Deciding whether parents or children should pay for college 30 Articles

by Melody Byers

Anyone can take out an education loan. There are federal loans, state funded loans, and even private loans through banks that are available to students. The question becomes, who should be signing their name on the line?...read more

by Lacy Ways

"Should" is the operative word here. Neither parents, nor children, "should" pay for college. Each family has to decide what's best for them. Do parents have a moral obligation to pay for their child's education past th...read more

by Sarah Martin

As a college senior myself (I shall graduate in May 2007), funding college has been one of the most challenging endeavors that I have ever entered in together with my parents. It has tested us, but I believe that our solut...read more

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by Paul Smith

Coming out of high school, I had no clear idea on what I wanted to do. My GPA was a 2.99, which is bleh and I had an SAT of 1980 which is rather good. Even so, I didn't exactly have any scholarships coming my way, so I wen...read more

by Randa Morris

Parenting Is For A Lifetime. It seems that the majority of Americans feel strongly that once our children reach the tender age of 18, they are now 'adults'. This is the age when many mom's and dad's expect their young p...read more

by Margaret Shauers

Who Pays for College? Sometimes parents should pay all or part of college expenses...but can every parent or set of parents afford to pay? Many college students come from homes that are not affluent. Parents, usually,...read more

by Lisa Martens

I am a responsible student with a 3.94 GPA and I attend New York University. I'm working full time this summer as well as paying all my own bills. I will be severely in debt by the time I graduate. I see, from reading t...read more

by John Graham

Parents have a responsibility for seeing that their children are educated and that means, in the United States, going on beyond high school as far as they can go. Therefore, within one's means of course, that means that...read more

by Tim Gray

Let me begin by thanking Helium for creating a topic I've been licking my chops over, for longer than I can remember. Let's see, should parents or children pay for public college educations? I sense that the word public ...read more

by Stephanie Jordan

Children should pay for college. Every child who reads this will groan and parents may applaud. I am the third child on a family of three. With there first child, my parents paid for everything and sent him with a ne...read more

by Fred Tolleson

Who Pays? Parents or Children? This question has been debated since there were colleges and universities for children to go to and parents wondering how they were going to pay for all of this education! Parents, inheren...read more

by Jenn Weiss

As a recent college grad. My parents paid for PART of my tution. They took out a loan which was about 4,000 a year (2 for each semester) the rest was up to me. I was able to get grants through the state (for Pa it's...read more

by Dauda Stephen

DECIDING WHETHER PARENTS OR CHILDREN SHOULD PAY FOR COLLEGE This is quite an interesting topic. There is the need to settle the issue of funding of College Education in view of the attitude of some College Students towa...read more

by Melissa Webb

I think that ultimately, YOUR education is YOUR responsibility. Why should parents pay thousands upon thousands of dollars because his or her daughter decides to be a dentist? It doesn't mean you don't love your children b...read more

by Matthew Morris

I joined Cardiff University this September, and having grown up in the welsh valleys (where poverty is quite apparent), it was hard to make the decision of moving to University in the first place. My mother raised both my...read more

by Meaghan Louise Aitchison

I came from a family of five that worked hard, but had little. I was taught that everything that was worthwhile in life was better if you earned it yourself through hard work and honesty. And I still hold that belief. This...read more

by Corey Pike

There are many things to consider when trying to decide who should pay for a students' college education. Is the student responsible enough to pay their loan payments on time? What are the students' chances of default...read more

by David Schermbeck

Most parents feel it is their obligation to pay for their child's education. They take out second mortgages, don't save as much for retirement and work second jobs - all to pay for a college education. 1. It's not a rig...read more

by Matthew Paulson

If you're an adult, there's a pretty good chance you have a small group of munchkins running around that you sometimes admit are your children. They maybe young now, but some day in the future, they're going to have to ha...read more

by Michael Blachford

Just starting out in university is great. Earning tuition alone is extremely difficult as a student without taking time off or even years off to make the money for tuition. Myself i was lucky my parents saved up most of ...read more