...College Tuition Reimbursement Amanda Taylor October 23, 2010 Imagine a young woman or man receiving their first job. Now each of these two individuals knows that they want to further their education and move up in the company that they are working for. Both of these people go to the HR department and receive what the benefits will be as they continue their work at this company. The young lady finds out that in her benefits package she can receive college tuition reimbursement. What is that you ask? College tuition reimbursement is an agreement between an employer and employee that outlines specific terms under which the employer may pay for the employee's continuing education. Among the benefits an employee can receive, this is the greatest one by far. I will be explaining why college tuition is a great asset to every company benefit package and how it can help improve the company. My sister works at the local hospital. She has been working there for about a year. She is a CNA which stands for Certified Nurse’s Assistant. Now this certificate is easy to achieve. You take a couple classes over a three month period and you take a test at the end and you become certified. Anyone can do it. Health care is a growing career, with that being said there is a strong need for people in this type of field. The hospital offers college tuition reimbursement. My sister can attend school to get her nursing degree while still working at the hospital and they will...
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...both articles. I also see that neither articles states anything about the president signing a bill that gives students the right to go to college for free. As I compare the two articles based on expensive college tuition, "The Real Reason College Tuition Cost So Much" by Paul F. Camposapril and " The Tuition Is Too Damn High, Part lll" by Dylan Mathews. Paul F.C. does further research in and states a lot of facts that i never would have thought of. First he says that the issue is not with the colleges but rather with the actual state. The state funding has come to a...
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...study by Discover Financial Services, 81% of parents with college-bound kids between the ages of 16-18 say attending college “Greatly affects their child's success.” Despite this, 75% of parents say they worry about covering the cost of college. Should such an important step in the life of many young adults be so drastically overpriced? Paying for a college education without taking out loans developed into impractical idea. In effect, most young adults have large amounts of debt in advance to them starting their carrier. Although some people believe college tuition is fairly priced, colleges and universities take advantage of the students feeling that a college education determines their success. On the other hand, supporters of the current college tuition average mostly credit a high inflation rate, a high increase in the demand for a college education and a high increase in the number of professors. For example, an argument...
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...Essay #1: College Tuition Education is a very important resource to people of all races, origins and religions. The U.S. government should pay for two years of college tuition for every U.S. Citizen who graduates from an American High School to show how education in the United States has a high impact on the job market. At this current time it is imperative for parents to ensure their children are prepared for the reality ahead. The U.S. government currently funds many different programs to help those in need of resources for shelter and a means of helping to care for families, but there is not much help available in terms of education. Although America is a free country and the government is far more lenient than other countries, the education system has fallen below the mark according to the National Educational Agency, and this matter needs to be brought to the forefront. Our American high school students are suffering and depending on the wrong type of government assistance to help maintain everyday life standards and adding to the high school drop-out rates in record highs. Currently, the government funds programs from the federal, state and local levels for high school education only. The government has separated post-secondary education to rely on student loans from lending institutions along with scholarships to help with the cost of post-secondary education. However, the funds allocated for some of these programs to help keep the American high school students in school...
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...In the good old 1960s there was no such thing as student loan crisis. Families could afford to send their kids to a public college where the tuition was almost negligible. Talented students could win scholarships and attend exclusive private colleges. The tuition in these private colleges was still affordable for the middle class. In the fall of 1971 Harvard University announced tuition was going up by $200—to $2,600. Soon others followed. The average tuition for a private four-year university was $1,832 in 1971 (in current US dollars) and has sharply increased to $31,231 this year. Tuition at Yale University increased from $38,850 in 2004 to $46,500 in 2015. Colleges followed the trend, where tuition at private colleges increased to 2.1% and at public colleges increased to 2.8% a year. Now United States has one of the most expensive higher education systems in the world....
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...cost of college education People who possess a degree have a better chance of finding successful careers. However, a college education has been getting increasingly more difficult by the sky-rocketing costs of college tuition. The authors of “Administrative costs in higher education: how fast are they really growing?” state that: “The College Board says the average tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities increased by 27 percent beyond the rate of inflation over the five years from the 2008-09 academic year to 2013-14. After adjusting for inflation, the cost of tuition more than tripled between 1973 and 2013” (Hedrick et al 124). The tuition cost now becomes a cause of considerable public concern because it is very high compared to how the economy has been and how wages and financial aid have not risen with the cost of tuition. With the cost of college rising, many have asked a question: Is a college education worth the cost? Anyway, it cannot be denied that a college education always remains an important investment for the future. Tuition is usually the first thing that comes to mind when planning for higher education. It is the largest portion of the bill when attending a college or university. Tuition is a term that refers to tuition, fees, and room and board charges per student. According to Robert Martin, the author of “Why tuition costs are rising so quickly?”, for the 2006–2007 school year, the average cost of tuition and fees...
