Marketplace of Ideas research

As we started this project, I thought that it was going to be very difficult because we had to be experts on a topic. My topic is the rising cost of higher education and it is a bigger problem in the country than I thought it was. I did not know how many issues there were out there that go along with my topic. I was first interested in my topic after reading an article in my English class about girls who could not pay for college even though they were smart enough to get into college. It really makes me feel bad because a lot of the stories that I've heard, the girls or boys have better test scores and G.P.A's than I do, but I am fortunate enough to attend a University in the fall. After reading many articles, I really want to take a stand for this issue. It does not seem fair that these students do not get to utilize their intelligence because they are not able to afford the expensive universities. I want to stand up for this issue and possibly create an organization that can give partial scholarships to students, that meet certain criteria, that cannot afford college. These students deserve a chance to further their education because what if they can create a cure to cancer but we as a nation would never know because they were not given the opportunity to attend a college or university.