In today's society jobs are increasingly requiring a college degree; because of the importance of a degree, tuition prices are rising. ... "Forty percent of states cut higher education spending last year, the most important factor in tuition increases"(Armario). ... "Tuition is low because state governments shoulder a much higher percentage of university budgets than in the United States" (Labi). ... Raising taxes would be part of the solution to bringing down tuition rates. ... I am deeply saddened that I now know two students that were unable to pay for college on th...

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Colleges include work study as financial aid, a program in which students are able to earn money to help pay for tuition and expenses. ... Many colleges are expensive especially for low income families who can't afford to pay for tuition and are likely to borrow loans. ... We make our own decisions without our parents to guide us or give us advice. ... Creating a budget allows a college student to see if they need additional money after paying for tuition and rent. ... As college tuition continues to rise each year, students graduate with huge loans and the national student debt has surpa...

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The value of a dollar is often more appreciated once a student has to start paying their own way. ... Money earned helps pay for car insurance, gas, and tuition. ... A job helps prepare young people for when they leave school in search of their own place in life. ... Young adults should be responsible enough to make their own decisions and suffer the consequences when things go wrong. ... However, these parents may not require their children to pay bills such as insurance or college tuition. ...

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The biggest problem with the college is the cost of tuition and just the overall expense in general. ... (Bird 466) Dealing with the pressures of having to earn good grades, affording tuition, and suffering through courses which bear no meaning on what students want to do makes it easy to see why some people do shy away from college. ... (Marty Nemko) Other ways of finding a career you want are starting up your own little business and building off that little business into something bigger later on. ... The costs to take the courses online are a lot cheaper as compared to campus colleges, an...

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However, David Leonhardt states in his article "Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off"" that "Education helps people do higher-skilled work, get jobs with better-paying companies or open their own businesses"" (647). ... Although Leonhardt states that college tuition can be costly, he reminds us that the returns are far greater and that the burden of tuition is alleviated after financial aid is applied. ...

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Many students around the world today focus mainly one thing while they are in school; Career and income, but how do you achieve that? How does one get the career they want and the income they yearn? The answer is education several countries are known for their exceptional performance in academics an...

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College athletes make their own decision to play a sport at their college or university along with going to class and getting an education. ... Most students receive a substantial amount of financial aid from their school to help pay high tuition rates. ... Collegiate athletes often feel entitled to receive more benefits than regular students because of the time their sport takes up, but the decision to play a sport is their own choice. ... When at a college it is your responsibility to act and think for yourself, which means it is our own responsibility to attain passing grades. ... Schools ...

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I remember hearing about a football player who did not even own a shirt and tie to wear to his team's athletic banquet. ... In this case, the athlete is now responsible for paying tuition and all the other expenses of college. ... Raising tuition money is a major reason why many athletes have to live in poverty. ...

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The families that were already wealthy or owned swaths of land, had better access to further property ownership, education, health care and positions of power than families that did not. ... Tuition has increased 1225 percent since 1978. ...

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Students today like those of 1979 strive to achieve and then complete college for financial security not only for their own human development and positive change over time. ... For the students who attend a California University with myself included, may rely on a Federally funded Cal-Grant check to cover their tuition, or attending college would be extremely hard if not impossible. ... We know these responsibilities as pressures that face average college students and force them to change their own personal values of a college education. ...

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The Value of Higher Education The cost of college tuition continues to rise and as a result we are asking ourselves whether it is really worth spending years working towards a degree when the same time could be spent earning money. ... They value their own beliefs and ways of being and identify more strongly with their home communities than with the ordinary and middle-class culture. ...

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For the 1996-1997 academic year, athletes on full scholarship at University of Arizona received free tuition, payment on other fees, and $6,649, almost $4,000 less than that of a regular student loan. ... He can't even afford to buy his own jersey at the store. ...

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Sheffield states, "The main reason they [students] will be coming to UNT is to earn a degree which they will own for the rest of their lives. " Sheffield nailed it when she mentions how the most important reason students attend college is to earn a degree regardless of their athletic ability. ... Author of "College Sports and the Myth of Amateurism"," Allen Sack, writes on his own experiences as a scholarship football player at the University of Norte Dame. ... Horne also totaled the amount of benefits players receive, including travel, room, board, food, tuition, and extras and it came to ...

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The second set of individuals that make money off of athletes are their own coaches. ... College athletes are students receiving access to a college education through their participation in sports, for which they earn scholarships to pay tuition, fees, room and board, and other expenses. ...

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