Twelve months from now all of us in this room will be facing the same choices. Do we go to university, do we go to work, do we take a gap year, do we take a different type of training program? What if university was free? Would that make our choices different? Would we be making the right choice if we didn’t have to pay the heavy costs of university?
I belive University should not be free. There are a number of reasons that support my position.
Firstly, free University would increase the number of students applying, therefore Logos increasing the already high admittance standards. A study done by Maclean's Magazine in 2012 stated the average admittance grade average for Canadian universities was 85%. If there was no financial obstacle for students more would apply to University, which would increase the already high grade admittance average. It could also increase the number of university graduates competing for employment. This risk is that more graduates would be unemployed or underemployed.
Secondly, Free University could also affect the number of people choosing more specialized programs such as trade schools.The risk is that many good trade jobs would go unfilled because students may think that a university degree will get them a better job but this is not necessarily the case. According to the Pre Apprenticeship Training
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Making university free would increase the competition to get in, it would discourage students from taking other programs that might be better suited to their interests and skills, with no financial “skin in the game” students are not as motivated to do well and finally, the reality is, that university would never be free. All you are doing is passing on the cost to another area of the government. I think that the bigger issue is that people need to WANT to go to university. They need to understand and think about the different options and make a choice that makes sense for them
We have made K-12 education free because it is good for the individual and for society. The same is true for higher education. Proponents of free college education believe that it
I personally don't think that college should be free. Students who pay for their college are more motivated, hard working and independent. Many students would have poor motivation to finish school, because they can always come back. As a matter of fact students with ambitions to get university degree are learning much harder in high school than other, who thinks they don’t need an extra paper. There are many students that are so smart, and they will find the way to get money for school. With extra work and help from family students will be able to afford college tuitions. Students need to depend on themselves; otherwise every taxpayer will have to cover their education expenses. There are several reasons why
Should the cost of earning a college degree be free? Some students,parents, and educators say that it is morally wrong for a child to spend their entire life going to public school for free and having them to just turn around and pay for college. The students, parents, and educators all would agree that the cost of obtaining a college degree should indeed be free. Those who are against this issue believe that the students themselves or their parents who are financially able should pay for some or all of the expense of attending college after all public school students are given a free ride from elementary to high school. Understanding and considering both sides of the issue, I strongly stand by the decision stating that the cost of attending college should be free.
One of the main reasons why college should not be free is because of the common conception of free things: free things are not good quality. Nothing that is given out for free is ever good quality, they are usually simple things such as a pen or sunglasses covered in a company's logo—never anything with great use. Many are afraid that if college becomes free the quality of the education will suffer tremendously. If colleges weren't being paid money by the students they will cut professors pay and other education boosting factors that will result in a lesser education. This point is further explained and supported by the website "idebate" stating that nothing is good or worthwhile if it is free, just
With tuition being free they can focus on what they have always wanted to achieve and be in their lives without the worry of having to pay thousands of dollars and working many long hard hours at a job. Having free college tuition will allow students to make real life choices earlier out in the world. Some students would have the funds to begin their life decisions earlier, although some cannot make those choices till later in life, but by having free college could those choices could become possible sooner. Not all students have life decisions they chose or opted into so having something like looking forward to free tuition could boost their confidence in life and get on the right track to become something or someone they have longed to become. Plus, the impact on their lives could be changed into a better way of living and possibly for their family. Administering free college to everyone could open the possibility to more students, more professors and employees. Although, placing burdens on someone before they ever get a chance to experience life, could discourage someone from fulfilling their
Introducing free college tuition would have a positive impact of The United States, even so much as two year associate’s degree would have a hung impact. Free college tuition would give hope to the families which can’t afford the cost of tuition. Fran Cubberley states in his paper “The reality of Free Community College Tuition” that “1,300 students who completed our entry process through course registration ultimately dropped out before classes were underway. One of the major reasons was they could not pay their tuition.” Cost for tuition is huge factor on why people don’t attend college. Just think of all the amazing talent that the world is missing out on because people don’t have the money to attend college and get a degree or
Making College tuition free would over-all result in a more educated society. “We have made K-12 education free because it is good for the individual and for society. The same is true for higher education” (Page).
