Higher Education Act of 1965

not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” College allows you to open up to different cultures, personalities and just stepping out of the box. According to the Gallop Poles News “Americans strongly endorse the value of post secondary education, with 70% saying it is “very important” for adults to have a degree or professional certificate beyond high school. When you get in your day to day activities with raising a family, work, church and other activities you wonder if there is even…

Education Disparity Within the Nation What if the cure for cancer is trapped inside a person who can’t afford an education? As Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” It is a tool that can change the workings of the world by bringing various ideas together to create something new. Nevertheless, today’s education is diminishing around the world because only privileged people have a chance to experience it; therefore education…

families to shy away from sending their children to achieve higher education. If college tuition in the U.S. was free, both students and the economy would benefit by the ability to receive an education without being buried in student loan debt. Because the cost of college limits many families from making major financial investments, as well as increases the likelihood of students accumulating major debt, the high tuition of postsecondary education is continually hurting the economy. Therefore,…

Having your college education taken away from you is like striping away your future. Students in the United States should not have their education and future striped away from them therefore, community colleges must be free to attend and state colleges need to lower their tuition in order for student to continue their education. For those who are interested in continuing their education, could benefit from this, they can become successful and live a better life. They wouldn’t have to worry about…

those we respect. This can be dangerous, when society’s rules are so well enforced that one is afraid to do anything but conform. One of the most obvious examples of this is college. Every young adult must make a choice on whether to further his education or not, and many are heavily pressured towards college. I believe each individual should be able to choose the path appropriate for his needs with support and affirmation. By the time I was a freshman in high school, I was constantly being…

seem to be at a stalemate: either go to college and take on the burden of debt or go without higher education and potentially limit your options. Not getting an education can limit you, and taking on crippling debt is never a good thing. But what about a third option? Students can take a different route to gaining a higher educated. By exploring other options, students can still get the higher education they want without having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Right now with the…

college with tutoring session, providing workshop, and an assigned counselor. Federal funding programs like RAMP/SSS are important because they provide an opportunity for people who generally would not have the chance to achieve their goals in education or career. It provides a support system where the people can get advice from someone who already went…

the basis of an exchange program, or you will be applying for doctoral studies, you will be exempted from paying tuition fees at public higher education institutions in Sweden (Study in Europe 2015). The statistics below show some of the trends in the US in regards to college students who pay tuition. The information below shows that the United States education system is built in a way to work against students. Unless you are young, white, single, and rich college is more difficult to attend…

“Why college education is important to me” College education is very important for me because of the fact that I need a degree to follow my dreams. Also will allow me to see what I am capable of and fulfill an empty space of education. Over the past couple years, I always thought to myself just go after it and do it. In life I want to be happy and to achieve this, I have to get my college education. Having a college degree will allow me to start a new chapter in my life. To, show myself that I…

may realize they may realize they do not want to go back to the hectic ways of schooling they use to know. As stated by Jens Manuel Krogstad, “About one-third of college freshmen don 't return to the same institution for a second year, according to ACT” (Krogstad). The students that take gap years are not striving for success in the future rather they are worried about their next vacation spot because that’s the purpose of a gap year, right? A student must be motivated to use their gap year…