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their financial needs to pay for college. “Homeless on Campus,” by Eleanor J. Bader, discusses her opinion on homeless students not receiving the help or education they need. Poverty is impacting the graduation rate, making those who can’t afford a higher education to dropout and most likely become in debt. “Without housing, access to a work space, or access to a shower, students’ lives suffer, their grades…

Strange as it may be college tuition always seems to get higher as more money flows into the monetary system of the U.S. and not many see the dangers this poses to every…

self-fulfillment, then points out the problems of higher education. In her lifetime, Magdalena Kay acquired her Bachelor of Arts at Harvard and PhD at UC Berkeley. Dr. Kay now teaches British and Irish literature at the University of Victoria. Kay claims that a change must be done to problems within higher education such as, the increase of tuition, the decline of college ideals, college’s true purpose, etc., in order to save the future of higher education. College education is a “work factory”,…

investment, there are many benefits in going to college other than obtaining a degree, making it worth the financial investment because it helps you acquire higher pay at your job, become a critical thinker and makes your chances of getting a job increase. While you may end up having to pay the high cost of tuition, in the end you will receive a higher pay than if you hadn’t gone to college. In “Plan B:Skip College” Jacques Steinburg uses figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stating,…

toward receiving the International Right of Way Agent Designation, the edge required to compete for higher level positions with the City of Fort Collins, and positively impacts the eligibility for future employment with the Federal government. Completing my education and pursuing a higher-level career will in turn assist in elevating my financial and family goals. The snowball effect from getting a higher-level education and reaching my career goals will provide the financial ability to help my…

career preparation. Students that graduate from college are more likely to have higher paying jobs, in their chosen field of study. Many will have jobs lined up right after graduation. Even on campus students are busing working and creating businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, such as Mark Zuckerberg who invented the social-networking site Facebook in a college dorm, now having a net worth of $39.6 billion. With a higher education, you are less likely to be unemployed. While undergraduates…

either intellectual and social experiences. To support his position first, Khan comments higher education is under increasing scrutiny, in parts. Next, he states that students have begun to recognize something very counterintuitive. Finally, he states that having more faculty with broad backgrounds shows a deep desire to mentor students. Khan purpose in writing this article was to inform us that the core of higher education is increasing because both intellectual enrichment and enhancement job…

who both dropped out of college and became extremely successful in the world of money. Although a few high school and college drop-outs have ended up with enormous amounts of money, it is important for most students to go to college and receive a higher education in order to have a better chance at becoming economically and socially successful. High school students who seek and receive a college diploma are more likely to be economically stable in their future work environment than those who go…

the promised land of opportunity and higher education” (Carey). Carey is presenting a different, but still affordable, way to attend college. A student who comes from a low-income family is eligible for a grant from the government, which does not have to be paid back, to help the student attend a university. If a person does not have enough money to invest in college, there are cheaper approaches the person can take. Money should not stand in the way of a higher level of education. There is…

war veterans a chance at receiving higher education. As I keep saying, “some college is better than none”, because there are so many people that I work with at McDonalds, and I know for a fact that if my managers went to college, then they would manage the restaurant in a better and more beneficial way. You cannot expect to throw people into jobs in this country without any experience. Education is for everyone, which is why I believe that all should receive higher education for free. Remember…