Lowering Tuition Fees

Funding for public universities, which educate 70 percent of all undergraduates, has declined to a point where the cost of a college education rests almost completely on the backs of students and/or their families. The outrageous and ever rising prices of college tuition are: affecting academics, slowing down the process of graduation, and prohibiting students from becoming involved on their campus and in their community. Many students are currently not only attending school full time, but also working full time, and still have thousands of dollars of loans to pay off. High tuition fees also affect young adults in the sense that they are choosing schools because of price rather than fit. College students have been walked all over for many years, and it is time to finally stand up for what is right. Individual states need to put more funding into their universities.