Majority of high school students graduate and begin to prepare for college with the mindset that their college experience will be the same as it was in high school. They will soon be awakened by the reality of the different lifestyle college has to offer. The cost of college can become pricey between tuition‚ books‚ as well as living expenses. In addition‚ college offers a more advanced social environment than high school and you’re fairly responsible for transportation in college whereas in high school
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The College Textbook Price Predicament New college textbooks can easily cost 200 dollars‚ some even as much as 400(Senack‚ 4). Reports indicate that the price of textbooks have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the last twenty years (Emrey-Arras‚ 10). According to an article from Targeted News Service‚ college students are spending on average $1‚200 a year on books and supplies. College textbooks are assigned to students to buy by professors teaching a course‚ making them mandatory course
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The Cost of College THE PROBLEM: The cost to attend college is high‚ and has been rising for many years. The cost of college is too high‚ a lot of people can’t afford it‚ and unemployment rates are sky high. Why is the cost of college so much? The best answer would be our economy. Our economy has a great effect on the rising prices of everything‚ including college tuition. Another factor influencing the price of college is the demand for a higher education‚ for a well-paying job is more than ever
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College Is Worth It With every passing day the cost of living is constantly rising‚ including the cost of college education. Which leads to the question‚ is college really worth the cost? Many college students graduate from college and find their selves obtaining a degree that almost seems worthless‚ because of the debt they accumulated while obtaining the degree. Although situations as the one described do occur‚ college is still very beneficial in many ways. Attending college is not just for
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College: Is It Worth It? The price of college is increasing‚ which means more students feel as though it is too expensive to go to college. In preparing to go to college‚ there are factors like paying for tuition‚ room and board‚ and books. People are missing the big picture. High school graduates can not afford to not go to college. For those who believe the cost of college is simply unattainable‚ these students may be unaware that a higher education can give students a better life with higher
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College has helped many people make money and be successful‚ but is it really worth the cost? Post secondary school is a great way to excel in life and in the workplace‚ but not all people want or need to go to college. Accordingly‚ college is not worth the money because it can stress out post high school graduates‚ it can cause the students’ family to go into debt and it doesn’t help those who are undecided about a career. These reasons may cause people doubt on whether college is worth the money
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Period 7 Cost of College In 1983‚ the tuition per term at the University of Oregon was $321. There were three terms per year. In the year 2005‚ the cost of tuition at the University of Oregon is $5853 per year‚ or $1951 per term. This growth in the cost of tuition can be modeled by an exponential function: y = a(b)x. The variable y represents the cost of tuition per term‚ and the variable x corresponds to the number of years that have passed since the initial year. To find this exponential
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Andrea Lochen 16 December 2014 College is too expensive College is the key to success or is it the key to being in debt for the rest of your life? College tuition is one the biggest investments one makes and its one the most expensive ones as well. But college wasn’t always that expensive. When applying for college many take in consideration if what they are going to major in will pay off their student loans after they graduate. Or sometimes the price of college scares people off and therefore they
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the economic benefits of college compare to the costs? Under what circumstances-if any-is college worth it? I think that it depends on what you would like to do‚ whether a college degree is really worth it. I know for my future career goal of becoming a nurse‚ it is definitely necessary. But‚ if you chose to be a restaurant manager or become a police officer/fire fighter a college degree may not be the most cost effective path to becoming successful. When I went to college‚ I thought that as long
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College Costs Introduction It’s no secret that financing a college education is getting tougher. College costs have skyrocketed over the past decade or so‚ and there’s no relief in sight. Average tuition at four-year colleges will increase 7 percent this school year‚ double the rate of inflation. Student aid is not increasing fast enough to plug the growing gap between tuition and family finances. In addition‚ there is a growing number of older students entering college today. These students
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