Some students' parents pay tuition
ERIC NOCITO
Issue date: 4/13/09 Section: Features
These days we hear all about
students struggling with their
college debt and loans.
Especially in this recession, it's
not often we hear about a student
who is financially fully
supported by his or her parents
in terms of tuition.
"My parents understand that
going to school full-time is hard
enough as it is without having
to worry about paying my
tuition," said Danny Daloisio, a
20-year-old biology major from
Yardley. "I work about 20 hours
a week at Old Navy in Oxford
Valley, but my earnings don't
come anywhere close to being
able to afford my tuition and
still go out and have fun with
my friends."
College is a time of transition
and many parents think they are
doing their child a favor by not
financially supporting them
with tuition costs. However,
times have changed. When most
of the baby boomers were in college,
they could work and pay
off their tuition as they went.
Now, college tuition prices
have skyrocketed, leaving many
students in debt years after
graduating. In 1980, when
Danny's parents were in college,
it cost about $2,039 to spend a
year at a public four-year university
and $8,910 at a private
four-year university, according
to statistics from swivel.com.
Both of his parents paid for
their own college tuitions with
the money they made working
at their part-time jobs. "It was
never really a problem," said
Danny's father, Pat Daloisio. "I
don't remember having any
financial problems
when I
was Danny's
age."
Nowadays it
costs approximately
$5,836
a year to attend a public fouryear
college and $22,218 to
attend a private four-year university,
according to
swivel.com's data.
"I have no problem with fully
supporting my son with his
tuition," said Danny's mother,
Debbie Daloisio, as she sipped a
cup of Earl Grey in her immaculate
kitchen. "Some people think
that by forcing their kids to pay
students struggling with their
college debt and loans.
Especially in this recession, it's
not often we hear about a student
who is financially fully
supported by his or her parents
in terms of tuition.
"My parents understand that
going to school full-time is hard
enough as it is without having
to worry about paying my
tuition," said Danny Daloisio, a
20-year-old biology major from
Yardley. "I work about 20 hours
a week at Old Navy in Oxford
Valley, but my earnings don't
come anywhere close to being
able to afford my tuition and
still go out and have fun with
my friends."
College is a time of transition
and many parents think they are
doing their child a favor by not
financially supporting them
with tuition costs. However,
times have changed. When most
of the baby boomers were in college,
they could work and pay
off their tuition as they went.
Now, college tuition prices
have skyrocketed, leaving many
students in debt years after
graduating. In 1980, when
Danny's parents were in college,
it cost about $2,039 to spend a
year at a public four-year university
and $8,910 at a private
four-year university, according
to statistics from swivel.com.
Both of his parents paid for
their own college tuitions with
the money they made working
at their part-time jobs. "It was
never really a problem," said
Danny's father, Pat Daloisio. "I
don't remember having any
financial problems
when I
was Danny's
age."
Nowadays it
costs approximately
$5,836
a year to attend a public fouryear
college and $22,218 to
attend a private four-year university,
according to
swivel.com's data.
"I have no problem with fully
supporting my son with his
tuition," said Danny's mother,
Debbie Daloisio, as she sipped a
cup of Earl Grey in her immaculate
kitchen. "Some people think
that by forcing their kids to pay
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