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Critical Argument Essay College or higher education is something many want to go for after high school but it can be expensive. Some believe that this kind of education should be free. Others disagree with this notion saying it is better the way it is with people having to pay to attend. This debate has been going on for a while and has yet to be resolved. Higher education, however, should be free for several reasons. A few of those being to make it more affordable, make it more accessible, and…

In the book, Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids-- and What We Can Do About It, the title states it all. Hacker and Dreifus disclose the woes and troubles that are happening inside the world of higher education. They are writing as stated by the New York Times on August 18, 2010, “on the state of American higher education and what they perceive as its increasing betrayal of its primary mission — for them, the teaching of undergraduates.” (Knapp). They…

Trivia on Higher Education One morning you wake up realizing that you want to be part of the 14 million students that currently are enrolled in a four-year College and Universities academic program. You are convince that is your ticket for your future economic prosperity, well that is part of the rules, right? Big investment, equal to a superb equity. However, what about those diverse occupations that offer an annual wages of over $50,000 without having a higher education, that means that I…

Race Impact on Access to a Higher Education Race has been a segregating issue that weaves all through history starting in the US with slavery before the Civil War. History has stamped anyone who is not a white person with the label of a minority. In 1954, Brown vs Board of education as a huge landmark for the issues of segregation because the US Supreme Court declared state laws that established separate black and white public schools to be unconstitutional. (Prins, n.d.) This overturned the…

According to Yeager, Nelson, Potter, Weidman & Zullo (2001) in many ways higher education should be seen as a business as it “produces and sells educational services to customer” (as cited by Winston, 1999, p.13). However, at the same time, while education is indeed a business in some retrospect, it should not be regarded as only a business either. Over the last several decades, many economists have attempted to solve the array of issues surrounding the idea that education should be seen as a…

The topic: The importance of higher education General Propose: To persuade and encourage my audience to have higher education by telling them why higher education is important. Thesis Statement: Higher education is very important and valuable, because higher education offers graduates more jobs to choose, it offers many great financial benefits, and it also makes individuals more intelligent. Introduction: i. I am student, education seeker, and someone who have passion to learn something new…

It takes a degree to have an educated voice in the problems facing higher education in today’s society. No longer are the days of a guaranteed of a well-paying job, retirement and advancement. As society changed and the business world becoming more competitive. The value of a degree is no longer held as high commodity, but now looked into more depth for their return. A degree thirty years ago is very different from degrees today. The cost, material, and duration all just a few things that have…

Cole and Zhou (2014) further indicate that the cost of the higher educational learning continues to be of great concern in the case where a quality education is necessary. According to the authors, concerns regarding the cost of higher education continually raise disturbing worries to the public. As such, I chose this topic of the cost of higher education since it evaluates the increase in the cost of higher education over the past five years as an attribute to the reduction of state supportive…

educate themselves on purpose to get higher educational degrees which almost guarantee high-paying jobs so that they can flourish in their lives. Others want education so that they can grow up in terms of mentality and intelligence or even for only enjoyment of learning the world. What Newman defines as true education is the education that is pursued for its own sake rather than the education that has a practical application. What he wants in the system of higher education is “liberal”…

and finding a job. This, however, is not the purpose of higher education. Attending college serves two main purposes: exposure to new ideas and people who seek an environment that facilitates the exchange of these ideas. College brings together people from all different backgrounds and allows for their ideas and biases to be challenged. Through this collision of ideas comes budding innovation or change that would not be possible without higher education bringing people together.When passionate…