportunities to accomplish the American Dream, improve society, provide a chance for people in financial struggles, and help place our country back to one of the top ranked in the world.…
Over the last decade, college affordability has emerged as one of the most defining problems. In addition to grants fellowships, and scholarships, student loans are a way of financing post-secondary education. Because tuition cost are not lowering, more students are borrowing to pay for college education than ever before. However, not all students realize the trouble of paying back their loans. The government should do more to relieve the student-loan debt students because the current student loans that are meant to help students are the same loans putting them in debt.…
Ethic Theories on College tuition In the modern society, all of the future college students work harder on their full time jobs to pay the tuition to enroll college for their major that they wanted to learn for their future after their high school graduation. Some of them don’t have a job and wanted to go to out of state college, but can’t afford and unable to enroll college. Some undergraduate college student wanted to enroll college, but they also can’t afford it. All of the tuitions are expensive and reasons why everyone is struggling to control their budgets.…
Should College Be Free in America? Every year in America, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans they might not be able to pay back. Parents shovel out thousands to colleges, with the risk of their child neglecting the responsibility of study, and dropping their courses. Students who do not qualify for scholarships have to use up time that would allow them to study properly because they need to get part-time jobs in order to just stay in college. In other countries all over the world, tuition for college is free.…
Student debt seems to be a growing problem. Not only for the students, but for the parents and schools. In a survey, 95 percent of parents said that college education is very important, 25 percent do not plan to help their child pay for their college, and 46 percent said their children should fund at least some of the cost of college. Students will see more of their debts forgiven than previously thought. More than $108 billion in student loans will be forgiven over the next 10 to 20 years.…
This article is about college tuition. College tuition is a main thing students worry about when applying to colleges. They want to know if there are scholarships available, how much they will get from FAFSA, and then just the total amount they owe at the end. The survey that was conducted in this article shows that ninety percent of freshmen receive some kind of financial aid. It also states that this year, private colleges are at a record high for lowering their stated tuition to draw in students.…
Have you been to, or finished college? If not, have you ever been denied a job because of it? If you have been to college, are you struggling to pay off student loans? If you are any of these people, trust me, you’re not the only one. Many people are not able to attend college because it is too expensive.…
All around the globe, there have been debates on the price of College education. College is a very significant place for students to start their lives. College should be affordable and available for students that want to pursue in something. If officials choose to make college affordable, there will be an increase in lifetime salaries and more employment options. “Student loan debt was over one trillion dollars, and more than eight hundred fifty thousand students loans were in default” (college education).…
First, colleges are expensive. Even with the scholarships given to the students, it is still not enough for the students who are having financial problems at home. As the…
This may seem unrealistic to a lot of people. It also may seem unfair to those students who have paid for college, not just through monetary assistance like grants and scholarships, but also their mental energy as they figured how they were going to pay back extra…
College tuition is a nightmare among people seeking a higher education. Tuition is not decreasing; in fact it has been on a rapid nonstop rise since 1978. College tuition is a growing concern since many of the job openings require some sort of college education to even be considered for the job. Today’s society has made college appear as requirement in order to succeed in life, but in order to succeed one must go bankrupted paying college tuition to prove ones successfulness. Even after miraculously paying for tuition there is no guarantee of a job opportunity.…