Another article I found is written by Maureen Downey called "College students post lower grades when parents pay more toward their educations." This article pretty much just gives excerpts from Laura Hamilton's paper. Maureen Downey is a reporter for AJC and she has written articles about local, state and federal education for twelve years. She also taught college classes about communications and journalism. Talking about Laura Hamilton:
“There were some affluent families who thought their children were spoiled and didn't pay the whole cost, and there were some families who had scrimped and saved and borrowed from family members and taken out loans,” she said. “And the affluent families aren't hurt the most by the lower grades, because they had the connections to call the head of NBC or the N.F.L. and get their child a job. It’s more of a problem for the middle-class parents, who worked hard to pay the college costs, used up their retirement funds and are out of money by graduation time.”
I think this is the perfect article for my paper. I think this is the best one I have found so far and I think it will really help with me my paper. I think it will help my argument that students should pay for their own education and Laura Hamilton gives many points as to why they should.
Terms:
postsecondary- any education beyond high school
dissertation- A long essay on a particular subject, one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree

This is Laura Hamilton.
This is Maureen Downey.
Works Cited:
Hamilton, Laura. "Laura Hamilton, Assistant Professor." Laura Hamilton. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
Downey, Maureen. "College Students Post Lower Grades When Parents Pay More toward Their Educations." Get Schooled RSS. N.p., 15 Jan. 2013. Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
I would still like you to take a look at some of Hamilton's actual academic work, all of which seems very good for your topic. You need to track down her actual paper. This summary is not sufficient. Also, her book "Paying for the Party" and her earlier article about Adoptive parents look great:
ReplyDeletehttp://faculty2.ucmerced.edu/lhamilton2/docs/paper-2007-adoptive-parents.pdf
That said, I am also a little troubled about how you ignore the fact that parents not paying means a great increase in student debt, a danger of dropping out for more students, and all sorts of negative consequences for this generation -- a generation that has not received anywhere near the same support as their parents' generation (which seems unfair). I think you should try for a more balanced consideration.