To Be or Not to Be Educated Colleges and universities, or more importantly an educational degree in the liberal arts, in today’s society is an important necessity that can help determine students’ goals and future in life. Maybe even calling these institutions or the educational system life itself can be called an understatement. However, there is no doubt that for some people in any part of the world they would risk everything they have in order to receive high-level education and use it to perform better for their future and live a comfortable lifestyle at the same time. But for some people even though they would like to receive a formal educational degree they cannot afford it thus possibly failing in earning a livelihood. There are however,
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Ungar, the president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland from 2001 to 2014, would agree that it is a still a necessity for college students. Ungar believes that a liberal arts degree, a declining major for education, is not only still an affordable degree but is still relevant for first-generation and low-income students. Ungar not only believes this to be true but also debunks various major misconceptions that the general public thought to believe and also tries to argue and convince that having a liberal arts degree is more important in today’s world than it was before. The first misconception that Ungar tries to make people realize is that college students would not be able to afford a liberal-arts degree especially in the face of recession in this day and age. Though it may be true Ungar believes that it is a necessary investment that can lead people out of poverty. The second and third misconceptions in relation to the first one are that people are finding it hard to earn good jobs with a liberal arts degree and that it is also practically irrelevant or useless to low-income and first-generation students. People would be surprised by the number of companies and organizations that actually looks for and requires a liberal arts degree in order to join them. Although it may seem irrelevant to first-generation students that would rather find more practical and easy majors, Sanford believes that because they are first-generation students are more inventive and creative in finding new and original ideas. The next several misconceptions concerning the liberal arts blame its liberal Democrats as the cause of America 's trouble and that the cost of America’s higher education is increasing thus decreasing productivity and finding different ways of innovation. Despite these common misconceptions Ungar believes that the solution lies
Ungar, the president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland from 2001 to 2014, would agree that it is a still a necessity for college students. Ungar believes that a liberal arts degree, a declining major for education, is not only still an affordable degree but is still relevant for first-generation and low-income students. Ungar not only believes this to be true but also debunks various major misconceptions that the general public thought to believe and also tries to argue and convince that having a liberal arts degree is more important in today’s world than it was before. The first misconception that Ungar tries to make people realize is that college students would not be able to afford a liberal-arts degree especially in the face of recession in this day and age. Though it may be true Ungar believes that it is a necessary investment that can lead people out of poverty. The second and third misconceptions in relation to the first one are that people are finding it hard to earn good jobs with a liberal arts degree and that it is also practically irrelevant or useless to low-income and first-generation students. People would be surprised by the number of companies and organizations that actually looks for and requires a liberal arts degree in order to join them. Although it may seem irrelevant to first-generation students that would rather find more practical and easy majors, Sanford believes that because they are first-generation students are more inventive and creative in finding new and original ideas. The next several misconceptions concerning the liberal arts blame its liberal Democrats as the cause of America 's trouble and that the cost of America’s higher education is increasing thus decreasing productivity and finding different ways of innovation. Despite these common misconceptions Ungar believes that the solution lies