Should College Athletes Be Paid?

At universities and colleges, the burden falls on credential evaluators. In order to avoid hiring employees or admitting students with bogus degrees, reviewers in both environments must examine every degree presented for review. The case never got to trial because the parties reached an out-of-court settlement. A statutory revision was enacted in 2005, allowing graduates of unaccredited and unapproved schools to list an unaccredited degree on a résumé as long as they note the school's unaccredited status in the résumé.

A lower-income family with several children might opt to save for retirement rather than college . Instead of college savings, this family might focus on preparing their children to apply for scholarships by focusing on academic or perhaps athletic or musical performance. If you’re good with money, chances are you can be ready to help pay for part or all of your child’s college education, but this isn’t a requirement for good parenting. If you have several children or a lower-income job, you may be unable to save much to help each child with college.

Inadequate school funding has a disproportionate impact on low-income students and high-poverty schools. 14% of 4th graders at poor schools were at or above proficient in reading and 17% at math while in low poverty schools, more than twice as many were at proficiency or above in reading and 60% were for math. Additionally, graduation rates for high poverty schools are 68% compared to 91% for other schools, then the rate of college attendance is 28% versus 52%. Low-income children are a full year behind by 14, and the total achievement gap between the richest and poorest 10% has grown by 30-40% in 25 years.