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    the soaring cost of college tuition has angered many students and parents, leaving many wondering where they will come up with the funds to pay. While college is still a pretty sound investment for most career paths, the cost of an education has outpaced general inflation by almost double, leaving many families simply unable to shoulder the fiscal burden without incurring large amounts of debt. How did we get to where we are today? A big part of it has to do with how colleges themselves have changed

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    Kiran Mulakunnam Persuasive Speech SPE 101 Free College Tuition General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: Persuade audience that American college tuition should be free America providing free college tuition would allow our country to reach new heights and cross new barriers. Tuition should be free for all students because our nation could become more successful, eliminate social class distinctions, cause a great economic boom, and also it works great for other countries so why not us? Intro

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    generation society pushes you to go to college. Throughout middle school and especially high school, educators, guardians, and friends are always asking students where they’re going to college and what their plans are. Students are pressured into choosing a college and a profession at such a young age and students will often change their mind part way through. Through, that entire time students are squandering their opportunity, as well as spending so much cash. College is far more costly than students

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    Extreme College Tuition Over the past decade the cost of college tuition has risen drastically, because of the recession one would assume the price for funding of public post-secondary schools would decrease, but should the cost of college tuition rise as it did. For more than a decade college tuition has been rising far beyond the rate of inflation at public colleges and universities. Many people feel that high costs of college tuition will damage the economy. In the twentieth century’s generation

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    Should college tuition be free for everyone? College tuition is very expensive for most average students, the average college tuition price is about $8,000. There is a debate going on right now about college tuition and if it should be free for everyone. Many say that college should be free, while others believe we should keep paying for college tuition. After looking at data, it appears that college tuition should not be free. One reason why college tuition should not be free, is that students

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    to go to college. In today’s society college tuition is important to the U.S. economy. Higher education is the door for a better lifestyle and higher pay. In 2015 over 20,000,000 students were enrolled in American post-secondary schools. In the fall of 2015 , which was almost 5 million more than in 2000. Roughly 7 million of those students attend 2 years of college (Redd). Lowering college tuition by at least 50% would lead to less student debt and allow more students to attend college. If there

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    students that leave college with some kind of debt is unacceptable. One of the proposed solutions to this problem is to make college tuition free, but this is a flawed solution that will cause more problems than it will solve. The fact is a major portion of the people who go to college are more than capable of paying for their tuition, and the numerous amount of financial aid for students, such as grants, scholarships and federal loans, allow more and more students to leave college debt free. This makes

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    words “free college tuition” would spark interest in any college student with accumulating debt. In fact, this topic is so incredibly supported that Bernie Sanders implemented it as a core interest in his 2016 campaign. Once Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee, she decided to take it on herself with an extensive plan that guaranteed students free tuition. Unsurprisingly, free tuition resonated extremely well within the student demographic. To forty million Americans, free tuition would eliminate

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    America’s College Promise College tuition has become a major problem in the past fifty years; not only effecting a vast majority of adults out of college, but current students as well. Which poses the threat of debt to any students planning to attend college in the future. The price of school tuition is rising at a dangerous rate where it affects the students now but it also affects the students of the future. There are many effects on college tuition like student debt or choosing a different school

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    College tuition has gotten out of hand. Since 1985 tuition cost have gone up by 500%, says Rick Noack of the Washington Post. With tuition continuing to rise people have been deciding not to go to college or looking elsewhere for a higher education. An estimated 10,000 American students are going to universities in Germany where education is free instead of local American colleges and universities. Tuition has become a big issue in the US and many plans have been made to address it. In Georgia

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