Pros And Cons Of Debate Essay On Student Debt
Hillard, Smith, Goldberg - Debate Script
Intro:
Today, we stand during a time of a massive student debt crisis. Today, the average student loan debt is $30,000 -- the highest its ever been. Over 40 Million Americans have succumbed to substantial college debt. To address this issue, President Obama has proposed granting incoming community college students free tuition. However, my team, through research and analysis, have come to the conclusion that this proposal is both detrimental to the issue and unnecessary.
Definitions:
Defined by the Department of Homeland Security
Community College- 2-year schools that provide affordable postsecondary education as a pathway to a four-year degree
First Argument:
According to WhiteHouse.Gov, the Federal Pell Grant provides funding for low-income students that otherwise would not be able to pay for tuition. Pell Grant recipients are awarded a maximum of $5,730 a year, of which is more than enough to cover the average community college tuition of $3,800. …show more content…
However, the opposition fails to pragmatically access the situation.
For instance, their claim lacks adequate, objective support. The proposition does not provide predicted statistics of how postsecondary education will enhance the amount of enrollees. Furthermore, the proposition fails to provide a solution to the already overcrowded community colleges that have waitlists in the thousands. According to a survey released by the Los Angeles Times, enrollment during the 2011-2012 academic year in California Community Colleges dropped 2.4 million, with over 470,000 students placed on waitlists. The conundrum at hand was not the student’s tuition, but the $520 million in cuts of the schools’
Intro:
Today, we stand during a time of a massive student debt crisis. Today, the average student loan debt is $30,000 -- the highest its ever been. Over 40 Million Americans have succumbed to substantial college debt. To address this issue, President Obama has proposed granting incoming community college students free tuition. However, my team, through research and analysis, have come to the conclusion that this proposal is both detrimental to the issue and unnecessary.
Definitions:
Defined by the Department of Homeland Security
Community College- 2-year schools that provide affordable postsecondary education as a pathway to a four-year degree
First Argument:
According to WhiteHouse.Gov, the Federal Pell Grant provides funding for low-income students that otherwise would not be able to pay for tuition. Pell Grant recipients are awarded a maximum of $5,730 a year, of which is more than enough to cover the average community college tuition of $3,800. …show more content…
However, the opposition fails to pragmatically access the situation.
For instance, their claim lacks adequate, objective support. The proposition does not provide predicted statistics of how postsecondary education will enhance the amount of enrollees. Furthermore, the proposition fails to provide a solution to the already overcrowded community colleges that have waitlists in the thousands. According to a survey released by the Los Angeles Times, enrollment during the 2011-2012 academic year in California Community Colleges dropped 2.4 million, with over 470,000 students placed on waitlists. The conundrum at hand was not the student’s tuition, but the $520 million in cuts of the schools’