Once people graduate from high school, they face one of the biggest decisions in their lives. Whether they want to risk spending money and furthering their education and going to college or a trade school or looking for a medium income job, there is no right or wrong answer.
The essay "Should Everyone go to College?" is constantly stressing the point that people with a bachelor's degree statistically are shown to make more money than people with only a high school degree or an associate's degree. Owen and Sawhill says, "When we look at the life time earnings-the sum of earnings over a career-the total premium is $570,000 for a bachelor's degree and $170,000 for an associate's degree" (They Say I Say, pg 211). Research shows that investing in college provides students with a tremendous return if the students use the education …show more content…
Which one are you going to take, the applicant with the most experience and a higher education or the applicant with the least amount of experience and a lower education? You are going to take the applicant with the higher applicant. Most of the time, the board of trustees at a firm or company will look for the university or college applicant attended. If one applicant went to a school with one of the best marketing programs and the other applicant went to one of the average marketing programs, the applicant that went to the better program should have a better chance to get the job over the other applicant because they went through a tougher educational program. Owen and Sawhill argue,
What we can do is lay out several key dimensions that seem to affect the return to a college degree significantly. These include school type, school selectivity level, school cost, and financial aid, college major, later occupation, and perhaps most importantly, the probability of completing a degree. (Owen and
The essay "Should Everyone go to College?" is constantly stressing the point that people with a bachelor's degree statistically are shown to make more money than people with only a high school degree or an associate's degree. Owen and Sawhill says, "When we look at the life time earnings-the sum of earnings over a career-the total premium is $570,000 for a bachelor's degree and $170,000 for an associate's degree" (They Say I Say, pg 211). Research shows that investing in college provides students with a tremendous return if the students use the education …show more content…
Which one are you going to take, the applicant with the most experience and a higher education or the applicant with the least amount of experience and a lower education? You are going to take the applicant with the higher applicant. Most of the time, the board of trustees at a firm or company will look for the university or college applicant attended. If one applicant went to a school with one of the best marketing programs and the other applicant went to one of the average marketing programs, the applicant that went to the better program should have a better chance to get the job over the other applicant because they went through a tougher educational program. Owen and Sawhill argue,
What we can do is lay out several key dimensions that seem to affect the return to a college degree significantly. These include school type, school selectivity level, school cost, and financial aid, college major, later occupation, and perhaps most importantly, the probability of completing a degree. (Owen and