For-profit universities and colleges

Should college athletes get paid? According to the NCAA there are more than 460,000 student athletes playing more than 24 different types of sports across the United States. If you are a college athlete or not, we are all familiar with college sports in some type of way. What we are not all familiar with is how college sports is a multi billion dollar business. The NCAA is a member led organization that overviews anything that a college athlete. The NCAA is a billion dollar organization that…

dishonest some institutes can be when it comes to the results and education of student athletes. Also, Lauren Deutsch also used the persuasive technique of attack to put down the professional leagues.For example, in paragraph 6, she states that “The college sports scene has been so commercialized that any notion of the purity of collegiate…

While some may claim that solutions to the fast food effect on young Americans lies in different aspects, yet the only reasonably effective solutions are based on creating a healthy and well-rounded college environment (Agrawal). By surrounding students with a culture of wellness with organic gardens that supply the dining hall, gyms, yoga centers, and several recreation centers will push the students to choose a healthy living and begin feeling good about their selves (Agrawal). When a person…

one business that is unmatched in its disparity between winners and loser, and that is the business of college football. The last time this country saw such a wide gap between people benefiting from a business while others suffered was back in the 1920s when we did not have labor laws and employers could pay workers next to nothing. But college football is even worse than that because universities pay absolutely nothing to their stars on the field while they poll in millions of dollars each…

attending college still significant to today’s society, or has its importance decreased? A numerous amount of the population believes that college is monumental nonetheless; it unlocks doors and opportunities, and permits students with countless advantages. However, further education can be expensive. A considerable amount of students go into debt by being unable to pay back student loans. Attending college can be a financial burden for many individuals. Some ways for students to attend college,…

Should College Athletes be paid? Only 30% of Division 1 basketball players who accepted scholarships will graduate college, and only 40% of football players with scholarships will obtain a degree. Just how wisely spent would the salary of college athletes be if over half of these student-athletes do not care enough to graduate college even with scholarships? Schools would spend millions of dollars a year paying these athletes and it is undoubted that much of it would be spent irresponsibly. We…

“For profit universities are scams” More and more nontraditional students are enrolling themselves in for-profit universities with the hopes of earning a solid education and getting a high paying job. For-profit universities have become rather a trend among non-traditional student’s, because of the fact that they offer their full degrees online. But the negative sides about these for-profit universities overshadow the benefits of attending one. The for profit universities will never reveal…

2.1 Background & industry: Navitas, a for-profit education company, was founded in Australia in 1994, and listed on the ASX in November 2005. This global company is currently in the maturity stage of its life cycle. Currently Navitas has 3 divisions: University Programs, Professional & English Programs (PEP) and SAE (courses in creative media). In line with a rapidly increasing international market for education (Dagge 2014), Navitas has located its campuses and offshore marketing offices…

public college offers many benefits for the economy. First, state tax revenue will rise as a result of free public college. This will happen when the numbers of graduates increases. Due that increasing the number, wages will rise and the standard of living will increase and create a higher level of spending from college students. In the end, all that spending goes directly to the country’s economy and affects the state budget by increasing their income. Second, with free public education,…

for their hard work (College Athletes). No one is enslaving nor, “forcing these athlete-students to play football. Don't hand me the garbage about it being their only opportunity in life. Opportunities for a good education are there if they are willing to work as much at that as at football”. (Sloan S. and Favero D. 1) Scholastics in student athletes unfortunately take a back seat role in their college years, because students believe that they are indeed helping the university. Every student…