Secondary education

State colleges need be little to no tuition cost for students who want to attend. State colleges who eliminate their tuition for students who live within the state wanting to attend college for a better future. Students will have little to no debt when graduating from college giving students the motivation to attend college. Attending college will become the new norm, just like graduation from high school making the high school dropout rates decrease. Private will have to reduce their tuition…

“College is definitely the right choice for you.” “If you go to college, you 'll earn more money in the long-run!” “You need to have some extra circular activities or you 'll never make it into a good college.” These are just some of the comments made all throughout high school, urging students to attend college or risk dooming their future. However, what people fail to mention are the numerous other opportunities students have after after high school is complete, some of which may even be more…

Congratulations birmingham community charter high school patriots, class of 2016, for making it through all 4 years! As your class counselor, Markel Malykin, I wanted to congratulate you and guide you on your way one more last time. Now all of you seniors who are culminating, are making a huge life decision; should I go to college or go for a career straight out of high school? What I mean by this is are students going to go jump right into the workforce or are they going to take their time now…

A college education is no longer an option or privilege, but it is now considered necessary in order to survive and live a life that is not stricken by poverty. We are practically raised all our lives into believing that one needs college education in order to succeed in and get the most out of life. That statement is not necessarily true because there are people who have never taken a college course and are currently doing better than people who have their bachelor or master’s degrees. There…

In the article, “Why are we spending so much money on college?”, Megan McArdle questions if college education is really worth the investment. The article mainly focuses on the debt that college students obtain due to rising costs. In order to be considered for elite institutions, students must pay to live in a good school district, then they must pay to be part of that institution’s student body. The costs of colleges keep rising due to inflation, so students must take out student loans.…

There are some who don’t think twice about the cost of education and then there are the ones who cancel the application when they hear about the prices. The two articles How the Cost of College Went from Affordable to Sky High by Claudio Sanchez and College is Too Expensive? That 's a Myth by Lamar Alexander will be compared and contrasted on a few topics that seem reasonable pertaining the cost of education for a college applicant. Education has…

Have you ever thought about the amount of money that some celebrities make? They definitely make a lot. According to http://www.eonline.com Justing Bieber made 57 million dollars last year.and that’s not even a lot compared to what others make. That’s a lot of money especially for how young he is. I believe some celebrities get paid way more than they deserve. Some celebrities make their fans happy and others help out society. But I also think that it really just depends on how the celebrity…

S., Newton, D. A., & Thompson, L. F. (2012). Payback time: the associations of debt and income with medical student career choice. Medical Education, 46(10), 983-991. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04340.x http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=9279f432-02a1-478e-ad66-9b3ca78d2f96%40sessionmgr4010&hid=4106&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=80125666 (Kristy L,…

in the trades, working your way up a company ladder, and obtaining a college degree to start a career. So is obtaining a higher education still one of the best ways to secure a future, or has the rising costs outpriced its worth? Would it be more preferable to just join the workforce immediately and risk the chance of not being able to break the barrier of “higher education” in businesses? In this essay I will discuss the public views on these topics, as well the financial benefits and…

Many high-paying jobs in developed countries are in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). For example, in the United States the average annual wages of STEM workers are significantly above the country average (Cover, Jones and Watson, 2011); STEM workers had 26 percent higher wages than their non-STEM counterparts in 2010 (Langdon et al., 2011). In Taiwan, of the top ten highest paying industries in 2011, STEM-related fields took eight places (Marginson et al., 2013).…