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1) Check the Prompt in the attached file ( Read EVERYTHING on it because my professor is VERY specific.) if u have any Q's. I can clarify for you
2) Watch the documentary. LINK : http://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=I...
3) Fill out the Ivory Tower Map As your watching the documentary (Attached file BELOW)
4) Find another text from SDSU Library that AGREES or DISAGREES with the documentary. LINK: https://library.sdsu.edu/
5) - VERY IMPORTANT- Follow the OUTLINE guide for the paper (FILE ATTACHED BELOW). (My professor made it. if you follow it your life will be A LOT simpler doing this essay)
6) By the 8th of March. i need a small draft so we can discuss in class. just send me your progress then.
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The Burden of a College Education
After the signing of the Title IV of the higher education act in 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson
would proceed to declare that “This Nation could never rest while the door to knowledge
remained closed to any American.” This act was passed with the purpose of ensuring that every
student had the opportunity to pursue an education regardless of their background with the hopes
of promoting equality and creating opportunities for social mobility. Sadly however modern day
America does not seem to reflect the dream by President Johnson. Andrew Rossi in his 2014
documentary Ivory Tower asserts that college education has simply become too expensive, it has
become a huge burden for the parents and students alike and this has essentially made
completion and access difficult especially for low income families. This is because there has
been a decline in government funding and as a result these costs have been passed on to the
student in the form of tuition. This forces students to take up student loans in order to be able to
afford an education while some students choose to avoid college altogether so as not to deal with
the huge financial burden. Students are plagued with these debts for most of their life and student
loans have even been referred to as modern day slavery. Student loan debt have now reached up
to $1 trillion because most students are unable to secure employment even after acquiring a
college education. In 2013 for instance nearly half of college graduates were either unemployed
or underemployed. Daniel A. Austin in his 2013 article suitably titled The Indentured
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Generation: Bankruptcy and Student Loan Debt finds that Americans who borrowed heavily to
pay for their education will most likely will be paying off this loan for most of their lives.
According to Austin (2013) a total of 37 million Americans owe over $1 trillion and while many
default, some will probably die before their loans are paid off. Furthermore attempts to discharge
student loans through bankruptcy will probably fail because the courts holds student loans to
very strict standards. This therefore puts into question the true value of a college education since
the high cost of college education launches students into great debt before they even start having
an income. One could therefore argue that a college education is unfairly priced
The price of college education has increased more than any other good in the US
economy since 1978. According to Andrew Rossi College prices have increased by 1120% sin...