By: Dalia, Miriam, Nurbergen, & Victor

Deeper In Debt

Causes for rising tuition fees

Budget Cuts in State Government Spending for Education

Funding athletics
Spending too much on student luxury recreations/housing
Financial Aid Packages
Government Subsides

NCAA

$871.6 million in Revenue

81% comes from broadcast agreements with Turner/CBS
11% comes from sponsoring championships
60% is distributed to Division 1 schools to help fund the athletic programs
and scholarships

Average cost of athlete vs student in 2010

$91,336

$13,368

Student Luxury Recreations and Housing

Makes college more expensive with increasing the value of the diploma
To compete with other colleges and universities around the country
Seal the deal with incoming college students using luxury housing and
recreations

CSUN

University of
Alabama in
Birmingham

UCLA

Vanderbilt
University

Financial Aid Packages

Public Policy

to expand or introduce variety of government grants/scholarship programs

Improved their own financial aid programs

Two non-mutually exclusive ways

increase the amount of aid

alter the composition of aid packaging

Government Subsidies

Public Policy
Student loans
Grants
Tax Credits

Massive Burden of Student Loan Debt

In 2010, nearly two-thirds of college graduates left school with student loan
debt.
Those with greater levels of debt are more likely to choose higher-paying
jobs, less likely to apply to graduate school, and less likely to purchase a
home.

Student Loans Affect Marriage?

Fixed costs associated with marriage.

Cost of Wedding
Purchase of a Home
Household Equipment

Forcing young adults to delay critical markers of adulthood.

Differences Between Genders:

Do men get more privileges in the work force than women?

Possible Solutions to Loan Debt/Rising Costs

Forgiving student debt.

Allow Bankruptcy for Student Debt.
Less Luxury and athletic programs, make education main priority.
Eliminate Govt subsidies.

Overview of The Financial Crisis in College Education 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS3qi5BlrqU

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