Higher Education Act of 1965

going on 13 years now. My journey to where I am now was definitely not without extreme effort and sacrifice. I would have loved it my story went more like the focused high school student who graduates and immediately goes on to an institution of higher learning, gets her BSN degree after just four years,…

really have the do all the process to get that career the right way. In Christopher Caldwell 's essay, “What a College Education Buys”, he talks about the many things that are in occurrence from a college education, and I agree with him in that sometimes you have to ask yourself if an expensive college education is really way of achieving your career? The process of getting and education is fairly simple.…

Recently Obama has proposed a plan to offer free two year community college for responsible students that maintain a part time schedule with a 2.5 GPA. This proposal offers hope to students that want to be successful and need access to the middle class. There is positive effects of this proposal but also drawbacks. According to the documentary “Discounted Dreams” there is a twenty percent increase of enrollment into community colleges that is straining the system. This proposal of free two year…

started from an early age in the realization of my self-endowed privilege over my mothers. In my household the importance of education was always important and seen as a priority but with this being said the background in regards to educational level from my mother it lacked far…

General Education” Michael W. Austin notes, “From my own experience, my undergraduate and graduate education has helped me to be a better citizen, employee, spouse, and parent than I would otherwise be.” Similarly, most General Ed classes can help students become stronger communicators at school, work and in society. Additionally, it can help them be finer, well rounded individuals. Again, students should have choices in choosing what will benefit them…

social problem benefits most people who are wealthy because in order to get a higher education one would need the resources and money to pay for it. America is a credential society. You can only achieve and get ahead depending on what credentials you obtain from school. Those who are poor are not able to afford college and most will not be able to obtain a higher education. People who are not able to get a higher education are not able to get a high paying job. People are then stuck where they…

College education is the great equalizer among all people as it allows people to fully realize their potential and see opportunity. Education also allows a greater appreciation for people and cultures. The lower class has the opportunity to rise up into the middle class and consequently the middle could rise up to the wealthy. Seen from the view of foreign countries, the United States is a country with quality education and families are willing to make the sacrifices to send their children…

their job. Sometimes they find a job they love, but that’s only doing multiple jobs that they have hated. My parents are both lucky to have found a job they love so very much. But my mom went through jobs that she did not like at all. Furthering my education will…

Today there are many ways for a student to earn a post-secondary education. The traditional option for attending in person classes at university or college is still present, but there many students are choosing to earn their degrees through a completely online or hybrid program, which is mostly online but does include some in person courses. No matter which style of earning an education students chose, the main goal associated with achieving a degree remains the same. That goal is for students…

in his new novel Sports and Athletes. He says “We would have to decide whether or whether not, athletes would be paid for how well their performance stacks up to the competition” (108). In simpler terms he says that athletes would be competing for higher salaries than their teammates. Also we have to recognize that not all college athletes can be paid the same. Mostly because the…