Reasons for that drop-off, he said, included the high cost of tuition, a lack of financial aid and the inability of many students to take time off from work in such uncertain economic times.
I feel as if I'm suffering from 'growing pains' now more than ever; last year at this time I was worrying about finding a date for prom, and now all of a sudden I worry about rent, tuition and the lack of social justice in the world.
The students, who call themselves the Free University of London, are protesting against university privatisation, tuition fees and a lack of diversity in higher education.
For a host of reasons -- age, lack of tuition money, inadequate secondary schooling, reluctance to study, discouragement from family and friends -- college is not a viable option for a significant portion of the population.
If we discovered that we actually relished the quiet summer evenings, the smell of just-mown grass, the spacious quarters and the lack of tuition payments for kindergarten, we kept quiet about that.
"My two-year investigation into the for-profit education sector revealed systemic problems in the industry: high tuition, high dropout rates, lack of support services, deceptive marketing and aggressive student recruiting, and billions of taxpayer dollars squandered on advertising and profits instead of a good education," Harkin said in a statement Wednesday when asked about Grand Canyon.
On June 28, 100,000 Chilean students took to the streets of their capital, Santiago, to protest a hike in tuition fees and the lack of public universities.
On June 28th, 100,000 Chilean students took to the streets of their capital, Santiago, to protest against a hike in tuition fees and the lack of public universities.
Gail Buckland, who has taught photography at the school since the 70s and took part in the occupation of the president's office Wednesday, said the lack of tuition at Cooper Union has created a unique learning environment.
When the government finds ways of making more and more money available for students to borrow instead of focusing on the causes of the routine increases of college tuition, it shows a lack of respect for people.
