Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Issue of the week

1. Which political party has the most 'compassionate' view/opinion towards education?
 1. Democrats have a strong conviction that every children deserve to an opportunity to achieve the proper education to flourish in life.  Democrats have increased education and restructured and dramatically expanded college financial aid, while making federal programs simpler, more reliable, and more efficient for students.  Republicans would rather prome school choice, support voluntary student-initiated prayer in school, limit federal government role in education, and increase access to higher education with saving accounts.

2. What is the average cost of a US college education?
 2.) The average cost of a four-year private nonprofit college is about $35,000. Another article talked about graduating with debt and stated "Among the 1,009 ranked colleges and universities that submitted undergraduate student debt data to U.S. News, the average amount of debt for a class of 2010 graduate who borrowed funds was about $25,000".

 3. How many people in the US graduate high school or higher?
 3.)  This question was a harder one to find an exact answer too, but one source did state "84.2% of the US population have a high school diploma or higher,"

 Sources: http://www.issues2000.org/celeb/Republican_Party_Education.htm
http://www.democrats.org/issues/education
 http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/08/24/the-average-cost-of-a-us-college-education

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