In the year 1984, a local college 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa. had a court case that reached all the way to the highest court in the United States. The court case, Grove City College v. Bell reached all the way to U.S Supreme Court in which the Supreme Court restricted the application of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 are basically so that everyone can have equally opportunity and it does not matter of one's race or sexuality. Grove City is a private school that acceptance no federal grants at all but it had students who were receiving receiving federally funded money. This is what the huge problem was because the college was not receiving federal grants but some students were…show more content… College enrollment has been rapidly increasing throughout the years, each year more and more students have applied and have been enrolled in higher education to better their career opportunities. In a recent article conducted by Procon.org they state, ¨College enrollment increased 11% between 1990 and 2000 and increased 37% from 2000 to 2010 to 21 million students¨ ( Background of the…). As decades go and pass there are more and more young adults having their mind set on higher education to unlock more for themselves later on in the future. Many high school students have the stress factor of whether or not one will be accepted to the university that they wish to further their education. What these students do not have to worry about is that there is a wide array of four year public universities that accept well more than half of their applicants. This has been proven in an article writing by College Board, this article states ¨Close to 500 four-year colleges accept more than 75 percent of their applicants. And open-admission colleges accept all or most high school graduates.¨ ( 5 Things You…). This study helps to show that even if a student who did not perform very well…show more content… One of the chief causes of this thinking is that students are able to get an equal to better education for a fraction of the cost than the aforementioned counterpart. Public Colleges have been around for years and were founded by the states. “… founded by states government, some as early as 1800s, to give the residents the opportunity to receive a public college education.” (@Petersons). As that quote explain that states wanted their residents to be able to have the right to get an education over 200 years ago. It is similar in today’s day of age but it is also different in ways. “Public colleges cost 14,120 for in state students…”(Cable News Network). That cost is almost half the average price families whose children attended private universities. Another quote from Cable News Network, “Private colleges cost families an average of 26,400 last year, which would account for nearly half of the median family’s income.” It just shows the tuition for a private university is just outrageous if it is taking half of hard work money away from a family. According to a recent College Board study, “ In 2015- 16, the average tuition and fees for in-state residents at a public 4-year university for one year were $9,410 compared to $32,405 for those attending a private university.” (qtd in Learn.org). That quote was not even including the addition of room
