STATE COLLEGE TUITION Do you or your kids plan to go to college? Can they afford it? Your kids may not be able to attend college because some students want to further their education, but cannot afford it. A lot of students have the grades and test scores that meet the requirements, but still cannot afford the tuition. Therefore, state college tuition should be free. An Edward Jones survey finds that 83% of Americans say they cannot afford the expenses of a college education. That’s over half, it’s really a huge amount. For example, on CBS News, David Nguyen, a student in Michigan had a 30 on the ACT and a 3.9 cumulative GPA. He even got accepted into Tuffs University, one of the top 30 colleges in the U.S., but couldn’t afford it. Tuffs …show more content…
Secondly, think about student loans and debt, they follow you for the rest of your life. In recent years, google showed 70% of students have graduated with student loans. The average grad holds $37,172 in student debt. The newspaper reported that Jennilee John, from New Orleans, took out over $60K in federal student loans to pay for her masters in nursing. After school for ten years she worked non-profit to pay off her student loans. That’s a lot of years to work without getting paid. No one should have to go through not knowing how they are going to take care of themselves because student loans has drained every paycheck they’ve received and sucked their bank account dry. Lastly, many students need college degrees to find a decent job. The most common jobs you can get without a college diploma are truck driving, cooking, and hair styling; unless you’re a celebrity. For example, you don’t want to be 45 working at Burger King. Ironically, Drake, ditched his owned high school to play a high school student on the show, “Degrassi.” He only dropped out because he was making money and knew he couldn’t afford college at the time. That’s why college tuition should be free. These prices are outrageous
Should community college tuition be free? Walter G. Bumphus, the President/CEO, American Association of Community Colleges, believes so. According to him, “The Obama administration's proposed America's College Promise plan stands to increase access to these educational opportunities and is a crucial investment not only in the future of these students, but in the country's future… America's College Promise proposal for “free” community college is not a handout. Rather, it is an investment in education and would have substantial economic and social benefits.” Bumphus states the cost for investing in this proposal would be less than 10 percent of the Department of Education annual budget, and “less than 3 percent of all annual federal expenditures”.
Once a person graduates from high school they are left with a difficult decision, wither to go to college or not. Some families this is not an option, their kid will go no matter what, but many students do not want to go to school and have so much student debt by the time they finish that they will have to pay off that they decide that college is not worth it. According to Craig Smith in his article in Education Digest he says, “too many families cannot afford to send their children to college so the student is left with making the decision on wither to go to college and collect debt or just skip college altogether” (Smith 42). He has a good point. Too many students feel like they have to pay so much yet they are not really getting much out of it. Smith later on in his article states, “We must stop balancing our state and institutional budgets on the backs of students and families” (Smith 46). School should not be all about money, it should be about helping the students get the education that they need so they can make it out in the big world. If a student is so worried about how they are going to pay their school bill they are not going to be focusing on their class work and it ...
As students near the end of the academic year, they are constantly faced with some of the same choices the generations before them have been presented with too. The biggest question a lot of seniors in high school have to answer is if they are going to be attending college or not. There are a lot of legitimate reasons as to why a person might not attend a college, but I personally feel like everybody should have a higher education if they have the opportunity to do so. One of the biggest reasons that people do not have the opportunity to pursue higher levels of school is the fact that they do not have enough money to pay for it. With the staggering amount of debt, the majority of students incur in college, it is becoming a
The price of colleges in America; whether it is a four-year school or community college, has been viewed as a major issue to millions of citizens. Numerous people have argued that an education should not cost thousands of dollars. Some have even stated that college in general should be free. Although this may seem like an amazing idea, it could actually have negative effects that people may not have thoroughly considered. As simple as an education may seem, students and parents in America must pay their way through college; for nothing is free in life. In order to keep this country functioning in a proper way, community colleges in America should not be free.
Why should we be allowed to have the opportunity to have free higher education or decrease the cost of it? Going to college should be our right and cost of tuition should not affect our decision on whether to go or not. The ability to have free higher education with little or no cost can open the door and create many great different paths for us. The more education we have, the more opportunities grow, but that can’t happen to all of us due to tuition costs or even being in debt with loans for not being able to have the money to being with. With tuition being eliminated or decreased, people would attend college more not saying a lot would, but just the fact that more people would consider college. Germany abolished tuition which provides a model for the United
Free college tuition, or even a completely free college education, might sound great, but on whose shoulders does the burden fall? A lot of people want free college tuition because of the constantly rising costs of going to a university, junior college, or community college. A lot of the argument advocates use is that the student debt in this country amounts to $1.2 trillion. While that is a lot of money owed, it is the price you have to pay for an invaluable privilege in the U.S. College tuition shouldn’t be free because taxpayers will need to pay more, students will take their classes less seriously, and states will need to pull money from other departments in order to make up for the lost money. The first reason for being against this “If a college education has value, why give it away?”
