The net price (the cost after scholarships, grants and federal tax benefits) that in-state students at public colleges will pay in 2012 rose 4.6% to an average of $16,510. ... After graduating from college, they will receive a high enough salary in which they will be able to pay off any of their school loans. ... It is very clear that in such a diverse and competitive society that we live in today, college students must be able to receive the best education possible so that they can find a profitable job once they graduate and be able to live a high quality of life. ... Colleges are feeling mo...

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Instead of paying the athletes a better job is needed to encourage them to finish and utilize their degree. ... Athletes are treated better than the normal student and still want the university to pay them more. ... If you start to pay the big sports, such as football players, then you would have to pay every single athlete; which could result in cutting the non-revenue sports such as lacrosse, swimming, and tennis. ... "The college athlete in tier one, division one sports, in sports such as football and basketball have spend 40 hours per week on their sport, more than a full time job&quo...

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Growing up I always thought being a cop would be a cool job, but I never really saw myself becoming one. ... This was my dream job I just never knew it. ... Or was I going to be responsible, move back home, and start working my way up in a job. ... My plan was just to go work at the shipyard and work a labor job for eight hours a day, everyday, until I was sixty-five. ... It was a job that could feed and provide for a family with great benefits. ...

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Remedial education or basic skills is education designed to help students gain academic skills, needed to be placed at a college level. Providing students with remedial education has always been a widespread problem. In 1849, the University of Wisconsin was the first school to offer remedial educat...

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