Why Do Colleges Avoid?

College tuition has been on the rise in recent years. We all know college is very expensive and yet college is full of amenities that entice students to want to spend their four years after high school there. The problem is that more and more students are unable to afford the high cost of education. College administrators need to realize that to increase enrollment at their colleges they need to keep tuition affordable rather than focusing on their facilities and trying to look better than their competitors. They should also consider cutting back on their salaries and the salaries of their professors to help make sure students can afford to be well educated so that they are ready to enter into the real world and start a career. The history of colleges in the United States started back in 1636, when Harvard University was first founded. Since then, a major explosion of higher learning …show more content…
"Nearly every university loses money on sports. Even after private donations and ticket sales, they fill the gap by tapping students paying tuition or state taxpayers" (Peale ¶5). It's nice to have a large stadium to play in, but this amenity is by far the most costly. Some colleges can't afford most educational programs because they spend nearly all their budget on athletics. David Sayler spent half of the money from private donors on sports scholarships. It included a new multisport practice facility (Peale ¶13-16). The benefits of school spirit are no match for the millions spent on sports. "Athletic directors choose to outspend rising income to compete in an arms race that is costing many of the nation’s largest publicly funded universities and students millions of dollars" (Hobson ¶5). Colleges raise tuition and take away from the academic budget to keep up with the costs. Colleges should cut the cost of sport programs before athletics run them into a never ending game of