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the United States ranks seventh among industrialized nations for those between the ages 25-34 with a college degree (Webster & Showers, 2011). The United States has the highest attrition rate of industrialized nations, estimated between 30 to 50 percent. This statistic not only negatively impacts college revenue but “lost investment” in higher education as well. Between 2003 and 2008, approximately $6 billion in aid was appropriated to higher education, as well as $2.9 billion in State and…

certifying you to go out into the world and the workforce. However, starting college and determining what you want to do in life can be daunting. In his speech, “What Do You Do with a B.A. in History?”, Ken Saxon gives advice to freshman at University of California, Santa Barbara regarding how they should approach their time in college. Saxon is effective at using counter arguments to address opposition to going to college with the purpose of exploring interests and going into the liberal arts…

People will sometimes determine that the cost of college is too much and not worth it. Students who do look at college are left to discover on their own with their parents how they are going to afford college if they decide to go. It can seem like universities are holding a person’s freedom to learn hostage unless they pay the fee to attend. College today shouldn’t be considered an alternative to working, but a necessity to further one’s own personal knowledge and also have a better chance at…

High School is something else, it really is. If there was one thing I would change it would be that the teachers would get more interactive with the students. Tell them about college, be involved with school activities, join clubs, encourage the students to do better in school. Most of all just be there when needed. I've had so many bad teachers in my high school experience , but the one’s that were always there for me will always be remembered. They were not just any ordinary teachers. These…

Education is historically important, and considered a great equalizer in American society and all over the world for both the rich and the poor, and is capable of lifting up disadvantaged people in our society, and meets the ordinant dictations of a growing economy. Today, education is becoming less and less of a priority due to the achievement range between individuals in the lower and middle classes, compared to the upper class which is said to be a threat because as this priority…

With many lower income students falling victim of their surroundings today there are more young African Americans in prison than there are in college. If the United States was to institute free college crime rates would drop as well. For example, Norway has free college and allows many under privileged children to get a good education because of this their crime rate is at twenty percent, unlike Americas crime rate…

their tuition covered by the university are considered, by some, to be employees. It’s important to identify what an actual employee is and what that employee does. An employee works for an employer based on an initial contract where the employee is entitled to do as the employer instructs. Within the signing of the contract the employer is in charge of the performance of the employee. In most cases, recruited (scholarship receiving) student athletes choose their university primarily based on…

minorities have to go through in order to continue attending schools that do not offer much financial help and end up in great financial debt. I personally connect to this story because I have taken two loans so far for my first semester at University of California Merced since my single mother cannot afford to help me out financially and I have at times had to even send her money to support my own family. The leap for a better future has many barriers many students are not prepared which in…

College tuition has increased by 12% while the average family income has decreased by 6%, both in the last decade. So how do 22 million American college students pay for their tuition? (Mcgrath and Schifrin 74). They will probably need either merit or need based financial aid. Students who meet some academic criteria will most likely receive merit-based aid. The students from low and middle-income families will require need-based aid. Although many might think that financial aid should be based…

survey conducted by the educational testing organization ACT Inc., high school teachers believe that with the material that they have taught their students will be enough for them and that they are ready for college level work, but according to the university professors they surveyed, they are not. The high school teachers that were surveyed had more assurance that their students were all set to handle the requisites of writing, basic grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, critical thinking,…