The Graduate

America hear this every day. It is one of the biggest components of the American Dream, but is it true for everyone? Sadly, it is not. “Generation R: The Changing Fortunes of America’s Youth” by Don Peck is in agreement with “Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?” in saying that the American Dream now function as a myth, particularly when discussing success and wealth. The texts concur in that today’s society especially, working hard and succeeding in the classroom is not always enough…

they must pass, and it will determine which university they will attend and which career field they will study such as science, or liberal arts (Kim, Jaeyoung). Furthermore, most high school graduates will attend college, since about 82% of these students attend college after graduation (Glutted with Graduates). This statistic demonstrates the importance of having a college education and how it is necessary for many to have in order to find employment in South…

One reason of how college graduates earn more money is college graduates earn $2.1 million in their lifetime while only high school graduates earn $1.2 million in their lifetime. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, people who graduate with a bachelor’s degree likely earn twice as much as high school graduates. The advantages of obtaining a bachelor’s degree exceeds the cost of tuition. Another reason is college graduates have $800,000 extra in lifetime earnings if attending…

“A high school dropout makes $19,000 a year a high school graduate makes $51,000 a year, a college graduate will make one million more than a high school graduate.”(Janel davis) In two thousand and twelve the study found that high school dropouts made $11.75 per hour that’s four dollars and four cents less than high school graduates, High school graduates made $15.78 per hour that’s twelve dollars and fifty cents less than college graduates which make $28.28 per hour, High school dropouts…

The sponsor’s of this program graduate school, provost office of academic affairs wants to get a report of how the program has helped the graduate students in motivating, training, mentoring them to be future faculty. The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program is offered by center which has to provide report to the provost’s office and graduate school about the program’s effectiveness, success, importance in terms of how the graduate students are getting benefited after they successfully…

Times, some new college graduates struggle to find work. Others accept jobs for which they feel overqualified. Student debt, meanwhile, has topped $1 trillion (Leonhardt 2014). First, college is worth the money in many statistics. A new set of income statistics proves this answers those questions quite clearly and it’s not even close. Leonhardt a journalist conducted a survey and did research for the economist. He states all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year…

to the statistics, “the best studies suggest that the return to an additional year of school is around ten percent”; meaning that hypothetically a high school graduates earning $20,000 would increase their salary by $2,000 per a year of college (Sawhill and Owen). Another fact to consider is that the surplus earnings of the college graduates grow exponentially,…

people who are lucky enough to be accepted into college and graduate have very successful lives. Lead up: ___________________________________________________________________. Thesis Statement: College is definitely worth the cost. Body Paragraph # 1 (Your 2nd Best Reason or sub-argument) Topic Sentence: The large amount of student…

Stanford commencement address. He honors Jobs by quoting him about life’s passions. In his Twitter post, Tim Cook states that “There is no reason not to follow your heart.” This is the exact line from Jobs’ commencement address where he tells the graduates about why they need to find what they love, as reported by Fortune. During the same commencement address at…

States government lost $300 million dollars for each year in grant money and government appropriations for universities in the U.S. Free money that doesn’t have to be paid back simply wasted! Now students who pursed a four-year degree that didn’t graduate within 6 years were responsible for $3.8 billion dollars lost in income. $566 million dollars in lost in federal income taxes, and $164 million gone in state income taxes per year. As the number accumulate, more and more people find college…