Summary: The Benefits Of Lowering College Tuitions

A typical university in the US nowadays has about 40,000 students enrolled. All these students come from many different backgrounds, places and families from all over the country and world. The one and only thing that majority of these students have in common is that more than half of them are in some sort of student debt. Nowadays a college education is a key component to establishing a strong education and solid idea for what you would like to do with your career and life. In the US without some sort of a college degree, it is almost impossible to find a fulfilling job and career. In the 21st century however, college tuitions have been increasing tremendously, which potentially causes people to think twice whether or not a degree is worth …show more content…
If colleges lower tuitions, the states will have to step in and support the schools more. These opponents feel that more money should be invested in state and national health care rather than into colleges and student aid. Jane Wellman, a policy analyst at the College Futures Foundation says, “State funds that used to be spent on higher education have been gobbled up by tax cuts and spending on health care” (qtd in Price “Student Debt” 968). Over the past few years Obama care and many other efforts have been made to increase health care opportunities for all Americans. Health care is truly important and beneficial for the common man, although state funds should be distributed more fairly in order to benefit multiple institutions in order to lessen the burden on colleges along with continuing to support health care. Dr. Carlos Campo, President at Ashland University says, “Tuition alone does not cover the cost of an excellent education. Most public schools rely on state funding and private gifts to subsidize the cost of a student’s education” (Campo 2). Colleges are not being supported as much by states and the government, so therefore their only source of income is from tuitions. Colleges are huge expensive facilities and in order for them to run and keep up with improvements they actively rely on tuitions. Colleges are constantly being criticized …show more content…
(Campos 1) Indeed by taking money out of health care it could affect health care availability to lower income americans; although by distributing some money into colleges as well, it will be a huge beneficial investment for the future. Professionals argue that health care is more important and it benefits more people above anything else, although the importance and value of a college education is essential for all people, including people that want to