The American goal is to make college affordable, while graduating the students at a low cost. In the article, "Grading Colleges on Access to the American Dream," Leo W. Gerard builds an argument to persuade the audience about the importance of colleges and why it should affordable to students. It is necessary for future students to have this opportunity in order for society to succeed and flourish. In order to persuade the audience to support his claim, Gerard institutes logical elements, emotional aspects, and nationalistic beliefs to sway the audience to believe his claim.
Gerard expresses the importance of college because it gives individuals opportunities to pursue careers that will benefit society as a whole. Colleges and institutions "provide scientists and researchers who discover cures for dread diseases." By allowing entrance to universities, students can develop and make the world better by discovering or inventing new things that will benefit society. It is logical to provide students a foundation to strive towards their goals and overall make the world a better place. Furthermore, colleges and education were responsible for putting "astronauts on the moon." By expressing how the world was able to put people on the moon and overcome expectations, the author makes the audience believe how …show more content…
To prove this point, the author expresses the insane debt, which is calculates "to be a $4 trillion lifetime wealth loss for the students." By doing so, the audience feels sympathy for the massive debts on society and limited opportunities for individuals to purse their dreams. Due to the lack of money, there is a lack of spending and the "non-spending impairs the economy. Not only do students lack opportunity to enter colleges, but the economy suffers, since nobody buys anything and sellers will not benefit from a lack of
Gerard expresses the importance of college because it gives individuals opportunities to pursue careers that will benefit society as a whole. Colleges and institutions "provide scientists and researchers who discover cures for dread diseases." By allowing entrance to universities, students can develop and make the world better by discovering or inventing new things that will benefit society. It is logical to provide students a foundation to strive towards their goals and overall make the world a better place. Furthermore, colleges and education were responsible for putting "astronauts on the moon." By expressing how the world was able to put people on the moon and overcome expectations, the author makes the audience believe how …show more content…
To prove this point, the author expresses the insane debt, which is calculates "to be a $4 trillion lifetime wealth loss for the students." By doing so, the audience feels sympathy for the massive debts on society and limited opportunities for individuals to purse their dreams. Due to the lack of money, there is a lack of spending and the "non-spending impairs the economy. Not only do students lack opportunity to enter colleges, but the economy suffers, since nobody buys anything and sellers will not benefit from a lack of