Higher education

Income gap between men and women (in general), Women who are educated earn more. As a women advances in her career, she will earn more. They earn 56% of what their male colleagues earn for the same type of work. In the U.S., American men have a higher income than women. They earn a median income of $49,398. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, women still earned 77 cents for every dollar that men earned in 2012. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-workforce-india…

9/25/2016 Why Not Go to College? Going to college in this day and age is viewed as a must by a lot of people. Not only teachers, but parents and businesses as well. Even with all this pressure to get a higher education, there still remains a minority who still insist that college education isn’t or shouldn’t be a requirement to make a decent living, myself included. There are probably as many reasons as there are people, but let’s try to narrow it down a bit and take things one step at a…

Education represent one the most efficacious opportunities for individuals arriving from modest means to surpass their less than stellar beginnings. In fact, acquiring a bachelor’s degree has been seen to nullify many of the negative affects that growing up underprivileged creates (Torche, 2011). So, it stands that an individuals looking to journey past adverse beginnings, ought to begin their journey through university halls. Additionally, any government that seeks equitable opportunity for all…

increased to the amount of $15 due to the effects it would have on education, prices, and poverty. Education is said to be the key to a successful and less stressful life. Education is a key source to help determine the compensation that is deserved in a position. Even though, it is said that if minimum wage was increased it would give employees time to actually attend school physically and it would be less of a hassle getting a higher education. In 2002, it was determined that the percent of…

The report goes on to state that among those who decided to further their education, bachelor graduates were most likely to do so especially if they were in a field that they felt would not get them a job immediately after graduation (Statistics Canada, 2014). Of those who did not wish to further their education, over 90 percent of student graduates at the college, bachelor, master’s, and doctorate level had found a job within three years of…

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 knowledge about the things that I am most interested in, while…

ourselves appropriately to adapt to our changing environments. Education is something that is continually growing decade by decade. Looking back you are able to contrast the differences between what education was to what it has become. Post-secondary education has had the most drastic changes over time; specifically how the demand for education has resulted in changes to the demographics of enrollment and the type and level of education attained by students. To begin, we can contrast the…

For most high school graduates there are two options. Go to college or join the workforce. Finances play a giant role on which option a graduate will choose. If college is chosen, how is it going to be paid for? Not every student will have the money necessary to pay for college, so then it is either a student loan or financial aid. Financial aid can be very selective, so that leaves student loans. Will those loans pay off with a degree to have a career that will financially pay off those loans,…

For an individual student, higher education is seen as a place that cultural capital is obtained or challenge, in which students are able to reconstruct their identity in society (Corey et al. 2011). Self-growth for an individual is not only limit to cultural or social growth, but also pertains to career exploration through the courses and the work related experience they are exposed to in higher education. Opening a center for underrepresented students, faculty will…

Over the past few years, the cost of higher education has become unbearable for most. The cost for an opportunity to become more educated is quite frightening. On average, public colleges cost $32,762 while private colleges are priced at $42,419 on average (Bridgestock, 2015). But community colleges, which should be complementary to the people of America, cost $16,325. Colleges should be more convenient and reasonable for the people of America. If a quality education was at least attainable to…