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Data has shown that college graduates have a higher quality of life than those with only a high school diploma. One of the significant reasons against going to college is that after graduating there is a significant huge debt graduates need to pay off. However, according to the article, “College Graduates Fare Well In Job Market, Even Through Recession” by Catherine Rampell, even though college initially costs a lot, college pays off in the end with a return investment of 15.2 percent per year…

Causes of Getting a College Education Completing a college education has become a requirement. Life styles are changing everyday. In the past it was rarely to see people with higher education after high school and they were very special people. However, most people want to complete a college education. Moreover, there are new universities and colleges opening everyday to accommodate the high number of people who want to join. Jobs opportunities, social life development,…

confusion regarding where higher education began. Surprisingly enough, the confusion still exist today, although not as rampart and widespread as the early days. In the Early days, when you could count the number of pupils that proceeded to continue education after the primary level, higher education was often the word used to refer to secondary education. As more people begun pursing education beyond the primary education, there arose a need to distinguish the two. Higher education, simply put,…

Graduating from high school is important in furthering a student's education, making higher salaries in the future possible, and giving more lifetime opportunities. Every year over twelve million students drop out of high school in the United States. Although a large number of students do graduate, the drop out rate is a serious problem. Upon entering school, students are taught that they must stay in school. Maybe it is time to teach students the high price that they may have to pay with…

He believed that African Americans should focus on gradually improving their moral and industrial abilities before developing a higher education. The justification for his belief presumably came from his background in the Hampton Institute; where the school’s Caucasian leaders would teach the same values. Furthermore, Washington became so passionate about the successes of vocational…

pursue the worth of higher education. The reading states that eliminating smoking would eradicate cost associated with providing care to the smokers who suffer from lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema or diabetes. However, when one actually examines the whole and not just the particulars; it can be observed that by eliminating smoking mortality can be reduced, as people would live longer, hence…

Natale and Caroline Doran, Natale and Doran focus on how the priorities of higher education institutions have changed. The authors explain how the shift in these priorities affect the university, faculty, students, learning, as well as possible solutions to these problems. Natale and Doran start off by explaining how the priorities of the universities have shifted from giving students a meaningful education to making higher education more like businesses and how it affect universities and…

Lasch’s Chapter, “Academic Pseudo-Radicalism” begins by offering the tone of higher education, hierarchical and specialized. Lasch argues that one of the most prominent historical aims of higher education was the “democratization of liberal culture.” However, liberal education is not realistic for many students as a result of the increasing tuition costs. Students who do in fact receive liberal education tend to be affluent. Instructors of the affluent, concentrate on a language that focus on…

undocumented students graduating from California high schools each year” (Underground Undergrads, 3). For the kids who end up being students in the Untied States, they end up growing up in a system where they believe they will have a chance in attending a higher education like their peers. The system has worked against them, but since 2010/2011, the rules have changed. Unfortunately, for the new wave of immigrant…

and Business Week. McArdle and Conlin articles are about boys falling behind in college education and girls becoming the lead gender in higher education. McArdle and Conlin argue that event though were the leading beneficiaries’ is education it has change in recent years. Their arguments of the articles suggest that boys today are becoming less interested in higher education due to their ability to learn and succeed in school. McArdle and Conlin also argue that women today are leading to become…