... President Bush has failed higher education in many ways. He has failed to properly distinguish the differences in K-12 and higher education. His administration has shown indifference to skyrocketing tuition costs. Most importantly, Bush has not provided adequate funding for student aid programs. Neglecting the Unique Needs of the Higher Education Community President Bush has paid very little attention to ... education is not compulsory. The federal government has little say in holding public schools accountable. Students are legal adults, and can exercise their rights to complete their e...

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... money to pay back their loan debt. That's the same reason why most students rather work, instead of going to college and having to pay tuition. If education is important enough, students should be able to afford it without having to be stress about being burry in debt. According to college ... get through university, only to graduate into an economy that in;t need them as badly anymore.'' If students can't find a stable job and the tuition of college continue to rise, before you know it $1.2 trillion in student loan debt will become larger. Lastly, most people don't know that student .....

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... History wanted students to purchase more than one book for their classes. My books totaled to $ 660.00. The problem was that I had to pay out of my own pockets for these books. My tuition was already about $ 8000.00, and financial aid only gave me a loan for $2000.00. I could not get my books for about two weeks. I had to find ... much better than the average freshman. We still have parties, I have even more friends, and my books still cost an arm and a leg. The school is even considering raising the tuition. I do not focus on the obstacles, I look straight ahead and do what I came to d...

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... after a couple of weeks I decided to try EMCC. The cost difference between the schools was probably the biggest factor in my decision. I received scholarships to cover my entire first year's tuition here at EMCC. That number would just skim the surface of a semester's bill at Husson. As far as I am concerned, I can receive just as good of an education here and ... want its workers to take. Now that we are a couple of months into this first semester, I think my decision was a good one. I only had to pay $ 350 dollars of my own money. Now I only have to worry about paying for next year, i...

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