William Zinsser's Four College Pressures

A college degree has become an essential to any possibility of getting into most jobs. Unfortunately, tuition fees are rising significantly and this is creating a barrier for the less fortunate students to pursue their dream jobs. All governments need to do what it takes to reduce the cost of university tuition as

Based of this research from TICAS.ORG “ Student debt and the Class ofl 2014. Seven in 10 seniors (69%) who graduated from public and nonprofit colleges in 2014 had student loan debt, with an average of $28,950 per borrower. Debt is a very prime factor in why these young students look away when it comes to going to college. Because most of these students only have one job or maybe don’t even have a job at all so paying for college loans can be very stressful for these

Going to college is stressful enough without the need to worry about tuition and how you’re going to pay for it. This makes it harder for students going to college to graduate and brings a lot of stress to their lives. According to Lockman and Servaty-Seib, suicide is estimated to occur at a rate of between 4.25 and 6.5 per 100,000 students, and this is the second cause of death for college youth (154). When the workload in college is overflowing and we are expected to put hours into studying for each course we take, students get stressed. I personally have felt this way in college with the last semester I took.

Ellison starts off by saying “once, a degree used to mean a brighter future for college graduates, access to the middle class, and economic stability” (Ellison). This highlighting the hopes that come with going to college and getting that degree, even if you do have student debt, but then he immediately highlights the hardship that comes with the college these days. The author states that “student loan debt increases inequality and makes it harder for low-income graduates” to “to buy a house, open a business, and start a family”(Ellison). The economy is going up by any means and it has no room for a middle class because there is so much debt. College graduates coming out of college are having even more of a hard time supporting themselves after college rather than while in it.

A free college tuition is definitely necessary for students because some are paying for college themselves, the college workload is stressful enough, and scholarships, grants, and financial aid doesn’t cover all costs. College tuition should be free because it would create positive changes for people attending college, universities, and the economy. First, most students are paying for their own tuition themselves because either they want to be independent and do so, or because their parents have made that decision for them. According to Newberry, the average cost a year of undergraduate studies at a private university now tops $21,000.

In the essay “Choosing a College Major: For Love or for the Money”, the author David Keppel states that because of today’s living economic conditions, college students have a hard time choosing between a major that they patient about, or a major that will get them more money in the future. Moreover, a lot of graduate students regret picking a major based on their interests instead of salary, according to the author. Therefore, the author believes it’s more critical than ever to decide what major a student should pursue, to help him/her pay student loans and live decently. However, the author mentions that picking a major that satisfy a personal interests can help creating opportunities for creativity and self-steam even thought if it doesn’t

They start creating strict budgets that allow for almost all of their money to go into the savings account for college. As many have said, money is one of the top reasons why marriages fail. Arguing over trying to find money to put their children through college has made a lot of marriages fail. Having free higher education, as people would argue, would remove all of this stress and strain from families when it comes time for their children to go to

Coming from numerous cultures and ideologies, what possible challenge could this population face that other young people do not? While there is not such a big difference to the college experience, when compared to high school, the hardest thing to overcome is costs. As a student in college who relies on scholarships and working to make their way through college. Costs of education is at an all-time high, and continuing is a constant struggle, which explains our generations preferences. Within the recent election before the candidates were chosen, the majority of youths supported Bernie Sander and his stance on free college.

A lot of colleges students work part time jobs to help cover the cost of college tuition. Though many schools offer scholarships and financial aid is available it is still hard to cover the full cost of college without taking out student loans. My friend from college has to work a part time job to help cover the cost of school, but unfortunately he just recently lost his job. The loss of his job has caused him a great deal of stress and he doesn’t know how to handle it.

Raising tuition year after year will cause a drop in applicants and affect current students’ retention rates. That is because tuition is already at an all-time high, making it harder for underfunded students to even think about entering higher education. Overtime students have grown increasingly frustrated with tuition rates. That is because in the past 20 years, "tuition increased twice as fast as the overall cost of living”

According to Storms, the core problem for graduating college students is debt. In the article, Storms explains how we are told that having a bachelor’s degree will double a person 's earning. Even though this may or may not be true, there is still the fear of paying back student loans after graduation. It is obvious that not every degree is guaranteed a job straight out of college in the field one chooses. Storms also gives the story of his family using the fear of debt as an excuse to not to go to college.

In conclusion, many people believe that college is not worth it, I disagree. College education is worth the expense of tuition. After paying off student loans that is if you even have any you will from that point on start building up your money. Between the difference in yearly salary’s between college graduates and students with just a high school diploma.

In this day in age, people with children are starting to go back to college to get a better themselves, but most dropout because they have young children that needs a tremendous amount of attention and on top of working, school is just another thing holding them back from what’s really important. The issue with being a full-time student, worker, and parent is that a student may not have a suitable baby sitter to watch their child, which can have a huge issue that can make a student dropout. As stated in an article in the US News "Being a parent substantially increases the likelihood of leaving college with no degree, with 53% of parents vs. 31% of non-parents having left with no degree after six

One reason that has been a source of major concern for many years, which is the increasing level of debt that students are being left with after completion of a four year degree. Community colleges are an affordable alternative for many socioeconomically underprivileged students who want to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher, which leads us to our next reason. Low income and under-represented minority students are transferring or obtaining degrees at low rates, there are many inequities in educational attainment that still exist. Another reason that has concerned our politicians is the lack of Bachelor’s degrees that are being granted nationwide, we are lagging behind other countries in this area.

Peter Gray, Ph.D., a research professor at Boston College, wrote “Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges”. The society we live in is full of parents who are over focusing on their children. It may not necessarily be their fault, but it is society's fault. Parents do not give children the independence they need to be ready for life. Mothers and fathers baby their kids to an extreme.