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...DATE FINANCIAL ADDRESS Suite CITY, STATE ZIP NAME DOB: SS#: College PROGRAM OF STUDY? STUDENT ID: # Dear __________________: Hello, my name is_________________, I have been a student for the ___________ College since DATE_______. During my enrollment here at ______________, I have faced a couple of challenges in meeting my educational goals as a student. One of the issues is (THIS IS AN EXAMPLE: YOU CAN PUT YOUR ISSUES): I had to repeat several courses I had successfully completed more than (# OF) years ago. (OPTIONAL: Many nursing programs, including the (College), require all sciences and psychology courses to have been taken no longer than (#OF) years out. Therefore, I had to retake my sciences and psychology courses. ) This led me to max out my lifetime financial aid limit leaving me to pay for my educational expenses out of pocket. Another issue has been, maintaining two jobs, going to school, studying, and raising a family. I had to stop working at my second job because it was affecting me academically and physically. Although I have these issues, I continue to stay positive and have not given up on pursing my goals. One of my greatest accomplishments was successfully completing my (DEGREE/CERTIFICATION) in (DATE) with (College). The current salary of a (YOUR CURRENT POSITION/TITLE) is not sufficient to raise and support a family as a single parent. The career is high in demand with a lot of potential overtime but this affects me...
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...achieve, that is until, perhaps, starting around 2008 when the "Great Recession" hit. Many Americans lost their jobs due to the country's fourth-largest investment bank going bankrupt. There was a job shortage, many Americans were laid-off, income was falling, and poverty was rising. Seven years have passed and slowly America has been recovering, but has it recovered enough for the American dream to be alive? For the average American the dream is perhaps a owning a house, car, children, a stay at home parent, medical insurance, vacations, and savings for retirement along with savings for college tuition. In today's society, the American dream is unobtainable because a stay at home parent is rare, bills are a struggle to pay for, vacations are rarely taken, most are not able to save for retirement because of debt, and many college students have to work while in school to pay off their college tuition. The American dream is in fact alive, but out of reach for the average American. In the article "7 facts that show the American Dream is Dead", Eskow states, "There was a time when middle-class families could lead a comfortable lifestyle on one person's earnings. One parent could work while the other stayed home with the kids." (2) Upon looking for the percentage of a stay at home parent for last year, the census states that 10 percent of children live with their grandparents, 79 percent live with one sibling, 15 percent have a stay...
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...My friend Russell recently shocked me with some horrible news: he is no longer going to Chapman University because the tuition is beyond him. Despite a financial aid package, he cannot afford the required course and enrollment fees without support from his parents, who are sadly unwilling to pay. It’s not that his mother and father do not value education – it’s just that because Russell is undecided on his career goals, his family sees little reason in “wasting” their hard-earned salaries on expensive yet unspecialized classes. So instead of discovering his passions in life through higher learning, Russell is relegated to job hunting for employment far below his intellectual ability. He may get the chance to take some community college courses next semester, but there is no doubt that a nugget of his future has been robbed by the flaws of modern education. So what went wrong? Why is Russell interviewing to be a sales clerk when he could already be in school? The main issue with much of the educational system today, but particularly institutes of higher learning, is the lack of affordability. Let’s face it – the average annual tuition for a private four-year college like Chapman is $26,273 and rising. And that number doesn’t even include room and board, textbooks, or meal plans. Public universities suffer the same sickness, with the worst estimates predicting a feverish 30% cost increase by next year. It’s no surprise that money is shamefully among the primary concerns of prospective...
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...Information Studies 210 11/30/2015 My topic is why the tuition is rising for both public and private universities and colleges. Since the students debt is higher than ever and graduates can’t find a good paying jobs in the market. Why do higher education such as colleges becoming expensive for students? Some students in college or university are facing financial woes including myself because of limited funds for the school year. We as students are facing some tough difficulties when it comes to pursuing the degree we want to get. Colleges and universities are becoming expensive and more students are going to the third options because of finance problems and we should try to work something out about these higher tuition rates cause some drop outs and low enrollments for some colleges and universities. According to a search done by Peter Cohen, “The lack of difference in value between state schools and the more prestigious private colleges is compelling. A private college - including tuition, room and board - costs about $50,000 a year, compared to half that price for a state school. But according to a study cited by The New York Times, the average lifetime incomes of comparably talented graduates of public and private institutions are about the same for most students - in terms of financial value, it's hard to justify the tuition difference” (Cohan). This means that private or prestigious colleges are even more expensive than a regular private or public university...
