Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission: Is it Really Worth a six figure debt
In today 's society the rule of thumb is after high school you need to start your college education. To attend a four year college and decide your chosen career path. What do you really get out of those four years and is it really worth the price? The expense of a four year degree is probably the second largest expense you will have besides owning a home, so is it really worth it and what are you really getting out of it?
Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, professional authors and professors, authors of "Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission", states that the current education system for the most part has lost its basic mission. Which is to engage the students …show more content…
By ending tenure the current education system would lose nothing but has everything to gain from it. Once a professor reaches tenure there is no incentive to perform well or for him or her to improve there teaching skills. If the author could change one thing this would be first on the list.
They also believe everybody should go to college and should be our countries goal. But for this to happen the authors believe professors should be engaged with their students, this is another area the authors feels needs to improve. "They must become conscientious, caring, and attentive to every corner of their classrooms," (Hacker and Dreifus 180). .
While attending a university the authors wants the students to become more thoughtful and interesting. "But some 64 percent of undergraduate students are enrolled in vocational majors, instead of choosing fields like philosophy or literature" (180). They want the student to stretch his or her intellect and not worry about the possible payoff. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and someone will not get this opportunity again in …show more content…
"Notre Dame has a 13 to 1 student faculty ratio, and only 10 percent of the classes are taught by graduate assistants" (184). For a university famous for football, sports don 't seem to overwhelm it.
They visited Western Oregon University as well, most of its students come from blue collar and a majority are the first to attend college for their families. The university offers to entering freshmen a tuition promise, that there fees will not change for the four years they attend at the university. The energy of the school is focused on one thing, to educate.
This is the name only a few of the colleges that the authors have visited. The authors argument is that going to a university should be a journey, to challenge ones mind, a voyage if you will. They list a few things that what they perceive is wrong with today 's education system. I don 't feel they make a good argument, if someone is going to invest in something in as large as an education, one of there largest investments potentially in there lifetime, it should be not for the adventure but to gain an education in the field they want to pursue. I do feel everybody should have the opportunity to attend college but it’s a privilege not a right. It should not be handed to you, if you have nothing vested in it you will most likely gain nothing from
In today 's society the rule of thumb is after high school you need to start your college education. To attend a four year college and decide your chosen career path. What do you really get out of those four years and is it really worth the price? The expense of a four year degree is probably the second largest expense you will have besides owning a home, so is it really worth it and what are you really getting out of it?
Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, professional authors and professors, authors of "Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission", states that the current education system for the most part has lost its basic mission. Which is to engage the students …show more content…
By ending tenure the current education system would lose nothing but has everything to gain from it. Once a professor reaches tenure there is no incentive to perform well or for him or her to improve there teaching skills. If the author could change one thing this would be first on the list.
They also believe everybody should go to college and should be our countries goal. But for this to happen the authors believe professors should be engaged with their students, this is another area the authors feels needs to improve. "They must become conscientious, caring, and attentive to every corner of their classrooms," (Hacker and Dreifus 180). .
While attending a university the authors wants the students to become more thoughtful and interesting. "But some 64 percent of undergraduate students are enrolled in vocational majors, instead of choosing fields like philosophy or literature" (180). They want the student to stretch his or her intellect and not worry about the possible payoff. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and someone will not get this opportunity again in …show more content…
"Notre Dame has a 13 to 1 student faculty ratio, and only 10 percent of the classes are taught by graduate assistants" (184). For a university famous for football, sports don 't seem to overwhelm it.
They visited Western Oregon University as well, most of its students come from blue collar and a majority are the first to attend college for their families. The university offers to entering freshmen a tuition promise, that there fees will not change for the four years they attend at the university. The energy of the school is focused on one thing, to educate.
This is the name only a few of the colleges that the authors have visited. The authors argument is that going to a university should be a journey, to challenge ones mind, a voyage if you will. They list a few things that what they perceive is wrong with today 's education system. I don 't feel they make a good argument, if someone is going to invest in something in as large as an education, one of there largest investments potentially in there lifetime, it should be not for the adventure but to gain an education in the field they want to pursue. I do feel everybody should have the opportunity to attend college but it’s a privilege not a right. It should not be handed to you, if you have nothing vested in it you will most likely gain nothing from