Charles Murray Are Too Many People Going To College Summary

Are Too Many People Going to College? Charles Murray’s article “Are Too Many People Are Going to College?” explains a large point in the life of young Americans. He discuss some needs of our education system, and stated that it needs great improvement. He continued by talking about post-secondary education, how incoming college students come to school for all the wrong reasons, and that taking a step back, rethink, and evaluate their purposes of getting a college degree will be in their best interest. He also mentions how school’s staff, faculty and other adults are misleading students by their meaning of a college degree. Most student expects a lots more from college than what it actually offers, all the misguiding and all that people …show more content…
This means that it’s vitally important for people that really value their future or a willingness to get educated to seek out a degree of some kind. On the surface, one would assume that Murray simply is going to eviscerate the college system as a whole and say it’s, for lack of a better word, stupid. But rather, he does something entirely differently. He actually promotes the value of the college and emphasizes the value of the educational system; however, Murray is quick to point out that college is completely misunderstood as a means of education. In the portion of the article, he brilliantly examines what education really means. Rather than being a system of indoctrination, as some might say college has become, he sees college as more of an exploratory advancement upon the discoveries a student should make prior to even reaching college. He shows how elementary, middle school, and high school level education should be more enhance. He also points out how that the degree itself is valuable, not necessarily because of the information or knowledge conferred upon a student, but rather, that it indicates the willingness and perseverance of a given candidate to stick it out and finish a degree.