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improving on skills and talent in the workforce. Advancing education will create more opportunities for employment and develop more jobs, college education will be crucial in proving more jobs. Since more jobs will require a higher education, the Georgetown University, “project that in 2018, approximately 63% of jobs will require some college education or a degree” (ProCon.org). As jobs are advancing, college education will become a requirement. An increase in the demand for jobs requiring a…

The article that I have chosen to write this essay about is called The Once And future order. It is written by Michael J Mazarr a professor at Georgetown university. In this article he addresses the issue with keeping the Liberal international order. He starts off his introduction with the importance of order. He also states how maintaining it is the center of the United States agenda. Which begins to answer question number one. Mazarr goes into detail in his opening paragraph on how America…

Nicholas Jones a Philosophy professor in the University of Alabama in Huntsville gave a talk about liberal arts in the university which he then wrote, edited, and published it as an article “Liberal Arts, The Advantages Of Being Useless” (2012). He published the article on October 2012, Huntsville AL, on academia, so he was probably targeting students, maybe professors, from all over the world. He wanted every student ,those who want/ are pursuing a degree in liberal arts, those who are still…

caliber players that make their team not only good but might even cause other fans to watch college basketball just to watch the one guy crush the competition and make them TV money for hundreds of fans tuning in. On the USA Today article written by Georgetown alumni Roman Mama he says that all the facts he lists in the article are all reasons why college athletes probably should be paid. He talks about how almost all coaches are paid $1+ million a year to coach, and how the NCAA makes $800…

College Athletes Should Not be Paid Professional sports teams are paid for their performance, but college teams are not. Many are at the schools because of scholarships. Besides, this what makes them different than professional players is, they are younger, not as experienced, and they should also be trying to get an education. That is what makes them different the whole of trying to get an education. Education is what college is for not sports. Many think that college athletes should be paid…

As a current school counselor at Alexander Central High School, a significant problem I encounter on a daily basis is the lack of students understanding the importance of higher education. The Alexander County community at-large, consistently devalues higher education through their attitudes and actions. According to the US Census Quick Facts (2008-2011), “Only eleven percent of Alexander County citizens have a bachelor’s degree or higher education, while twenty-seven percent of North Carolina…

democracy". The author of Are Too Many People Going to College? is Charles Murray who is a libertarian political scientist who can be viewed as having an impressive educational background for he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Harvard College where he studied liberal arts. Here are some arguments that Fan and Murray…

Is College Really Necessary? Throughout America many high school seniors are preparing to go on the journey know as college. Many students and their families are worried about how they will be able to finance college, and whether or not the money they spend will be worth it. The articles, “The Value of a College Degree is More Obvious than Ever” by Akane Otani, “Do the Benefits of a College Education Outweigh the Cost” by Joann Weiner and “Why Should I Go To College?” by collegeatlas.org are…

budget expenses. Time management can be used during college for a student to be successful, nonetheless, it can also be used when the student enters the workforce. Time management is a key tool used is everyday life. A study was conducted at the University of Nebraska to better understand the value of extracurricular experiences on college students (Gill 3). The findings of this study…

On average, it takes a student sixteen years of schooling to get a degree in the major of his or her choice. Believe it or not, with sixteen years of education under a student 's belt, the end result is the obtainment of only a bachelor 's degree, a four year college degree that in this day and age is the minimum requirement to even apply for most jobs. A bachelor’s degree is obtained in four years only if the student starts on time, does not change his or her major, and does well in all of…