Arpu Reed Professor Kamara English 102-004 6 March 2018 Why society needs free secondary tuition We as a society face several dilemmas that impact us in a detrimental manner. One of these difficulties or issues is students are being compelled to pay strangely high educational cost in addition to other things. A portion of the issues society face because we don't have free educational tuition is the high dropout rate due to financial problems, the limitation on who can attend, and the extreme stress students face because of this problem. This all in the end negatively impacts the society as a whole. "According to a 2009 study done by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation states that financial stress is the number one reason why students drop out. 58% of …show more content…
According to Henry Bienan, PhD, President of northwestern claims that a college education brings greater productivity, lower crime and better health for more educated people. A study that was done in 2009 discovered that 16 to 24 year old's that are secondary school drop outs have 63% higher opportunity to be detained than those with four year college education or higher. This effects society adversely . Also the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that from September 2008-09, 43% of college graduates did volunteer work were as only 19% of high school graduates. This in all proves the point that college graduates are vital and more productive members of society and should be given free tuition. "A 2009 study found 16 to 24 year old high school drop-outs were 63% more likely to be incarcerated than those with a bachelor's degree or higher. [23] According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from Sep. 2008 to Sep. 2009, 43% of college graduates did volunteer work compared to 19% of high school