In the past years, there has been a major rise in tuition for college bound students. This current rise in tuition is just part of a trend connected to today’s poor economic status. The rise in tuition affects many people throughout the United States. With this rise many people are not able to continue their education. However without furthering their education they can not advance in today’s world. The rising tuition due to the economic situation is affecting students everywhere, leaving them with very few options to go on.
The poor performance of the economy has had a negative impact on many things, such as tax revenue and endowments. Consequently college tuitions are also being hurt by the economy’s performance. Rising college tuition is not something new to many people. Tuition has been growing steadily since the late 1980’s, when tuition was rising at a nine to ten percent hike. This year college tuition rose 9.6 percent, joined by a six percent rise
All students go to school for a common reason: to better their education, in hopes of getting a good job after finishing school. Some students are coming into college straight out of high school, while others have been out of school for a few years and have decided to come back now to further their education. Those students going back to school are often the heads of their households, or some are single parents. These students are all going back to school to get a better education, which they hope will enable them to get a better job to support their families. No matter which category a student falls into, all of them are affected by the price of tuition. Some students are not affected by the hike in tuition. The students not affected by the rising tuition and the students who are, are also affected by the major budget cuts which accompany the tuition hike. Everyone is affected by the budget cuts which come into play in many areas, such as the larger class sizes, diminished services such as redu
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