All colleges in the United States should be free for college students. Free tuition would be able to benefit students everywhere because they would be able to obtain their degrees and continue to get a sufficient job to support themselves. This advancement would equal to millions of students not having to go their whole lives owing money because of large student loans that is hard to pay back. The United States Government should provide free tuition for all college students.
As previously mentioned free university in Canada would weaken the nation’s economy. This would directly impact the citizens of the country. With a weakened economy the wages of Canadian would go down along with the value of the Canadian dollar (Economic Help organization). This would make Canadians have lower living standards with less money to spend on more expensive products.
Would making college free make people want to get a higher education? Would people who really do not need financial help take advantage? Or take the opportunity from someone who really needs it, and wants it?
Whether or not college education should be free is a controversial issue. Some may say that because more people would go to college, there may be economic dilemmas; however, this argument is erroneous because it must be understood that the pros countervail the cons. College education is exceedingly expensive, but it provides a plentiful amount of enriching education. College education should be free because it will eliminate student debt, it will provide the opportunity for students who cannot incur it, and it will annihilate stress that is caused by the high expenditure involved with it.
College is for people who want to take their learning to a whole other level. It's for the kids who are extremely bright, or whose parents just have enough money to send them to college. The former can receive scholarships from schools so that the recipients don't have to pay for college fees. Making college admission free would be a huge mistake, for a magnitude of reasons. First, the people who actually receive scholarships are the people that the college actually want, and are usually picked out of millions of applicants. They are the people who might go on to become the next Steve Jobs or the next Stephen Hawking. Already, in junior high school, kids are saying that as soon as they get to high school, they're going to drop out, because
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Mexico, and Brazil all offer higher education for free to their citizens. President Obama proposed a free community college starting in Tennessee. His proposal was born out of recognition that students currently enrolled are struggling. According to an article written by Vijay Govindarajan and Jatin Desai from the Harvard Business Review there has been a 400% increase in the cost of higher education. Galloping tuition hikes have made attending college more expensive today than at any point in U.S history. Should higher education be free? Yes It should be free, For obvious reasons the coast in college in all is ridiculously high for any college student, whether attending a two year college or a four year college. Aside from cost and debit being the obvious reason why higher education should be free, it can also give everyone the same equal opportunity world wide.
Education, in America, should be free because having more educated people in this country will potentially increase the job availability. Making education free in America will raise taxes and help student debt. America’s youth is being discouraged to receive an education because of the high tuition and high interest rates on student loans. Many students who are in higher education are also being discouraged because of the low job opportunities after they graduate from school. Many countries have made the education system completely free to ensure that people can get the education desired so why shouldn’t America?
However, there are also some advantages of free education in the universities. Although scholarships are intended for the disadvantaged few, the disadvantaged are just few. Scholarships help only a handful, for others providing free education would come as a great relief. There is less stress on students including the work and paying the tuition fees, which is truly good for their general health, as they are already enough stressed for social life and exams. There will be a higher number of students learning and that increase the literacy rate of the nation will probably reduce the quantity of young people who are involved in wrong or the bad activities such as getting addicted to drugs, gambling, etc. Students who come from a low family background would have a lot of time for their studies, for them to relax and for themselves as they won’t be working for hours and fighting for extra-shifts in order to pay their fees. There would be equal opportunities for both the rich and the poor students as not now and the poor students won’t blame their fate. There would be better governance. Educated people would not only just better choices in electing their representatives but also are better equipped to question corruption and misuse of power. There would be improvement in the quality of life. Free schooling would lead to more educated people and more educated people in the society leads to overall improvement in the quality of life in the society. It also can be