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College Tuition
Jecore Baxter

English 3

Mrs. Burgman

Due Date:11/18/15 Wednesday

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Sports are beneficial to high school students because the give the opportunity to pay for

college

Since 1980, the average tuition at four-year institutions has more than doubled after adjusting for

inflation, while the median family income for the parents of college-age children has increased just 12

percent.Tuition is what colleges charge for the instruction they provide.Colleges charge tuition by the

units that make up an academic year, such as a semester or quarter. Tuition at public colleges is often a

bargain for state residents, but not for out-of-staters, who often pay double the tuition of residents.

Tuition can vary by major. Students in the sciences, engineering, computing, premed programs,

and the fine arts often pay more. Colleges charge fees for services. These fees may include the library,

campus transportation, student government, and athletic facilities.

Colleges often report a combined tuition and fees figure. According to the College Board, the

average cost of tuition and fees for the 20152016 school year was $32,405 at private colleges, $9,410 for

state residents at public colleges, and $23,893 for out-of-state residents attending public universities.

The cost of "room and

board" depends on the campus

housing and food plans you

choose. The College Board

reports that the average cost of

room and board in 20152016

ranged from $10,138 at four-

year public schools to $11,516

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at private schools. Colleges also provide room and board estimates for living off campus based on typical

student costs.

Most colleges estimate the average costs for required learning materials. Some colleges even

include the cost of a computer and computer accessories. The College Board reports the average cost for

books and supplies for the 20152016 school year was $1,298 at public colleges and $1,249 at private

colleges.Colleges may estimate some expenses they don't bill you for.

These include local transportation, clothing, personal items, entertainment, etc. The College

Board reports that expenses in this category for 20152016 ran from $2,661 at private colleges to $3,215

at public universities.NCAA Divisions I and II schools provide more than $2.7 billion in athletics

scholarships annually to more than 150,000 student-athletes. Division III schools do not offer athletics

scholarships.

Only about two-percent of high school athletes are awarded athletics scholarships to compete in

college. Of the student-athletes participating in sports with professional leagues, very few become

professional athletes. A college education is the most rewarding benefit of the student-athlete experience.

Full scholarships cover tuition and fees, room, board and course-related books. Most student-

athletes who receive athletics scholarships receive an amount covering a portion of these costs. Many

student-athletes also benefit from academic scholarships, NCAA financial aid programs such as the

NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund and need-based aid such as Federal Pell Grants.

Division I schools may provide student-athletes with multiyear scholarships. Additionally,

Division I schools may pay for student-athletes to finish their bachelor's or master's degrees after they

finish playing NCAA sports.If a school plans to reduce or not renew a student-athletes aid, the school

must notify the student-athlete in writing by July 1 and provide an opportunity to appeal.

In most cases, coaches decide who receives a scholarship, the scholarship amount and whether it

will be renewed. getting scholarships saves lives.If I never would have gone to Cherokee, I wouldnt

have been playing football in high school, Mauldin said. I would have been on the streets. I would have

ended up like my mom.And now, look. Here was his aunt Jewell Smith, who gushed not over Mauldins
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football success but his college diploma. Over there, his uncle Eric Mauldin, who hedged his allegiances

by wearing a Raiders T-shirt with Mauldin on the back. His half sister, LoRen, scampered around.

Taiwan, who flew in from Atlanta. Tashia, who drove in from Sacramento.

Basically, basketball reaches kids from deprived, under-privileged backgrounds in numbers no

other sport can, and the benefits of that are huge.Figures show 70 per cent of people currently shooting

hoops are under 25 and come from black and ethnic communities. Washington is one of them."Basketball

saved my life really..." the 21-year old told Express sport. "My mum died when I was 11 and I didn't have

anything to channel my energy towards."Basketball was an outlet for me to keep on the right path. I lost a

parent but realised I could do something that would have made her proud."Julia Mary Washington died on

Mothers Day 2003, and things would never be the same for her son.

Distraught, he struggled to cope, and admits he was in danger of slipping into a life of drugs and

crime.He said: Losing a parent at such a young age was beyond anything you could imagine. I lost the

most precious gift in my life.

It would have been so easy to lean towards negative behaviour in order to cope, which could

have been anything from taking the drugs route, being violent, or crime.But the most powerful feeling

that protected me from not breaking down was the incredible desire I had to make my mother proud of

her son.

Its because of her I chose to channel my broken feelings, discovering a saviour that has

essentially saved my life. Basketball became my guardian angel personified. I became fascinated with all

the tricks ball players could do with the ball.I was obsessed with the elegancy with which they could

execute movements which looked almost choreographed. The entire style of the game lit a flame inside

of me and that flame is still burning bright to this day.Washington was growing up in Bedford when his
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dad Johnathan better known as Aggi tried to pick up the pieces of their lives.Conner describes his

hometown as not really dangerous, but exposure to drugs and violence was definitely there.

Despite this, from the day his brother Sheldon first put a basketball in his hands, he has never

looked back and with a little help from a mentor, is now a star name in the sport.While Jonathan was

busy looking after Connor's little sister Eden, a local basketball coach named Lance Haggith took him

under his wing and helped him achieve his dreams.Lance broke me into my first national league

experience with Milton Keynes Lions under 16, Washington explains.As a working class kid I wasnt

able to afford transport of any kind to make it to training or matches so Lance took me to every single

session I needed to be at. I would never have made it to the airport for my first game with the England

18s in Denmark without him. But you guessed it, he was waiting for me back at the airport as soon as

we arrived back - at 4am in the morning

. Later on he even helped get me my first professional contract with Leicester.A 6' guard,

Washington is now a key player for the Riders. He has won the BBL Cup, championship and play-off, and

represented Team GB at Under 20 level.Haggith is now the CEO of the Sports Trader charity and has 30

years' experience of coaching youngsters from poorer backgrounds.

He won the BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero award in 2010 - and knows exactly the sort of

impact basketball can have on young lives like Conners.Haggith said: "The people who fund sport in this

country, they don't get the bigger picture, how sport can really change lives."And there is no other sport

out there which has the reach that basketball does. It attracts people from all sections of society."I know

from my charity that in many of the most deprived areas where we've started basketball projects, places

like Lewisham and Luton, anti-social behaviour has dropped."That's because the kids are out playing

basketball instead of out on the streets. They put on a shirt and feel part of a family, a family they may not

have at home.
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Work Cited
http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/scholarships

http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_payarticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10064

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/sports/football/lorenzo-mauldin-new-york-jets-keeps-

bouncing-back.html?_r=0

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/462977/Basketball-saved-my-life-Conner-

Washington-is-prime-example-why-UK-Sport-should-see-sens

http://www.statisticbrain.com/average-cost-of-college-tuition/
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