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    generous financial packages to their student, who mostly come from wealthy background. The poorer students are on the losing end because they are not given the opportunity for aid. As Terry Hartle, the senior vice president of the American Council of Education, says, "Smart poor kids go to college at the same rate as stupid rich kids." What this is saying is that the wealthy families have vastly more opportunity to succeed in the college system even though they have equal or lesser smarts. Well respected

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    People by Median Income and Sex: 1953 to 2012) What does this mean? It means that while costs associated with college tuition continue to rise, the average medium income remains the same which places ever increasing costs of obtaining a higher education on the on the student. Given that the median annual income for men is $33,903* and the average cost of tuition at four year public college is $8,816*; average tuition would equate to 26% of the student’s annual income. The cost of average tuition

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    Every year the percentage of high school graduates going to college after high school rises. But as the number of students increases, so does college tuition. In 2013-14 there was a 9% rise in CSU tuition with the average rise being 7% a year. As College prices rise, more student loans are withdrawn to help pay for increased tuition. Student debt isn’t like credit card debt or medical bills or a mortgage, where if you declare bankruptcy all your debt will be forgiven. Student loans stick with you

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    graduates end up stuck with jobs that leave them gasping for breath while they try to repay their loans back that only continue to build interest. This debt does not only harm the student but, the U.S economy as well. As students continue their education, they are faced with the hardships of increased loan borrowing due to the competitive job market that requires degrees for the majority of jobs, prestigious colleges with expensive tuitions, and a lack of

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    brought up. This concept would be greatly beneficial to today’s youth and help them graduate college debt free. Each year, college tuitions increase exponentially. This has raised many concerns as to exactly how people will manage to pay for their education. Unfortunately, there haven’t been many solutions brought up about how future college students could potentially graduate without loans or debt. All of the ideas proposed to solve this issue include some form of increased taxes, but would college

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    My College and Career choices

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    My College and Career choices My three college choices are University of Florida, University of Seattle and Ohio University. Each of these colleges have good qualities for my careers. I’m not very sure what exactly I want to have a career in. Two of my main choices are veterinarian or child care. Some of my concerns are the distance, cost of tuition, the quality of the program, and the recreation at the colleges. University of Florida is my first choice. The tuition for my enrollment

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    College tuitions is way too high in our country. They say that suny colleges tuitions are cheaper but it's not they are still around $35000 to $60000 that's a lot for a student to take on. There are scholarships that a student can apply for but if you think about it how many students are apply for it that’s a big chance that you don’t get it. If you do get one it’s not even enough to cover your college tuition. The scholarship aren’t for that much say if the scholarship if for 5,000 and the school

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    The Causes of High Student Debt Today, in our society there is high expectation for students to go higher education after finishing high school. Since College tuition is going skyrocket a lot of students are having hard time paying for their tuitions. Most students, to pay for their college tuition, they have to apply for loans that put them in dept after they graduate According to recent report by Fay, “72% of the Class of 2017 graduates owes an average of more than $37,000 for the four years

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    of tuition cost. For example at public research Universities, spending increased close to three thousand dollars per full-time students (Matthew, 2013). The second reason that Matthew mentions is that the state government are cutting funds from education. He states that “the issue is that the schoolʻs are getting money they used to get from the government from students…” Schools are having to find different ways to bring money in such as fundraisers and donations. However, one of the main ways is

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    Today, Education is the most important part of every human being in this world. But, how can a developed country like the United States consider education as a privilege rather than a need. Today, America is suffering from lack of workforce and education crisis. America’s economy is collapsing and it is losing to countries like china, Brazil, Russia, etc. because Americans are deprived of education because of high college costs. High school graduates in America want to attend college but when they

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