There has been a long-winded debate regarding tuition fees and what students receive in exchange for their payments towards their degree course, and with interesting information leaking from student newspaper, Epigram of the University of Bristol last year, the debate could become heated. The student newspaper published figures after obtaining a freedom of information request which lead to 150 arts and social science students protesting at the university in December 2014. These students were suspicious as to where the money from their expensive tuition fees was being allocated after learning how much their degree courses 'cost' per student.
It was found that approximately half of most art student's tuition fees each year was designated to
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The UK Independence Party election manifesto for 2015 pledged that students taking degrees in STEMM subjects will receive free tuition and the Labour party allegedly reported to have considered reducing the fees to £6,000. These politicians deemed these pledges important to recover the shortages in STEMM subjects and to encourage more students to study science and technology courses.
However, this in turn, with students knowing how much their tuition is spent on their studies could affect how 'valuable' students perceive their courses to be. The attention that the government gives to STEMM subjects over art subjects gives the impression that some courses have higher precedence over others which could be dangerous to university ideals and aspirations. It also could deter students from studying arts and humanities, and furthermore, restricting individuals of having the opportunity to become passionate about subjects and areas of
The Abbott government’s recent proposal for deregulation of university fees in Australia has brought about much controversial debate. Under current policy, university fees are set at a fixed rate, in which a price ceiling is placed on the amount universities can charge students and with no interest on student loans. The new proposal to deregulate these fees eliminates the price ceiling and gives universities the freedom to set tuition fees at any level they see fit. This holds two possible implications: (1) this would increase competition between universities and drive fees down; or (2) the freedom granted to universities
A very popular topic these days is College tuition. For what seems to be ages, people didn’t give much attention to the cost of tuition. However, in current times theres been a dramatic change. It seems that everyday, several people are coming to the harsh realization of how high tuition has gotten over the years and they wish to see a change. In this essay, I shall attempt to cover a very serious and hard topic. I say that because in the process of finding information for this topic, there are several articles showing examples of people attacking administrations in serious anger. Little to no information was found giving an example of college staff and administration trying to defend or speak up. Before beginning research for this paper, I believed there would have been several arguments made between enraged parents, students, graduates and administration. Though, upon examination I found my thoughts to be confirmed as false for the most part.
Why should college students get paid for playing a sport? If you really think about it, it might sound nice to get paid traditional salaries just like a professional athlete does. But, it’s not really that good of an idea because of what college offers you already when you play the sports. College students who play college sports get put on live TV broadcast during their games so everyone in the world could see them play and some students who play sports in high school will get a scholarship to go to a good college if they are recognized by how good they are at the sport. All of that is a privilege for playing a sport in college and those who get recognized or are that good at the sport could eventually become a professional athlete and then
Students receive free public education from pre-k to 12th grade, so why should students have to pay for college? College can be a huge expense, and many loans have to be taken out to pay for their education. Is this right? If high school is free then why isn’t college? According to student support organization College Board, published tuition fees for 2014/15, state colleges are an average of US$9,139 for state residents, and $22,958 for everyone else. This compares to an average of $31,231 at private non-profit colleges. Why is it so expensive, unlike in some places where it’s free.
Over the same period, in state tuition and fees at public four-year institutions increased more than two hundred and twenty percent from $2,175 to $7,030. ( Marcus, J). This suggests that less money is being spent on students education and more is spent on non instructional activities, such as administration and faculty research. Rising government bursary have increased the quantity of education request. This means that the rising cost of a college education is due in large part to the increased financial aid available rather than any general improvement in the value of
In todays society universities seem to only worry about where they sit on the ranking list amongst other universities. According to Nicolaus Mills the means of a higher education “lies in the commitment of colleges and universities have made to winning the rating war” (Par 4). This shows how university now value a higher education upon where a university sits on the ranking list instead of the prestigious education that they offer. With universities fighting to become number one on the list most of them have decided to “increase spending for student services that on a percentage basis outpace their increases in academic instruction” (Mills Par.9) This claims that the raise of universities spending money on student services such as
Fine arts programs are rapidly being cut around the country. When school systems are running out of money the first programs to be eliminated are the fine arts. School board members have no idea of what they are doing to students. They are unaware of the many benefits of fine arts programs in their schools. They also do not know how to run a successful fine arts program. Since 1993, when legislators imposed revenue corps on public schools, school districts have been forced to make some hard decisions about the ways they can cut back spending. Music and art programs are usually among the the first to receive severe blows. “Fine arts are vulnerable to budget cuts partly because children are not tested in music
If students had to pay for school themselves they would take their studies more seriously. If made to earn their tuition and housing funds, students would spend less time partying and more time working towards a future career. While it would be more difficult on the front end, it would reduce debt on the back end, especially for those who do not end up with quite the post-graduation paycheck they had been expecting freshman year. In previous generations, this idea was possible. People either worked their way through college or they did not go at all. This idea seems unrealistic in today’s competitive world of colleges. Student loans are a big reason for this change. If it were more difficult to borrow money for school, the amount of people who attend college would decrease. Instead they would fall into jobs that a high school diploma fully equips them for and that many college graduates end up holding either way (McArdle).
