Summary: Putting The Lid On Tuition
Putting the Lid on Tuition
The cost tuition as risen dramatically over the past 10 years. According to a college scholarship site, Collegeboard, from 2010-2015 the "average published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities increased by 13%.” Five years before that it was 24% and the percentages would only increase in the future. Because of this, a number of students are finding it difficult to pay for college degrees. I strongly feel that Colleges and universities should have a tuition limit because students are becoming less able to afford college, universities are losing needed funding, and colleges and universities are giving fewer scholarships.
Today, students are less able to afford college. Because of this, it has …show more content…
Because of government cuts, schools, and the states, are cutting back on the quota of scholarships permitted each year. In the forthcoming year, the Louisiana scholarship program, “TOPS”, is making huge cuts to the amount of money given to students because of governmental budget cuts. Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, said “a $750 million shortfall in the state budget…has meant he cannot fully fund TOPS.” His proposal cuts funding from the expected $298 million cost to a much less $110 million. That’s a $188 million difference! Because if this cut, requirements needed to receive this scholarship has shifted. An act score of 18 has now risen to a higher score of 28. This is devastating for those students who have worked hard on their scores to reach the previous requirements solely for TOPS. With scholarships like these out of circulation, students are discouraged about attending college and furthering their education. To some, these scholarships would be their only means of funding for school and without a tuition limit, the mere thought of paying for school would be absent of the student mind for they would not even attempt to attend
The cost tuition as risen dramatically over the past 10 years. According to a college scholarship site, Collegeboard, from 2010-2015 the "average published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities increased by 13%.” Five years before that it was 24% and the percentages would only increase in the future. Because of this, a number of students are finding it difficult to pay for college degrees. I strongly feel that Colleges and universities should have a tuition limit because students are becoming less able to afford college, universities are losing needed funding, and colleges and universities are giving fewer scholarships.
Today, students are less able to afford college. Because of this, it has …show more content…
Because of government cuts, schools, and the states, are cutting back on the quota of scholarships permitted each year. In the forthcoming year, the Louisiana scholarship program, “TOPS”, is making huge cuts to the amount of money given to students because of governmental budget cuts. Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, said “a $750 million shortfall in the state budget…has meant he cannot fully fund TOPS.” His proposal cuts funding from the expected $298 million cost to a much less $110 million. That’s a $188 million difference! Because if this cut, requirements needed to receive this scholarship has shifted. An act score of 18 has now risen to a higher score of 28. This is devastating for those students who have worked hard on their scores to reach the previous requirements solely for TOPS. With scholarships like these out of circulation, students are discouraged about attending college and furthering their education. To some, these scholarships would be their only means of funding for school and without a tuition limit, the mere thought of paying for school would be absent of the student mind for they would not even attempt to attend