Essay On Advantages And Disadvantages Of High College Tuition

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The Weakness that is High College Tuition Opportunity is one of those intangible things that we are constantly reminded to pursue. Perhaps it can be viewed as an actual object or a path to follow. The fact is that no one truly knows what it can be, but we can all agree that an education has led many to a successful life filled with opportunities. However a high valued education comes at a price and it’s usually a high one, but most people are willing to pay this price no matter the cost. Higher education or college, is infamously known for having these high prices, and having such prices have numerous negative effects such as driving students into dangerous profession, driving valuable students away, and negatively affecting stability of finances …show more content…

College is necessary for numerous advantage and opportunities for those who seek a higher paying profession. In addition, those who achieve a college degree are more successful than those with only a high school diploma or GED. In fact, the article “On the Importance of Education” by Richard L Wobbekind, quotes that “Today, the average college graduate earns more than twice the amount of a non-college graduate” (2), further supporting the mentioned statement, as well as the importance of lowering tuition prices because by doing so more people increase the chances of ensuring a more successful …show more content…

Some of these believes could have some valid reason behind them, such as faculty expenses among others. In the article, "A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education” by Robert Dickenson he quotes: “all the costs that any enterprise has to recruit and retain staff, pay cost-of-living increases and keep up with rising health care expenses also are paid by colleges and universities as a part of doing business” (qtd. In Dickeson 1). Meaning that colleges are truly paying for the quality of their staff, and that is completely reasonable. However some of the more affordable, lower pricing colleges or community colleges offer the same educational content for reasonable costs. Thus making the expenses of some colleges for “higher” quality staff, to some extent unnecessary since in the long run could potentially drive possible students away through higher

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