Advocacy Street Team Role

Today colleges are growing more and more necessary for attaining a solid path towards a successful career, yet the rapidly increasing cost of tuition is driving students away from their dream of attending college, due to the preposterous amount of money that is now being demanded by colleges across the nation and world as a whole. It is sad to see students being turned away from a successful future due to the money-hungry nature of the universities that dot the globe. More and more impossible it is becoming to have a “rags-to-riches” scenario that used to highlight the American Dream, as if a student doesn’t have the riches to afford a higher education and the tuition that is drug upon its coattails, then our society is doomed to be clothed in rags forever, unless major changes are brought about to restructure and end the indefatigable growth of tuition rates across the board.

A large portion of the supporters and advocates are current students and staff from well-known universities such as Ryerson or York University. After campaigning around post-secondary schools using posters, advocates and advertisement such as free agendas at the beginning of the year, the group was able to increase student support and participation. The most current course of action taken by the organization was the National Day of Action, on November 2, 2016 (The Canadian Federation of Students, 2016). This was a day in which the participants would protest at Queen’s Park and “go all out” to draw attention towards the issues revolving around access to post-secondary education within the various provinces in

There are many colleges around the world and most people like to attend one. Students study hard and try their best just so they can get an acceptance letter from their dream college. However, college tuition is not that affordable; college tuition is increasing in price every single year while the yearly salary of a father stays the same or barely increases. College tuition should be affordable to everyone regardless of his or her family status and position. Students should be able to attend a college without being in a debt consisting of thousands of dollars. There are scholarships, grants and financial aid available but that does not help everyone. A middle class family cannot fully afford a child going to a 4-year college and make a living, which is comfortably in residence. A change in college tuition is definitely required for American students and the students around the world to have a better education at low cost.

The ideas of equal opportunities that America was built on has been lost and replaced with a structure of education only being accessible for the wealthy. College tuition is a topic that is on every high school and college student's mind. As tuition costs are constantly rising more college students will face the sticker shock of acquiring a secondary education. Unfortunately, college costs do not just end at tuition and room and board people also have to pay for textbooks, meals, and transportation. The cost of college has become outrageous and students are leaving college with high amounts of debt.

Thesis: Thousands of colleges across the country have steadily increased tuition throughout the years and Colorado State University is no different. Today I will share with you both the perspective of those that believe tuition increases are necessary and of those against it in order to help form my own opinion on the necessity of tuition increases here at CSU.

After all, education in the great equalizer in our nation, it can bridge social, economic, racial, and geographic divides like no other force. It can mean the difference between an open door and a dead end. And nowhere is this truer than in a higher education” (Mckeon). No one could have said it better than Representative Mckeon. According to him, if we had free college, millions of students around the country would focus less on working to pay tuition, and instead entirely on their studies. It would distract the students less, and allow them to concentrate on what they’re being taught. Because of these short budgets and stressful environments, most students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds often tend to try and complete their studies quicker than students from high income families. The low income students will generally choose fields of studies that are more directly linked to the professions, like marketing or human resources, while the wealthy students study long term professions, like law and medicine. This creates a gap between wealthy and poor families, losing valuable opportunities for hundreds bright students

Universities used to be a privilege for most academic students to attend and it was very affordable, but currently the price per year to attend college has drastically increased. For instance, in the “1970’s the average cost was 10,000 dollars a year and today the average cost is 30,000 dollars a year” (CQ Researcher). This is a triple increase in the price per year to attend college. Allowing this increase on college tuition has impacted the student’s attendance rate. This is a significant financial burden for college students and their family. Some believe that college shouldn’t be free because we are risking the value of college education, while others think it should be free because we are trying to avoid having our upcoming generation

Leo W. Gerard develops an argument to persuade his audience that American colleges and universities should to be affordable for all students in order for them to experience the American Dream. To successfully create this argument, the author uses stylistic elements and evidence to develop his writing.

“Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the U.S. funds higher education.” -Bernie Sanders. Over the past couple of years college tuition has been drastically changing and will continue to increase over time. College tuition happens to be incredibly high and needs to be lowered so that more diverse range of people can afford it.

A few of the biggest points that CQ makes about rising college costs are wasted money on extravagant facilities, overpaid administrators, and under worked faculty. These issues are very serious, and they can be seen all over the

In order to operate and sustain despite the decline in federal funding, HBCUs must find strategic ways to bring in more dollars. For most of these institutions, raising tuition is not a viable option. HBCUs are positioned as low-cost institutions that provide access students with low-incomes, and tuition hikes could lead to declines in enrollment. Students, typically within HBCUs' enrollment pool due to low income status, would not be able to pay, and other students would have to borrow more money to attend. (Clay, 2013). Additionally, most HBCUs would not be able to expand their scholarship offerings to make up for the tuition increase, and scholarships are needed in order to compete for the best and brightest students (Clay, 2013). To fill

I agree to some degree with this article. Some colleges do need to change their priorities to reflect a changed attitude towards undergraduate learning. This should be their main purpose. However, I don’t think that tuition should be free. It’s not other people’s responsibility to pay for one's education. There are other ways to pay for college, like scholarships, if people need help, so people should take responsibility in doing so. This connects with other articles that we’ve been reading that say that schools and colleges are standardizing and categorizing things too much. They say that they need to change because they see only some things as having worth, such as the sciences, while they don’t see others as having any worth. In all of these

There have been countless debates on whether the tuition should be abolished or left for the student to pay. It’s an unfortunate situation that the price tag of a college education inhibits many hard-working and overachieving student. College isn’t easy, in fact, it can be very difficult. As if college students aren’t stressed enough already about their classes, jobs, and finding their right major, it is unwarranted for students to worry about how they are going to have to pay for their next semester. College is a place where one can find their true identity, live a meaningful life and the skills acquired in college are fruitful throughout one's life. Moreover, in today’s modern age day and age, one needs a college degree as jobs are limited without one. College tuition should be made free as education is an investment for the future, a disadvantaged financial background shouldn't limit one's academic career, and a college degree is more prevalent today than it has been ever before.