Should or Shouldn’t College Tuition Be Lowered
College tuition and other costs associated with going to college continue to rise but a college education shouldn’t cost a fortune. Tuition can be rather costly for some students. Higher education is fascinating, the pricing effect whose career will flourish and who will fail. One thing is certain: tuition alone does not cover the cost of an excellent college education. (Campo) Graduates will have at least 25 years of debt after graduating, when they should be planning retirement, getting married or buying a house. An increase in college tuition can discourage students from attending college, leave them in post-graduate debt and the enrollment rate will drop.
Tuition hikes discourage students from furthering education. More students aren’t attending college mainly because they can’t afford it or because admissions shut them out. A steady rise in tuition can be seen as a way of discouraging students from attending college. Holding the line on tuition is essential to prevent shifting the burden of rising costs to the very students the institution serves. (Gillen) Income is a determining factor for higher education to receive a college degree. Government subsidized loans are supposed to help college expenses become more
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Tuition shouldn’t be raised, making students pay more for their students. Eventually, students will have to take out loans to cover their college tuition cost because they won’t be able to pay independently. Baby boomers use to pay for student’s tuition but over the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed. (Campous) When students graduate they don’t always receive a job in their field and sometimes the pay maybe low, leaving them to struggle to pay back loans. Even though student loan companies give you a six-month grace period after graduation loans still have to be paid be