College Degree vs. Career Opportunities

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In order to become a critical thinker, it is important to aware of barriers, and acknowledge the trials they present. I plan to demonstrate my mastery of the Critical Thinking course topics and show supported source evidence. I will write about college degrees, I will answer the question; Will is receiving a college degree improve your career opportunities? In doing so, I will use the critical thinking principles / processes of Gathering Information, Evaluating arguments, and Determining credibility and reliability of source information to apply to my chosen question. (Brown & Keeley, 2012) The push to get people to go to college and receive degrees is elevating; every other advertisement on TV and radio is about going to college. Even on the internet the advertisements are on the increase. All calming a degree will get you a job if you are not working, and if you are working a better job and or a promotion. It is a certainty the College Board, the nonprofit organization known for directing the SAT, and college's benefits from this momentum. (Butrymowicz, 24 Apr 2012) Bypassing the substantial net revenues of the colleges and the College Board stand to make, the promise is that better education means great career and a better life. U.S. Census Bureau seem to agree with the premise stated in the ads, saying that for people working full time, year-round, statistics show that employees with an associate degree earn 19% more than those with a high school diploma alone, workers with a bachelor's degree earn 62% more, and those with a master's degree earn almost double the pay. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005). Additionally, skills that employers look for are the primary focus for colleges, especially here at the University of Phoenix. These skills include but are not limited to: the aptitude to work in a team, capability to make decisions and solve problems, capacity to plan,

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