In Marty Nemko’s article, “We Send Too Many Students to College,” he analyzes and questions whether college is truly worth the money. Marty “holds a Ph.D. specializing in the evaluation of education from the University of California, Berkeley, and subsequently taught there” (martynemko.com) as well as published five successful books. In addition to his novels, he previously was a columnist at San Francisco Chronical and The Atlantic Monthly, also a contributing editor at several other well-known companies. Nemko’s purpose is to convey the idea that, even though there may be reasons one would attend college, the complications overshadow the benefits. He adopts an impassionate tone in order to convince his adult audience to take a hard look at whether it is worthwhile for their children to attend college.…
David Leonhardt, journalist of the New York Times explains in his article “Even For Cashiers, College Pays Off” “Three decades ago, full-time workers with a bachelor’s degree made 40 percent than those with only a high school diploma. Last year it reached 83%” (647) Leonhardt’s article follows the topic of why students should choose college, over having only a High School. Leonhardt makes a strong argument by using resourceful statistics providing good evidence on the benefits of college versus, a High School diploma. Leonhardt not only uses astounding statistical evidence, but he effectively uses testimonial evidence as well, Leonhardt uses expert sources who further add on to Leonhard’s argument, as well. Furthermore Leonhardt, uses analogical…
“Too many people are going to college” by Charles Murray is a very informational article that contains a fresh look at today’s employers and what they look for in their employees. Murray defines the differences and similarities of a traditional university from current times and from past times. Overall, Murray is saying that everyone should not go to college. I agree with Murray’s statement that too many people are being pushed into college when they are not really needed to.…
The article “What’s more expensive than college? Not going to College” written by Derek Thompson appears in the textbook Read, Reason, Write 11th edition by Dorothy U. Seyler. Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic, published this essay on March 27th, 2012. This article’s purpose is to persuade readers that it is worthwhile to go to college. Thompson includes many statistics and graphs pertaining to unemployment and the education status of young individuals around the world to show readers the lack of education in today’s society is costly.…
In the article, "Should Everyone Go To College?" written by Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill, in the Center on Children and Families at BROOKINGS. This article discusses the benefits of a college degree. In this section, you may also find many statistics and arguments over attending or not attending college. For the past few decades, a college degree has been argued as a prerequisite to entering the middle class in the United States. Study after study reminds us that higher education is one of the best investments (Owens and Sawhill).…
When an average high schooler walks into senior year, the students are quickly bombarded by school counselors discussing which four year college they should apply too. At my high school, it was never second guessed whether the student would be attending college but was assumed. Most people have misconceptions that if they do not get a degree, they will unable to obtain a job and have an overall unsuccessful life. In Charles Murray’s, “Are Too Many People Going to College” and Freeman Hrabowski’s “College Prepares People for Life”, the two author both discuss the education system we have in place, however, Charles Murray provides a more convincing argument that college, contrary to popular belief, is just not for everyone.…
In America, college is perceived as one of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime. Since elementary school, students are taught so that they can one day attend to a good college. However, the question is: is college the best option? Many would say that it is, including authors David Leonhardt of The New York Times and Freeman Hrabowski, author of "Colleges Prepare People for Life". Even though David Leonhardt and Freeman Hrabowski both address the idea that college is worth it in the long run, Leonhardt provides a further convincing argument by revealing where exactly college fits into our constantly growing society, using persuasive word choice, and constantly incorporating facts and statistics.…
In Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill’s article, Should Everyone Go to College, published in Washington at the Center on Children and Families at BROOKINGS, Sawhill, and Owen write about the advantages and disadvantaged for attending college. The article goes into detail about how most studies have stated the importance of a quality education after high school. But they also explained how some things go unnoticed, like the fact that not every college graduate or all college degrees are not equivalent. "For certain schools, majors, occupations, and individuals, a college may not be a smart investment" (Owen & Sawhill, 2013). Although going to college is encouraged, some people do not need a college degree to become successful.…
Higher education is more valuable now than ever. With our economic downturn, having a college degree can be the difference of whether or not you can provide your family’s needs now and forever. What we must do as parents, students, and society is teach our children to do as we do not do as we say by setting the right example, the numbers don’t lie. It has to be a community effort, personal effort, and entire effort of the nation. We have to make going to post secondary schooling a priority to our future generations, by making it a priority to…
College may not be for everyone, says the author of “Should everyone go to college?” This essay is full of numbers, showing the difference in a high school diploma and college degrees. Many people may think college is the best choice for everyone. Also, they think the higher the degree the more money you will make. This writer shows that that may not be the truth.…
Today, some students go to school to find an education and get their degrees to follow their dreams. “The students who is not ready for the academic and financial challenges of college is the most common” (Pharinet 690). Some of the students are not ready for college, some cannot afford to go. Others just think it’s a waste of their time. Today’s society, you are not able to find a job without a degree of some kind. Most of the students that begin college drop out in the middle of the semester or after their first year. Not every job is required a degree to work.…
You have a choice to go to college after high school or not, but most people choose to go to college because having a degree makes it easier to find jobs. When people go to college most people go for a bachelor’s degree and there are 59 million people who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In college. So many people go to college each year and some people say college is the best four years of your life and can be true but it will cost you. For most people college is really expensive for all but the richest. In this Passage, I will go through What has changed, College prices/a passage by Marc Joseph from the Huffington post by and my honest opinion.…
Today, nearly every job that ensures some economic security requires a higher education. Individuals with high income have some degree of higher education. The benefits are from higher tax revenues and increased productivity in the work force and are less likely to engage in socially wasteful criminal activity, “need I say more”. When we find what we enjoy doing in life, we find a passionate career path by choice. When we choose the path we want to take, we choose the path to success. A higher education is a way to earn employment skills, a chance to advance up the ladder. In North Carolina 66.7% adults age 25 or older do not have a college degree. 41.3% have completed no more than a high school diploma and 19.6% have completed some college, but…
People spend thirteen years just getting a high school diploma and only to get job that pays very little. Others spend two or more years to get a college degree and more years to get a degree in what they love. In the process they spend a lot of money and most people end up in jobs that get paid a little less than for what they paid for. People that choose to drop out of high school end up working in a low end job or with no job at all, some graduate high school and decide not to go to college. I see people out in the streets begging for money when they should really be going out looking for jobs. People that go to college can get recommended by their professors to another business owner and they get their job that way.…
It used to be a half century ago that completing high school was considered a valuable step towards a successful future. But as years go by we find that views of the past don’t always hold true. Today it is widely accepted that obtaining a college education is equally or even more critical in the pursuit of success than the importance of finishing high school was fifty years ago. The job market in today’s economy has increasingly become more competitive than it has even been and new job seekers are finding that a higher education is needed in order to obtain a well-paying job. Accordingly, the ones who do find a well-paying job right out of high school are realizing that their path doesn’t lead them to anymore steps in the future and without a college degree it is difficult to receive a promotion.…