Current economic trends in the United States appear to indicate the percentage of persons living at standards considered to be middle class has significantly reduced. This concern has been debated by the current presidential administration and Congress as a topic interest as significant polarization between classes in the United States impact standards of living. A factor that contributed to this socio-economic change is the loss of manufacturing jobs, core to sustaining middle class standards of living. The requirements needed to work the majority of these manufacturing jobs were also equivalent to the government mandated education levels, the high school diploma. These economic changes are the points of interest as internationally the massification
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This plan would mostly be financially supported by the federal government and the rest would be covered by the participating state. Opponents consider this act to be a costly financial burden put upon the national debt. They blame the current presidential administration of excess spending on entitlement programs that will impact future generations. But, to ensure the future of economic growth there needs to be an investment now in student education. For instance, “it is estimated by 2020, 35% of the jobs will require at least a bachelor’s degree” (Hosansky par. 40). With tuition waiver at community colleges reducing overall undergraduate cost, that money can be saved and spent in the future when the student has a higher paying …show more content…
The impact of international expectations of education levels and skills has increase requirement needed to compete in the current job market. Thomas Billitteri noted, only 39% of US adults have two or four year degrees compared to Japan and South Korea, where more than half (ages 25- 34) hold degrees (par. 7). Increasing education and skill are imperative to compete in today’s job market. Skills training and education available at the community college level can prepare students to enter into the job market with the training needed by employers. Government funded programs that support training or tuition will facilitate an increase access to higher paying jobs and upward mobility, movement that is needed to regain the middle
This plan would mostly be financially supported by the federal government and the rest would be covered by the participating state. Opponents consider this act to be a costly financial burden put upon the national debt. They blame the current presidential administration of excess spending on entitlement programs that will impact future generations. But, to ensure the future of economic growth there needs to be an investment now in student education. For instance, “it is estimated by 2020, 35% of the jobs will require at least a bachelor’s degree” (Hosansky par. 40). With tuition waiver at community colleges reducing overall undergraduate cost, that money can be saved and spent in the future when the student has a higher paying …show more content…
The impact of international expectations of education levels and skills has increase requirement needed to compete in the current job market. Thomas Billitteri noted, only 39% of US adults have two or four year degrees compared to Japan and South Korea, where more than half (ages 25- 34) hold degrees (par. 7). Increasing education and skill are imperative to compete in today’s job market. Skills training and education available at the community college level can prepare students to enter into the job market with the training needed by employers. Government funded programs that support training or tuition will facilitate an increase access to higher paying jobs and upward mobility, movement that is needed to regain the middle