Many children and families throughout America are concerned about increasing college tuition. It has been a crucial issue for the last decade, and there is still not a solution in sight. Families are struggling to pay for college tuition and their children are not able to achieve their dreams of attending college because of the high costs.
Colleges are unintentionally destroying kid’s live and it needs to stop now. Students work hard their entire lives and look forward to attending college, but everything just gets taken away from them in the blink of an eye.
Even worse, families are beginning to wonder if college is even worth it. ”If you look at the long-term trend, [college tuition] has been rising almost six percent above the rate of inflation. That's brought immense pressure from the media and general public, asking whether college is still worth it,”
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I understand that colleges need money and that they treat education as a business, but they also have to remember that some kids lives are being thrown down the drain just because they weren’t born into the most fortunate family. They are just as smart as any other kid and should be treated equally.
“Recently a Department of Education report found that 47 percent of students from middle-income families accepted federal loans in 2000, compared to 31 percent in 1993,” (The Real). This is a perfect example of how families are having to do whatever it takes to send their children to college. In my opinion, a students chance to attend a college should be based on their brain, not their bank account.
“The nation’s top 50 private universities, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, are upping their tuition by an average of 3.6%,” (Private college). Even the best of the best, including Harvard and Yale, are having to turn down some of the most brilliant minds in the