There are many different colleges and they split into different categories like nonprofit and profit, public and private and many other types. It is common knowledge that the schools have contributed to most of the debt problems. Specifically knowing which schools have contributed the most will give a clue on how to fix the issue with debt while also knowing which schools need to reform. There are three main points, the public colleges, private nonprofit schools and the profit schools. The public schools have contributed towards the debt problem simply because they educate the most people. But the most outrageous growth in student loans has happened in the private colleges. However, the profit schools are considered the worst. They are the worst because their students cannot afford to pay back their loans and only 28% graduate.
Jordan Weissmann writes this article directed towards the adults, young and old. The language and word choice is written in a way that it makes it more difficult to understand for people who have not gone through the procedure of applying to colleges and contemplated tuition fees. Weissmann writes with personal pronouns, meaning that the author has gone through the same thing and is very angry at how much money students have to pay to receive an education. He separates the categories to make a point for each section and is very effective. Weissmann also uses charts and diagrams to emphasize his point on how much money the students have to pay and to show how much prices have risen. Overall, the point of his essay was to inform the public about the absurdity of how much money was being paid by the students and how some students did not have to means to pay, resulting in debts and loans. He specifically targets each of his three main points and explains why those schools contributed towards the growing problem of debt.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/which-colleges-should-we-blame-for-the-student-debt-crisis/278558/
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