College Tuition Cost
Thesis: Cost of college tuition should be drastically lowered each year based on academic performance for students who are financially in need.
“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expense of it,” John Adams. President John Adams understood the importance of not just literacy but education and the impact that it has on American society. This ideology is what led to the signing of the 1862 Morrill Act, “to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.” Hundreds of thousands of high school graduates live in such poverty that the notion of attending college is not even considered. However, millions …show more content…
Standardized tests, grade point average and community service involvement should all be considered when lowering cost of education as time passes for students. With some students not being good test-takers, the productivity of a student should be able to be determined by using that student’s GPA. Other methods of measuring academic success, for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia or dysgraphia, can be used to aid these students as well. Community involvement can be whatever the school board deems necessary when dealing with the needs of its citizens. This could be anything from charity drives to helping feed the …show more content…
The reasons run the gamut from family problems and loneliness to academic struggles and a lack of money,” according to College.usnews. Statistics show that financial status is directly linked to the retention rate, “the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year, (fafsa.gov). Collegefactual.com reports that with 81% of freshman making it past their first year, Mississippi State University, has a freshman retention rate of 69.4%, beating the national average.
With college debt spiking above the trillion dollar mark, major concern is past due. “Of this $1.2 trillion in student debt, about $1 trillion is in federal student loans. This monetary figure does not account for the funds students take away from retirement savings, parent borrowing, or credit card debt, says Forbes. This carries student loan debts to new heights, being held responsible for the second highest form of consumer debt, second to mortgages (Forbes). It slows economic growth and increases interest rates.
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“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expense of it,” John Adams. President John Adams understood the importance of not just literacy but education and the impact that it has on American society. This ideology is what led to the signing of the 1862 Morrill Act, “to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.” Hundreds of thousands of high school graduates live in such poverty that the notion of attending college is not even considered. However, millions …show more content…
Standardized tests, grade point average and community service involvement should all be considered when lowering cost of education as time passes for students. With some students not being good test-takers, the productivity of a student should be able to be determined by using that student’s GPA. Other methods of measuring academic success, for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia or dysgraphia, can be used to aid these students as well. Community involvement can be whatever the school board deems necessary when dealing with the needs of its citizens. This could be anything from charity drives to helping feed the …show more content…
The reasons run the gamut from family problems and loneliness to academic struggles and a lack of money,” according to College.usnews. Statistics show that financial status is directly linked to the retention rate, “the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year, (fafsa.gov). Collegefactual.com reports that with 81% of freshman making it past their first year, Mississippi State University, has a freshman retention rate of 69.4%, beating the national average.
With college debt spiking above the trillion dollar mark, major concern is past due. “Of this $1.2 trillion in student debt, about $1 trillion is in federal student loans. This monetary figure does not account for the funds students take away from retirement savings, parent borrowing, or credit card debt, says Forbes. This carries student loan debts to new heights, being held responsible for the second highest form of consumer debt, second to mortgages (Forbes). It slows economic growth and increases interest rates.
Jones