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...Tuition Hikes in Higher Education The cost of higher education has been rapidly growing, especially over the past couple of years, there has been a sharp increase. “College tuition and fees today are 559 percent of their cost in 1985” (Rampell). In 2005, the average tuition cost at a public four-year college was approximately $5,000. Today, the average tuition at four-year state schools nationwide rose “faster than inflation…..4.8% increase” (Gordon). This brought tuition at public four-year schools to $8,655. This is happening because of many factors including schools raising tuition to pay for more remedial classes and extra counseling services, to make up for cuts in state funds, and to make up for reductions in the per-student subsidy state taxpayers sent colleges. These in turn have several effects that have an impact on society as a whole, these effects include international students going to schools in other countries because school here is too expensive, young college graduates not being able to afford to buy a home or have children due to their massive debt, parents not being well prepared for retirement since lots of graduates are moving back with their parents and parents are taking money out of their 401K to pay their children’s college loans, but most importantly low income students not being able to go to college because they cannot afford it. The rising cost of college tuition does not just affect the individual; it affects society as a whole since society is...
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...To raise more revenue, Nobody State University increases its tuition so, this would not increase the revenue but it would decrease the revenue. If one increase then the other would definitely decrease. No it would definitely not result into more revenue to have more revenue Nobody State University would have to decline some enrollments in order to increase the revenue. Most likely Nobody States University will not decline enrollment so the cost of tuition would definitely be increased. Under what conditions will revenue (a) rise, (b) fall, or (c) remain the same? Revenue would not fall or remain the same it would increase more likely due to the economic industry. Tuition have risen in the past and it has not stated the same or lowered while economic crisis continues to rise tuition cost would also increase. Explain this process, focusing on the relationship between the increased revenue from students enrolling at NSU despite the higher tuition and the lost revenue from possible lower enrollment. The tuition fees raises but, it is due to the economic of health care, other industry with a huge cost problem. Both college education and health care have raised sharply in most developed countries not only the United States. The government is the real reason why tuition is raised and it is to replace state revenues or other private revenue sources because state subsides are going down. The student has been rising steady for decades because once subsides get cut...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the way many people interact with each other changed because of technology. In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development? It is true that nowadays technology rules the world. Undoubtedly, human interaction has been influenced through introduction of new technological devices. Obviously, there are positive and negative impacts on people communication that technology is responsible for. First of all, absolute advantage is that technology makes the world move faster. To support, speed of daily business interactions increasing all the time. Internet, mobile phones, online conferences significantly saves time on solving any business issues such as contract agreement, recruitment procedures or client attraction. Introduction of new software or modified machines boosts volumes of production as well as it saves time. Moreover, technology overcomes distance obstacle tremendously. For instance, use of mobile phones, internet provides people with the opportunity to find new friends all over the world, without leaving own apartment and stay connected with relatives while studying or working abroad. On the other hand, introduction and popularity of new technological devices may have harmful impact on human interaction. It is mentioned that people prefer spending their time using personal gadgets over real face to face communication. This problem has...
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...College and the American Dream Jenny Golightly Western Governors University College and the American Dream The term “American Dream” was first introduced by James Truslow Adams in his book “The Epic America”. He felt “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” (American Dream, 2014). For decades, people have lived by the promise that a strong work ethic, dedication, and honesty can lead to a better life. Unfortunately, today, many Americans find this is not the case. No longer does hard work guarantee that one can provide a comfortable lifestyle for their families, save for retirement, or afford to send their children to college. The dream of being able to send their children to college is fading for many Americans and is an example of societal inequality described in the conflict theory. Conflict theory does not view society as a system but as social groups experiencing unequal power, money, and unequal life chances. This leads to struggles and oppression for the lower classes while the upper class continues to prosper. According to Phil Oliff, a policy analyst with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Higher education attainment is growing increasingly important. Getting a college degree is increasingly a prerequisite for success in the workforce and entry in the middle class” (Sherter, 2013). Statistics have shown that the level of education correlates with the level of earning...
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...good body paragraphs. These essays must be typed. Be sure to answer the question completely and stay on topic. Check carefully for grammar errors before you turn it in for a grade. *NOTE: Do not plagiarize (use the words and ideas of others) and do not get help to "make it perfect". PROMPT: California’s economy is in very bad condition, with an imbalance of over $25 billion dollars. The government will have to consider both cutting spending and raising income by taxes. One of the many cuts is the community college budget, and our own district & college are going to lose millions of dollars no matter what. One of the many ways to increase income is to raise tuition fees (currently they are $26/unit for residents and $234/unit for non-residents & international students. Proposals range from $36/unit to (in the worst case) $66/unit. TOPIC: What are the most important effects of a tuition fee increase? In other words, if Los Rios college tuition increases, what effects will this have? Explain the cause-effect connections to show HOW these effects will happen. In this essay, first consider the many different types of effects before you choose which ones to write about. Effects can be positive or negative; it is up to you to decide which kind of effects you want to discuss, and show how these effects could happen, to whom, and why they are important enough to write about. You will do this essay in several steps (ALL of them after the first one MUST BE...
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