In the recent debate regarding the implementation of free college tuition across the United States, Jon Wiener, a Los Angeles journalist for The Nation, and Kelly Field, chief Washington reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education who covers different federal education policies, discuss why college tuition should be abolished in the United States of America and the role of both Democratic and Republican parties on the debate. In the article, “It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities - and Abolish Student Debt,” published by the Nation in March 2015, Jon Wiener annotates the crippling debt that college
College tuition has been an increasingly intense topic of discussion over the years. The costs of higher education have been debated by many people, and it has been discussed as to whether costs are becoming too high for students to afford. College has become more and more popular, and now as many as 20 million students attend universities reported by The National Center for Education Statistics (1). The value of a college degree is immense, but college tuition is becoming too expensive for students to afford, and furthering the problem are students’ lack of knowledge on how to pay and earn money towards their college degree.
Adams, R. (2013). Universities face more complaints since rise in tuition fees. Retrieved June 13 from www.theguardian.com: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jun/13/universities-complaints-tuition-fees
When I was reading Exodus 20:1-17 and focusing on verse 15-16 one of the business crimes that came to mind was theft and embezzlement because in verse 15 it states that thou should not steal and that means for no one and for anything. When an employee commits embezzlement that means they decided to take money from the company or business without their knowledge. For example if an employee is using the company’s money to fund trips or even by taking money just for the intent to take is considered stealing a embezzlement. Criminal fraud and commercial bribery both conceded with verse 16, which stated, “Thou shalt not bear false witness”. Which truly means that speaking falsely in any matter, lying, equivocating, and any way devising and designing
This essay will be examining both sides of arguments and give reasons to why the policy is unfair to current and future university students. As for the impact on the economy in the UK, Graphs, and statistical data will be included to further explain and analyze.
Most people would agree that music and art programs in schools have a huge impact on students not only academically, but in just about every aspect of their lives. Studies have shown that students who are involved in music and art programs have an overall higher IQ and show signs of many other academic benefits. Participating in such programs also allow students the opportunity to express themselves artistically and show the world their perhaps otherwise hidden potential. We all know how fun it can be to show the world your unexpected abilities, and what better way to show those off than the place where we spend most of our day-to-day lives? Unfortunately, even with all these obvious benefits, when the school budget is short, the first
The rising cost of education is something that effects most people today, since gaining a college education has become a social norm. The fact that today it cost the same amount of money to attend a 4-year university as it does to buy a new care is a little on the outrageous side. Just the idea that you’ll have to fork out that much money at one time just for an education that for most has been free their whole life, causes some to choose another path. In looking at the cost of education this way I believe we have somehow blinded ourselves, or become narrow-minded. Here’s what I mean by that, we see all the money we pay just going in to tuition in paying for the class itself. Most don’t see it as paying for the bills to keep the school running along with paying the employees who work there. If you factor that in to your perspective you can see that due to the rising cost of living, the cost of education must rise to allow for employees to have enough money to live off. In viewing the rising cost of education, we can look at its effects on different things. Such as, the effect on the economy as it has changed, along with the effects on graduation and attendance rate. We can also look at the trends in prices which can give us a better understanding of whether the rising cost has to do with the economy or just a single entity on its own.