A bead of sweat drips from my brow as my apprehensive fingertips struggle to navigate the worn keys of a dilapidated overused laptop in search of the next letter that will enable me to successfully complete this first essay assignment. I am overcome with anxiety and my heart begins to pound as the scrambled incoherent thoughts drifting around aimlessly in my mind begin to fade. The thought of trying to organize and articulate the ideas in my mind terrifies this private semi-introvert. The historical results of this author’s writing experience resembles the slaughter of General Custer’s regiment at Little Bighorn in 1876. Placing words correctly on an intimidating barren piece of paper has never been my strength.
Fighting the cost of college tuition is a hot topic these days. As long as I can remember, tuition has always been a reason why most people don 't pursue their bachelor’s or even associate degree. Today 's society has changed students are fighting for grants, financial aid, and even loans to pay through school. In order to be financially comfortable in the 15th century a college education is a must. It is an everyday battle getting financial support from a college’s administration. Colleges need to be more affordable, obtaining funds less stressful, and colleges must enact policies that condone these principles.
The costs of a college education have been soaring at a faster rate than the costs of healthcare in the past few decades. These rising costs have negatively impacted our national debt and student loan debt currently sits at over 1 trillion dollars. The solution to this growing problem is to make all public higher education free. Student goals of developing their minds and learning for the sake of being educated are being undermined by high costs of tuition. It is important for our nation to be educated, and a compromise is not hard to find to allow as many students as possible to reach their goals of higher education.
The cost of out of state is too much to be a full time college student. Although some families make an average amount of money that would seem to not need any help with their college funds, their finances really do. My family is a prime example; we have five kids in my family including myself. The two oldest kids, my older brother and I both attend college and mine happens to be out of state. Take a look at the numbers; it takes a toll on what a single parent spends per year. My father works very hard for his money and I don't want him to use his money on me getting an education and cheerleading for an awesome college. I want it to m...
Growing up kids aspire to be doctors, police officers, firefighters, the list is endless. They want to do something that they love for a living. In order to achieve those childhood aspirations they first have to get through years of college. But the problem we are having presently is that most kids cannot even afford to attend college. Our income is the deciding factor in if we can gain higher education or not. As a result, most kids seek for assistance from FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, to help pay for them to go to college. However, more than half of the applicants get denied and do not receive any financial assistance. Most of the money is being given to students that do not need it or in the end do not even take proper
I chose this topic because education is all around me. I am literally surrounded by illiteracy. From the moment I leave my door, to the moment I return, I am able to witness illiteracy in my society. Therefore, I could connect well to this particular topic in detail. So many children younger than me, of my age and also people elder to me do not have access to education. Even though 86.1% of the world is illiterate (CIA World Factbook), the other 14.9% have absolutely no access to education!
The tuition increase policy is one policy that is popular among the students in the state of Texas and their families whom the increase would also affect. This policy is affecting students with low-income and families and it is one issue that is on the lips of every student on campus who complain about how uncertain they are of finishing college or the amount of student loan that would have take up the responsibility of paying after they graduate college. I chose this topic because I feel that we do not need an increase in our tuition in order to receive a higher and quality education. It is something that I wish could be reconsidered by the state legislatures and the Board of regents.
Yes, I strongly believe that college education should be free for everyone because Education is a basic necessity of our society these days. Free education wouldn’t just benefit one generation or one society but it can benefit the whole nation. If a nation is educated, then it can benefit the whole country and it can get better job opportunities for its citizens because in today’s world we can see highly paid jobs are knowledge based or require advanced technical skills. So in my opinion more educated nation would help remove all those flaws which are keeping country’s economy from growing rapidly. If the education is free in college then it can help a lot of those students who got good grades in their high schools but could not get into the college because of their financial situation. This way these kind of needy students who deserves to get a good degree and basically these students are future of America but they could not get it through
I do not agree with your statement, “Education should be free”. First of all, most of our education we can get it for free. For students attending college may be difficult for the reason that students cannot afford an education. These days, students have plenty of opportunities for scholarships and grants the government could provide. Imagine if college education is free, who is going to pay the professors. We as a students pay for our education so professors can teach us the basic tools to enhance in our educational and professional lives.