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I do agree with them because getting a college education is considered a stepping stone to the American dream, but achieving that dream is growing increasingly more difficult. They are forcing college students and their families deeper into debt. Thus, universities are becoming a symbol of money rather than of people’s effort and commitment. Therfore, it is difficult to get power if we’re poor because we can say that the power is passed down from generation to generation : the wealthier will get the better degrees.
However, these institutions pretend to give a chance to those who don’t have enough money by offering scholarships for academic and non-academic skills. It can be sport, debate or classic skills like mathematics. As a matter of fact, the USA may have more all-round students. It must be more enriching for the university. But are these different domains comparable ?
Indeed. I do believe that it seems unfair to the students who work hard academically but who have no athletic skills. Some students may not feel the need to develop certain academic skills that are considered indispensable in France. Consequently, they take the place of students who work hard just because the athletes are a source of earnings and reputation for universities. Thus, the power can be given to people who need money but the universities will take it back somehow.
To put it in a nutshell, the selflessness of the universitites in United-kingdom and in the USA seems to be utopian. It is mostly all about the money and reputation. The high cost of tuition fees attacts the richest students but also the brightest because the universities choose them. Nevertheless, they can also help financially the students who have non academic skills because they represent a source of economic benefits. That’s why I prefer the French system where the cost of higher education is almost nonexistent and where the non-academic skills are favored.
