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    Yoshimasa Hirano Thomas Jordan Basic Composition 2/7/2014 The rising costs of college In the US‚ higher education is really important to succeed in the future. “In 2003‚ the typical full-time year-round worker in the United States with a four-year college degree earned $49‚900‚ 62 percent more than the $30‚800 earned by the typical full-time year-round worker with only a high school diploma” (U.S. Census Bureau). That means if you have a bachelor’s degree‚ you would get a better job and salary

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    accumulation of college debt‚ we hope to exterminate the dues as soon as possible. College provides the opportunity for young adults to expand their intellectual capacities and discover what they can do to contribute to the world. This opportunity does not come free‚ however. The overall cost of attending college has increased to a point that makes paying for college extremely difficult and appear to be nearly impossible. Graduating high school students are pushed away from the idea of going to college‚ simply

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    Rising College Tuition Costs Almost every college student‚ including myself is asking the question; why is college tuition on the rise? Going to college for most is a dream come true. But Americans dreams are being crushed by the outstanding rise in tuition cost‚ and student loan debt. According to Marcia Clemmitt in her article on Student Debt‚ in 2010 student loan debt exceeded national credit card debt with its enormous $830 billion amount‚ this is the first time in history for this to happen

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    challenging to attend a college. (Source C) Although this is true‚ colleges provide student with unparalleled experience of learning and increase their quality of life as well as help to explore their passion. While critics argue that if the aim is to be able financially‚ one must not go through the hassle of college merely to earn a living. (Source A) However‚ college also elevates the freedom of creativity and expressions of new innovations and ideas. Foremost‚ college implements an adventure

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    Imagine if every student made it to college. Jobs would be plentiful‚ homeless folks would become less in numbers‚ and the acceptance rates for jobs would be much higher. Now‚ consider this. From ages twenty-five to thirty-two‚ twenty-two percent with a diploma from high school are living in poverty‚ in comparison to six percent of college-educated adults‚ today (“The Rising Cost of Not Going to College”). This is a real problem in today’s nation‚ but can be prevented. Students not only have better

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    The Rising Cost of College Education Xxxxx xxxxxxx Effective Essay Writing/COM 150 May 29‚ 2010 The Rising Costs of College Education On Wednesday May 19th‚ University of Phoenix informed all of their students that there will be a tuition increase effective July 2010. The e-mail was sent out stating that‚ “The price changes will ultimately enable us to provide you with an educational experience that is up-to-date and applicable to your life” (University of Phoenix‚ 2010). The fact remains

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    The rising costs of college textbooks. In 2004 the California Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) along with the Oregon student public interest research group (OSPIRG)‚ jointly released a study called “Ripoff 101: How the current practices of the textbook industry drive up the cost of college textbooks.” A survey polling the most widely assigned textbooks at 10 public universities in California and Oregon‚ and interviews were done with 156 faculty members and 521 students on the cost

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    challenging issue related to entrance to a university is financing. D. Asserting thesis Today I will be talking about the rising cost of tuition. I will argue that “human capital contracts” proposed by Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman should be adapted by students looking for funding in order to deal with this rising cost. E. Preview In my speech‚ I will address the needs‚ cause and a solution to this problem. In general‚ the price of tuition and student debt amount has increased and there

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    The Rising Cost of Universities As students are finishing up with high school‚ they come across a very important decision in their lives. Should they move on to a University and further advance their learning capabilities to one day work in a specialized job? Or go straight to the workforce with only a high school diploma? The problem these students face is that this decision is not entirely up to them anymore. In today’s economy students suffer from the rising costs of attending Universities

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    Many people will agree that college is a huge part of most people’s future. College will open many doors throughout your life‚ and the key to success in college is studying. Most college professors will require you to have more than one textbook during a semester‚ and when you first hear about he textbooks required‚ the school sends you to the bookstore on campus which will have the majority of the books. The rising price of textbooks is becoming an issue. Even though the school bookstore has to

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