The passage of the “Pick the Public’s Pocket No More” bill would lower college application rates, lower college graduation rates, and lower our country’s number of new college graduates for open positions in the work force. Without grants, many Americans would not be able to pursue college degrees because of the debt they would acquire financing their degree with loans alone. Federal grants allow young adults, who are the future of our country, to pursue a college degree without the full burden of college debts after graduation. (M) When considering whether or not to pursue a degree, many are persuaded to apply because they often receive grants to assist
But this is unfair to the students whose parents make too much annually to qualify for government assistance. If the tuition rates were to stop increasing more students would be able to afford and attend college without the extra needed support from the government. Getting into college shouldn’t be based on how much money you have but on how well you preformed in high school and deserve to be there. It’s not fair or right for someone to have all the money in the world to get into Harvard who isn’t all that intelligent when someone who does get into Harvard but can’t afford to go due to the $55,000 year tuition cost. If all the colleges were on a more even level playing field for cost your acceptance into college would be based solely on your previous academic achievement not who you are or how much money you have.
College is out of the question for a number of households due to no savings. We are in difficult economic times and the financial aid policies are too stiff for families with larger incomes. Colleges need to recognize the latter. The opinion suggests the John Hopkins endowments of nearly $3 billion (“a community committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion.” The University has billions of dollars and seeks a diverse student body. Does it seek for those who can afford $52,578 year of the few who are both impoverished and qualified.
Karon Gibson English 12 Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play? College athletes should not be paid to play sports because most athletes are attending college on full or partial scholarship and receive financial aid packages. This money is basically paying the students to study. Student athletes do bring greater part of the money into the school but most of the money is spent on them to. Paying athletes to play would create a huge gap in college sports because of the ability to pay more at the bigger schools.
They are always raising college tuition to help pay for different programs but, it seems that they are not focusing on the programs for the diverse students that are here in the United States. A part of this solution we should be helping the low – income performing schools and encourage parents involvement. Parents need to
The money will simply replace the tuition students were already going to pay. States would be required to pay for one-quarter of this tuition subsidy. Taxes will be raised in a significant way. Some taxpayers who are already paying towards high school educations most likely won’t want to pay for another student’s college education as
And with the economic conditions threatening jobs security across the country, parents and prospective students alike are questioned whether they can afford colleges or not. People complain that schools are charging more and giving less. Colleges and universities have been struggling to survive serious funding cutbacks by raising tuition. Governing, December 1998, Vol. 12 Issue 3,
While many people in the United States look for higher education after high school, financial barriers are in the way for a lot of these students due to rising college tuition costs. Although these high prices are seen as a negative by most, arguments have been made that they may actually be a good thing. Some say the higher price tag forces (potential) students to not take their education for granted. The opposing side responds with statements saying a lot of people aren’t given a chance and these prices are to far out of their reach. The bottom line is that the high and rising cost of college isn’t a good thing and reduces the amount of qualified workers.
These tax increases will be in effect for 7 years in hopes to balance the budget cuts in higher education. Passing this proposition will make it easier for students to make to make a vertical mobility in the future because of manageable access to higher education. It will hopefully deal with balancing Inequality targeting a group of high income tax payers to balance the budget imposed on the Organization of the college and university system. It will deal with the inequality being initiated by the state’s budget cuts. This tax increase is a measure to battle the economic losses the
NISH Rough draft 7/17/14 The cost of college The biggest worry for most high school students is the future college’s tuition fees. And the biggest question nowadays “is the collage cost too high”? Most high school students want to get a degree from a decent university and then have a fair job when then walk off from university but these universities cost incredibly high. The average American student pays for college is about 30,000$ dollars. The high college cost is not only troubles students but for parents too, when the student is about to graduate from high school the parent starts to worry about their financial expenses.