I think Murray’s point of views will change a lot of people and the way they see education as a primary resource to qualify to get a good job. Murray states “for most of the nation’s youths, making the bachelor’s degree a job qualification means demanding a credential that is beyond their reach” (99). This explains how a bachelor’s degree has impacted most of our youth out there as a requirement to get a job. I agree with Murray that Obama should use his power to reach corporations and for them to consider applicants that may actually have the skills for the job by using certification tests. In Murrays essay he says it best by saying, “Certification test would provide evidence that the applicant has acquired the skills the
Our country prides itself on encouraging its citizens to better themselves through education. (P) While its priority has been high school graduation, many jobs now require college degrees, making higher education more important than ever. While I understand that every American should be expected to sacrifice during this hard time, just as we were in World War II, I feel that this particular sacrifice would put our country in an even worse state. (S) Our work force will not be prepared to handle nor understand the advancements that we have strived so hard to achieve. College is made to prepare students with the newest information possible, so that we can constantly be improving ourselves and be able continue to compete with the world’s leading nations.
This development was concerned with essential social and monetary changes and picked up in ubiquity under two presidents. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson embraced two separate methodologies to dynamic change. Furthermore every one could sway congress to pass enactment in keeping with his adaptation of the dynamic dream. These two individuals, despite the fact that they had distinctive standards as a main priority, had one objective: to roll out improvements to the country for the better of the individuals and the nation. Embarking to achieve this objective, Roosevelt came to be a president of the normal man while Wilson turned into the "better" dynamic president.
Summary of “Universities, governments and industry: Can the essential nature of universities survive the drive to commercialize?” by Simon N. Young Throughout the entry “Universities, governments and industry: Can the essential nature of universities survive the drive to commercialize?’’, the author Simon N. Young, speaks of how since the mid nineteen hundreds, university research has had much change. He speaks of positive changes such as more people attending universities to expand their knowledge, and then goes on to speak of negative changes such as industry and governments getting themselves involved within research. Having these governments and industries becoming involved in the research creates an atmosphere for universities to become more commercialized, therefore defocusing their research on the more needed, or
Kartic 1 Jehrame Kartic John Reimringer EngC1101-94 Feb 15, 2013 The Right Decision "Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off", published in 2011 in the New York Times, David Leonhardt, Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, argues against the case that college is not for the masses. Aside from his passionate belief that the need for college is crucial, he explains the misleading claims about the prices of tuition and follows with showing that the benefits of a degree are substantial even when a degree is not essential within that field because, aside from all else, colleges teach general skills. As he examines the anti-college argument bit by bit, Leonhardt rapidly lays out all the facts and supports them with astonishing statistics. "Three decades ago, full-time workers with a bachelor's degree made 40 percent more than those with only a high school diploma. Last year, the gap reached 83
James Krebs Paper 4 Examples of opposing viewpoints of young conservatives and left-wing radicals in the early 1960’s were portrayed in the Sharon and Port Huron Statements, respectively. The former, which was the groundwork for the creation of the Young Americans for Freedom, urged right-wing youths to reaffirm central values to conservatism and eternal truths given by the Constitution. The statement foremost emphasized every citizen’s God-given free will, and spoke of a government amassed by divisions of power, made to serve the American people with national security. This security would stem from changes in national defense, and would maintain order executively, legislatively, and judicially. The statement, written by M. Stanton Evans,
Woodrow Wilson’s Development in American Business Interest Woodrow Wilson described him self as a conservative, yet did not believe that “government must keep its hands off the workings of the economy” instead he felt government should “legislate to protect workers welfare and to regulate corporations”(9). While at Princeton University, Wilson studied history and political science and envisioned detailed solutions to national problems. While president, he now had the power to solve the issues, which he felt needed reform. During this time the United States was changing into an economic super power, monopolies and trusts were controlling the economy and exploiting workers; there was an obvious need for reform. One of Wilson’s first concerns was to reduce tariffs.
Education in America in 1800’s. Education was always important to Americans. Overall America is the country that prospers from of intellectual achievements each citizen have had achieved. However, our country wouldn’t stand so high on pedestal if it wasn’t for our founding fathers that have established educational system and built world known universities. Unfortunately, many boarding school or college throughout Europe and America required high tuitions and were mainly for males that came from aristocratic families.
In agreement with Samuel Johnson, Samuel Seabury also states that getting away from the British will not be beneficial to us. Seabury claims that staying under British rule will cause no injury to America and that if we were to get away from under their control they would only turn on us as enemies. It may be true that the British will turn on us, my fellow New Yorkers, but it is time for us to
He spent his first term and the beginning of his second term trying to keep the United States out of the war and even attempted at negotiations between the Allies and the Central Powers, but neither side took him seriously nor were willing to compromise for the other. In the election of 1916, Wilson was re-nominated and ran under the campaign slogan of “He kept us out of the war” (Election of 1916). He didn’t agree with this slogan because he doubted in his own ability to be able to maintain peace in this worldwide event. Narrowly winning against his opponent Charles E. Hughes, Wilson was re-elected President of the United States barely winning the popular vote but securing the majority of the Electoral College. The majority of his second term will be outlined by the affects of the war in Europe and the legislation that Wilson made during the wartime.