Gutting's Argument Analysis: What Is College For?

What Is College For? By Gary Gutting shows what’s under the skin for college students and professors. Meaning the true definition of the college experience and if it is worth going through all the trouble financially, educationally and morally. Gathering the statistics from previous studies obtained this past year is helpful in his argument showing what students feel after they have completed college and the completion of obtaining a career or not. He claims that the university material leave students unengaged and unprepared for their future career. Many students enter college with the mindset of independent learning will be the bulk of their education, when Gutting is claiming the classroom and its engagement with the students is the most important factor in keeping students in university and prepared for their life and career. In the following paper, I will summarize and evaluate the argument at hand. In conclusion, I accept as true that the premise is successful and will clarify and defend my assessment on college purpose.
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This shows the pros to having a college education helps a person grow more morally and understand different values and cultures from their environment. Still, with this success rate there are students who feel that they have failed because education is expensive and admission to enter a university is unfair. For example, you can have a very high GPA, 4.00 and some research done and not get in while the guy next to you with a 2.80 and some research gets in due to a “random selection” process. This kind of failure is a discouragement to students across the nation. Forcing them to drop out or choose a different career path, making them irritable in the future for not being able to succeed in their