A third area that funding is being directed to is athletic facilities and coaches’ salaries. Money is often spent on new practice facilities and locker rooms so that colleges can increase recruiting efforts. When colleges are able to acquire good players for their athletic teams they can increase revenue generated at the games. The problem is that the revenue generated doesn’t go back into the university’s system to fund education. The money instead goes to coaches’ salaries and bonuses along with new team facilities. For many high-profile sports like football and basketball, coaches’ salaries rival those of professionals. For example, currently the highest paid public employee is Michigan’s football coach Jim Harbaugh and his salary and bonuses
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According to Keith Ellison, the author of “The Argument for Tuition- Free College” he says that the federal government should increase funding to states to fund colleges if states cap their tuition. The increase in funding would come from the billions of dollars that are currently given to Wall Street and oil companies. With these companies already making millions of dollars, there is no reason for billions of dollars to go to mega companies over funding to educate America’s next …show more content…
While I do not believe that college tuition should be free, I say students should be able to pay for their entire year of college if they had a full-time job throughout the summer. This would require students to be committed to their education year around, but would allow for students to graduate with minimal or no debt. If a student could pay for an entire year’s tuition with a summer job, that would eliminate the need for almost all student loans. Some loans may be needed occasionally to cover in the case of unexpected costs or graduate tuition. I also believe that all college loans should be appointed by the government and unsubsidized until five years after graduation. I do not think it is right for interest to be charged on federal loans while a student is in college, and they should also be given a grace period to get their feet under them. A system like this would allow students to still receive a college education without breaking the bank or drain a university’s
According to Keith Ellison, the author of “The Argument for Tuition- Free College” he says that the federal government should increase funding to states to fund colleges if states cap their tuition. The increase in funding would come from the billions of dollars that are currently given to Wall Street and oil companies. With these companies already making millions of dollars, there is no reason for billions of dollars to go to mega companies over funding to educate America’s next …show more content…
While I do not believe that college tuition should be free, I say students should be able to pay for their entire year of college if they had a full-time job throughout the summer. This would require students to be committed to their education year around, but would allow for students to graduate with minimal or no debt. If a student could pay for an entire year’s tuition with a summer job, that would eliminate the need for almost all student loans. Some loans may be needed occasionally to cover in the case of unexpected costs or graduate tuition. I also believe that all college loans should be appointed by the government and unsubsidized until five years after graduation. I do not think it is right for interest to be charged on federal loans while a student is in college, and they should also be given a grace period to get their feet under them. A system like this would allow students to still receive a college education without breaking the bank or drain a university’s