Many newly minted high school graduates see their natural progression in life to move onto college, obtain a degree, and finding a job. This, however, is not the purpose of higher education. Attending college serves two main purposes: exposure to new ideas and people who seek an environment that facilitates the exchange of these ideas. College brings together people from all different backgrounds and allows for their ideas and biases to be challenged. Through this collision of ideas comes budding innovation or change that would not be possible without higher education bringing people together.When passionate people are able to converse and debate, new perspectives arise and can exercise the practice of analytical thinking. Albert Einstein once
