If tuition had grown in pace with inflation, the average tuition at public colleges would have been $2,052. Instead the average per semester tuition at public colleges and universities was $6,695 in 2010 " (Evans 1). ... In addition, tuition and fees climbed 4.2% at four-year private schools to an average of $29,056 in 2012, while overall prices rose 4% to $43,289 (Clark 2). ... However, according to Jasmine Evans, "the average subsidy at public institutions reached a new low in 2010, the lowest it has been in a decade " (2). ... That means the average public college gets a tax subsidy of only...

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Since 1969 the cost of college education relative to the average household income has risen from 18 percent to an excessive 38 percent (Bernasek). ... Some students and their families are blessed to comfortably be able to pay for their higher education. ... The expense of attending the University simply became too much for the family of the individual. ... "Average student loan debt climbed to $29,400 for borrowers in the class of 2012, up from $23,450 for 2008 graduates and $18,750 for 2004 graduates, annual reports from The Institute for College Access & Success show. ... It is unaccept...

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While the state school's classes average at anywhere from fifty to a few hundred students, the average Christian school's classes are anywhere from ten to a couple hundred. ... While a state college may be a little more or less than ten grand or so, the average Christian college cost could be as high as thirty grand. ... A sense of family is prevalent on our campus and is evident throughout the hallowed halls of academia. ... Having the Holy Spirit gives all Christians a mutual bond in which they can all relate in one way or another, making them seem like one big family. ...

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This is the same for many students throughout the country whose families struggle to afford the costs of going to college. ... With figures this offsetting, it is obvious why lower income families struggle to get through college. ... How Rising Costs are Making College Affordable for Working Families" by the California Postsecondary Education Commission, a graph shows the total percent of yearly income needed to support a college student for working families. ... That means that over The costs of college continue to influx, while the maximum amount of financial aid given to families is no...

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I discovered that family life often affects the way such students perform academically. ... By coordinating advice with guidance counsellors, listening, and giving critical advice, I was able to help this young female to increase her academic average, as well as give her coping skills at home. ...

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Lee believes that college is not a place for "the learning disabled and the fairly dumb, those who have trouble reading and writing and doing math, slackers who see college as an opportunity to major in Beers of the World, burned-out book jockeys, and the just plain average student with not much interest in anything " (670). ... Lee claims that "people from high-status families tend to earn more than people from low-status families, even if they had the same amount of education"" (671). ... Instead students have become focused on maintaining a high grade point average, and graduating with a de...

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In 2005, the average student loan debt was just over $17,000; by 2012, it was above $27,250, an increase of more than 50 percent in seven years. ... But raising a family and the cost of living makes the dream hard to reach and instead of pursuing this entrepreneurial cause, which could help numbers of homeless citizens, she opts for the less risky job at a data consulting firm. ... Furthermore, due to the lack of financial security and overwhelming student debt, young people delay marriages and families. ... I know that in my future, a family is very far, as it is not about not being ready f...

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The average cost of tuition and fees for colleges across the country has risen by approximately 385 to 400 percent between1985 and 2005, and this figure may have doubled over the last decade. ... Families can downgrade from four-year colleges to two-year colleges but this would not put the student on a level playing field for U.S jobs or help the U.S compete in the Global economy. ...

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With so many increases in the cost of higher education has cause the affordability for college has caused so many families to pay a large portion of the family income. The recession ending didn't seem to stop the increasing of college cost, early in the 2000's the average cost of a student had still increased by at least $500 dollars. ...

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On average, they observed that diversity experiences, while in college, positively affected socially responsible leadership in students. ... Family influences (such as a genetic predisposition to alcoholism, parental use or acceptance of drugs, poor or inconsistent parenting practices, family conflict, and troubled or distant family relationship). peer rejections, academic failure and lack of commitment to education are the risk factors that are present, the greater the chance that an adolescence will abuse drugs. ...

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Although some high-level Division 1 athletes receive scholarships which definitely help with tuition, many athletes having trouble with the cost of living that come with college since a lot of them come from low-income families. ... The report concluded that about 86 percent of college athletes live below the poverty line and the average out of pocket expenses for each full scholarship athlete was approximately $3,222 per year during the 2010-11 school year. ... Bush was an all-star talent, definitely bound to go on to bigger and better things in the NFL, but while he was in high school his fa...

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It used to be that people couldn't go to college because they had to start working at a factory to support a family, for instance; but the jobs they got eventually afforded them a comfortable life and secure retirement, so a college degree wasn't absolutely necessary. ... According to Tamara Draut, "college students today are graduating on average with close to $20,000 in debt. ... And just as class factored prominently in who had to work off their debt in the New World, "student debt primarily bears on those with less family wealth" (Williams 10-15). ...

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It is statistically proven that on average, a college graduate has a much higher salary than someone with simply a high school diploma. ... Over the course of forty years, the average college graduate can expect to make around $2.3 millions dollars while those without a college education would earn around $1.3 million in the same time frame. ... Schapiro and company also cite statistics from Krupnick's article that show that, "a family of four earning $130,000 a year would be asked to pay, taking into account financial aid grants," about $17,00...

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The once huge and vital sector has turned out to be a sector that charges huge fees yet students graduate with low grades that are way below average. ... At the same time there are large numbers of families that are paying full fare. ...

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Let's say there are two students, they are both phenomenally brilliant and have a ninety-nine percent average in Calculus, one of the students comes from a wealthy back ground and has loads of family money, while the other lives in a torn up apartment and raised by a single mother. ...

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