Natalie Miller J. Jewell English Comp 1010 20 September 2010 “College Inc.” Summary/Evaluation In the Frontline episode “College, Inc.”, viewers get an inside look at for-profit colleges, generally online colleges, and what the schools really have to offer the growing number of people trying to go back to school. This program takes a look at the different schools around the country and goes in depth and with interviews with people directly involved with the for-profit schools from past students and employees to administrators. “College, Inc” was very informative on the for-profit schools but after viewing the entire program I believe that it is mostly one-sided. “College, Inc” starts with a beautiful view of a beach and a business man on his cell phone talking business. The narrator begins to tell you about Michael Clifford’s background and how he came into to the booming industry of for-profit colleges and continues into telling viewers about all that he has accomplished and what he has planned for the schools’ future.
DO NOT overspend. While you’re in college most likely you are going to using your own things like your own credit, debit and everything else. While it’s tempting you can’t let it get to you (the overspending). Remember your using your credit and what better way to build it than in college. Building your credit starts in college if you begin to buy all these things you can’t afford and turn around and not have the ability to pay them off at the end of the month then you’re your credit will begin to decline and that’s not good.
This will help put both parties at ease. Some of the reasons for the contract are, it will keep the employee from just using the company’s money to pay for their tuition and leave after earning their degree. Some of the questions to be considered are how will the tuition be refunded? Will the tuition be directly paid or will it be deducted from the employees pay. Another one is what academic standard must the employee maintain?
Inflation aside, this means college is getting more expensive. Unless your parents are wealthy enough to pay for your tuition or you worked your tail off to receive a full-ride scholarship, more often than not, you have to take out student loans to fund your education. As a result of the high price tag of getting an education, many graduates struggle when faced with the trouble of paying off that huge debt. It’s no longer a right to attend higher education. To many, myself included, attending college is now a luxury.
Many college students go into financial debt trying to obtain the high cost of college tuition, because of this more college students are becoming drop outs after their first year of college. In other words, college requires several challenges that many people aren’t ready to take on. Pharinet’s purpose is to inform students who are trying to figure out whether college is best for them or not. This essay is effective because it allows individuals to find what professions are best for them. No two people are the same, even though people are said to be created equally they still are different in more ways than one.
In both good times and bad, state governments have pushed more of the costs onto students, forcing many to take out big loans or be priced out of once affordable public colleges at a time when a college education is critical in the new economy. (NY
In an article that I read on the internet, California’s College Stopouts: The Significance of Financial Barriers to Continuous School Enrollment, it stated that California is known for the term college stopout, “In California, the majority of four-year and community college students do not complete their intended degrees and certificates on time” (Terriquez, Gurantz, Gomez, 2013). So do you ask yourselves why this is, and what exactly is a college stopout? According to the article I read it states that, “Many of these students “stop out”—that is, they leave college with the intention of returning later.” (Terriquez, Gurantz, Gomez, 2013). With this quote being said, could the reason for all of these stopouts lead to the cost of college? There are college stopouts due to race gender and not enough money to pay for college.
Debra S Professor English Comp 2 28 September 2012 Higher Education and the Choices We Make There are many different reasons that people choose to seek a higher education. There are numerous young adults who have recently graduated and choose to continue their education without taking more than a summer break. Many people choose to return based on employment qualifications. These days many employers require additional education to give raises or promote current employees. A lot of companies offer to pay schooling fees for employees to return to school.
In a time especially such as now, the economy plays one of the more important roles in pressuring college students. America is experiencing the most serious financial situation in generations. Home values are going down, people are losing jobs, and inflation is affecting the price of everything. In times such as this, the magnitude of tuition costs and room and board often accumulate into a heap of debt. Even if a student works during college and over the summer, it isn’t unusual to “accrue $5,000 in loans after four years – loans that he[/she] must start to repay within one year after graduation” (Zinsser 469).
Many college graduates graduate with a large amount of debt, but those who do not use a gap year to earn money so they are not in such debt. For some students who have graduated with low test scores and/or GPA, a year off can be used for studying so that the chances of getting accepted into a college are