College

In Peter Cappelli’s Paper “Why Focusing Too Narrowly in College Could Backfire” Cappelli writes about how students that specialize in college may be doing themselves a disservice. Cappelli writes that the way students are currently going about getting specialized degrees is flawed and can be a creating disadvantages for future efforts in life be it more schooling or finding a job in the fields. Cappelli states that “Schools, in turn, are responding with new, specialized courses that promise to…

There are many reason to why I decide to attend college. At the time I decide to go to college I wasn’t really sure as to what I wanted to do with my life. I knew that I wanted to further my education and become a better role model for my brothers, while improving my own self esteem. I wanted to create a solid foundation for my career and a secure future for myself. Last but not least I wanted to improve my self-discipline. Furthering my education would fulfill my need to learn and achieve the…

For some time going to college was undoubtedly the best option to secure a stable and well paid job. However, as the number of college students has increased many have growing concerns about whether attending college is actually providing the marketed financial security. There is anxiety among prospective college students as they hear the disappointing truth about the job market from those who have graduated before them. The truth that many find hard to believe is that a college education will…

Financial aid is a topic that many American college students deal with. It is something that haunts us for the rest of our lives. A student is very fortunate if they are able to pay in whole for their college every semester, including books, room and board, and tuition. Being from a fortunate family, our parents are willing to pay the first four years of our college as long as we keep hope scholarship. With the use of students loans it is supposed to make college more accessible to teenagers.…

Five years from now I hope to be in college, preferably in a college that is notorious for what I would like to learn. The field I am the most interested would be Marine Biology. There is something so fascinating about the ocean me. I have done some research on colleges that offer the fields I am inclined to choose. In fact, while I’ll was vacationing in Hawaii, specifically on Kauai, the tour guide said that the colleges they have are small, but specialize in that topic. This made me very happy…

College has always been something continuously stressed about ever since middle school. Growing up it has been made well known that you must attend college and get a college degree in order to become successful. Adults would always talk about the part of college which involved getting an education but would rarely talk about the cons of college and the things that came along with going away from home for college. I would have never imagined myself attending my number one college choice, and…

Attending college and the value thereof has dramatically changed along with the market for jobs during the past several decades. And as a consequence of a shrinking base of professions requiring appropriate higher education, the United States has experienced high unemployment accompanying some of those transformations. Although such ominous trends can spell gloom and doom for many, it doesn’t necessarily imply a college education an unwise choice. It does, unequivocally, advocate for cautious…

are two of the best colleges in the Midwest. When choosing which college I wanted to attend, I struggled deciding between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas. Despite their boarding state rivalry, I fell in love with both. The schools have their pros and cons, yet one is not better than the other. At the end of the day, deciding between MU and KU is a personal preference. Choosing between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas for my college education came…

go into college. Doing so cause many incoming college students to be overwhelmed and burned out. According to College Atlas, a website dedicated to providing students with the right information states that approximately thirty percent of University students drop out after their first year in college. College Atlas also mentions that about 70 percent of American students will attend a four-year institute, but less than two-third of students will graduate. Students dropping out of colleges is not…

four-year college institutions, programs that have been made to benefit students have been annihilated due to a district’s budget cuts. Some programs have been budgeted unfairly, like the Fine Arts for example. Another factor of the U.S. education is the rising amount of growing university tuition prices. Although incoming college freshman has risen, the amount of student debt has risen drastically in the last few decades. Some parents are considering the possibility of…