Final Research Paper Today high school graduates should have an opportunity to go to college for free, so they can look forward to a bigger future and better job opportunities in life. Having free college can be beneficial by bringing in even more young adults who are interested to further their education more and to help the lower class have their higher education too. Free college may be beneficial but it also come with problems or even alternatives. But that doesn 't mean we should stop this spontaneous idea from success. People are going to have their opinions on it, may agree or disagree with the idea may be from their experience that shouldn’t stop us from making this happening.…
Free College Does Exist For most students, the idea of going to college for a significantly reduced price via scholarships is a dream. Just imagine what type of reaction there would be if students found out they could have had the opportunity to join a community where college credits are earned for free throughout their high school years. This program allows high school students to earn college credit and apply that credit towards their high school graduation requirements. College Credit Plus is an opportunity for advanced middle and high school students to reduce the time and cost of attending college after high school. To be admitted into the College Credit Plus program, you must be an Ohio student in the grades 7-12 and apply to participating colleges in Ohio.…
IT IS WHAT IT IS College is not meant for everyone in my opinion. Everyone has their own path in life and although education is very important, you do not always need a university to help you get where you want to be. To argue that every American should go to college is a brave statement. If every American graduated from college what would that mean exactly?…
It’s hard to believe that once upon time, Americans did not have the dreadful worries of finding a way to prepare for the financial necessities for college. Now, college is becoming more of a dream rather than a reality as high tuition rates becomes the number one reason why Americans are not advancing themselves into higher education. In some cases, there are college students who receive full-ride scholarships to the college they desire; however, the majority of those who do go to college do not obtain the same luck. Those students who do continue their education and go off to college find themselves short of financial aid, out-of-pocket cash, and even scholarships. This causes students to resort to taking out a student loan.…
Anaisha Murray Mr. King ENGL 101-029 February 3rd, 2014 Is College Worth the Cost? Many people argue that college is not worth the cost. Some individuals say that college is too expensive and when they graduate they are not able to find a job with their degrees. People also say that college is not worth the amount of money they have to pay back in loans after they graduate. Those are all points stated in Rodney K. Smith’s essay…
Last semester I paid around five hundred dollars for five books from our on-campus bookstore. This number may seem large; however, I know of people that paid even more than I did. Full-time students are already paying a tremendous amount of money to attend college so why should they have to spend so much money on buying books that are a necessity for classes? What I am getting at is that books from our bookstore are overpriced. In the Rebel Yell article by Ian Whitaker, “In the face of high prices, students skipping out on textbooks”, he expresses how students are willing to risk their grades and not buy textbooks because of their high prices.…
Some colleges believe that giving the students drug test to qualify for financial aid is the best thing to do. Would you believe that anyone would argue that? For the past few years this has been talked about. Students should get drug tested for the aid that they are trying to receive from the government. These days there are over 80 percent of high school graduates that are getting out of school to attend college and they are looking for a way to pay for school.…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela. Throughout the years the college enrollment rate has gone up and down. College enrollment fell in the early 1970’s to 47% and in 2001 to 61%. However, college enrollment went up in the late 1960’s to 55% and to 65% in the late 1990’s…
Can you afford to pay for school tuition that is equal to owning a small house? A college level job could pay for this house in less than three years. So, is the debt worth it in the long term? In the articles “Is College Worth It?” by Quinton Skinner and “College Calculus” John Cassidy, the authors point out the advantages and disadvantages of attending college.…
College tuition is causing significant problems to the students and the country in different ways. College should be free because of three major reasons such as, skilled labors educated people are decreasing, students are giving up, and the rate of graduation is increasing. If community college were free America would have many educated people, profound innovations and, highest economy growth. Firstly, students are giving up because they have to pay college tuition. Many people are stopping after they get their diploma because of the college tuition.…
Why College Should be Free for Everyone One of the things people think of when they think about college is the cost of attending. Many people I know, peers and parents alike, are going or have gone to college with the intention of using loans to attain the ultimate goal, their degree. If America is so progressive, then why hasn’t the cost of college been lowered instead of going up yearly? College should not force people to go into debt for the majority of their lives to get a degree.…
Should College Be Free? Over the past few years, the cost of higher education has become unbearable for most. The cost for an opportunity to become more educated is quite frightening. On average, public colleges cost $32,762 while private colleges are priced at $42,419 on average (Bridgestock, 2015).…
Butler suggests, “You are supposed to buy things you need and wait to buy the things you want until you can afford to make the purchase” (34). One thing I can do is to start asking myself everyday when I go shopping if what I will buy is a need or a want. Second, I will use the envelope strategy since I found out how much I waste each month my keeping a spending log and start cutting down on my expenses. I will also have to budget myself to a certain money to spend every day, maybe $5 a day to get myself a snack and a drink. By the looks of it now I will need to cut down on going out to eat like Subway and other fast foods.…
We all like to spend money and not care about the after effects. Some people over spend, while others under spend their money. It is all about what that money really means to you. Do you care enough to save up for a better future, or do you want temporary happiness now? Can you earn the money you spend very quickly, or does it take time for you to accumulate what you spent in a jiffy?…
Financial literacy is the ability to use knowledge and skills to make effective and informed money management decisions. In order for one to become financially literate is a long process that usually starts when your mom and dad give you your first piggy bank to save up for that Baby Alive you have been begging for all year. Then one day it turns into buying a new car or having good credit. Learning to be financially literate is something that many people in my generation lack but is an important skill for us to learn to become successful assets to society in the future.…