7 May 2012
Why It Is Getting Harder to Get an Education? In the times we live in, it is getting harder and harder to get an education, and more difficult yet to get by without one. People can´t get stable jobs without a degree, and be completely sure they will live a comfortable life. Competition has turned education into a need in order to survive modern times, but still, tuition prices are being raised making education more challenging than it already is. Students nowadays have to fight competition while working, they have to search and find a way into enrolling in their needed classes while hoping that they fit into their working schedules, all with the pressure of getting the best grades in the shortest amount of time in order to be accepted by a four year university. It is not a secret, education prices are rising, as a student in San Diego Mesa …show more content…
Schools can 't just lower their academic standards by rewarding minimum effort and achievement or expecting less. In conclusion there are several actions that selective private colleges and universities can take to help students alleviate their road in education. This is mainly done by moderating their tuition increases. This increased value of a college degree that has led to increased demand for higher education eventually will be met when supply is greater than before. When that happens we can expect to see tuition prices fall naturally (Barry, 2007). Those universities that have abandoned students through increased class size, increased tuition, or reduced professorial teaching will see their enrollment fall off and shift to schools that focus on the students. As this happens, research universities as stated by the Heritage Foundation will either have to return to teaching (which would reduce costs) or lower their tuition to attract more