In an article by Eduardo Porter of the New York Times entitled "Dropping Out of College, and Paying the Price", he states that "More than 70 percent of Americans matriculate at a four-year college - the seventh-highest rate among 23 developed nations.... According to a graph found in the article "Reforming Student Aid" by Patrick Reimherr, Tim Harmon, Julie Strawn, and Vickie Choitz, compared to 1982, college tuition and fees have increased nearly five hundred seventy percent, while maximum pell grant reception has increased only two hundred nineteen percent. ... In an...

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In the United States, higher education institutions, such as colleges and universities, have been around since colonial times ("Historical Facts"). ... New York Times journalist Catherine Rampell reports that even jobs for the lowest level positions now require at least a bachelor's. ... Wayne Baker describes college graduates living, "healthier, longer lives...they continue [to] be productive and to pay taxes, contribute to Social Security, and so on." In his article, Dr. ... One of the misconceptions mentioned in the article is that most colleges cost $50,000 per ye...

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After the meeting, Chancellor Henry MacCracken of New York University set up a meeting with thirteen other colleges and universities to formally make changes to the college football rules. ... Times have changed however, and in the last 30 years college football coaches' salaries have risen 500% and basketball coaches' salaries have risen 400%. ... One example of a university who considers the football players employees is Northwestern University, as stated in an article written by Erik Jensen (2014). ... According to the same article written by Jensen (2014), if the college is cons...

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