According to the U.S Census Bureau, college graduates that earn an advance degree (higher than a bachelor’s degree) will earn more than a million dollars more than a high school graduate that didn’t go to college over the course of 40 years. This means that a college graduate is able to go on trips, and have a nice car because their job pays more which means that they have a little extra money that they can spend on fun things/activities. For example, Grace Nicholson a close family friend struggled with not making enough money because she hadn’t graduated from college. She and her family were on foods stamps. They needed help paying their bills and they didn’t even have health insurance.
In 2007, 81 percent of the U.S. population owned a cell phone, a 20 percent increase compared to 2002.” In a current figures according to MSNBC Sullivan (2008), “The cell phone industry, ... has some 137 million paying customers in the United States…” The growth for phone ownership is off the charts and along with the enormous sales of the units, technology has kept pace. Cell phones of 2008 have gadgets integrated to make them more desirable and can be as powerful as a laptops with some accessories. Cell phones include a variety of useable devices ranging from cameras, GPS, text messaging, mp3 players and access to the internet. With all this built into a device that will fit into the palm, According to Compu-KISS (2008),
As unemployment numbers continue to drop, the job outlook for college grads is increasing. This comes as good news for millions of new graduates getting ready to enter to workforce t be able to get the full-time job. According to a new Gallup poll, 73% of college graduates are employed as a full-time work that making them to be the group with the highest percentage of full-time employment. Compare to American with some college education, there is only 61% and 58% of those with just a high school degree are working full time. Gallup defines workers who are “fully employed” as those employed full time for an employer or themselves and those who are working part time and not seeking a full-time position.
Which bring up the big question should every American go to college? is gaining a college degree the only way to have a more meaningful richer life? A piece of paper from a college does not gurantee a person anything but having a degree can be a great boost. Early colleges in the U.S. were small and designed primarily for the upper class.At the turn of the 20th century, many more colleges and universities emerged to serve a much larger segment of the population.There are still large disparities between Caucasian and minority groups enrollment in college. Outside of the U.S., a much smaller percentage of students attend college.
Living off campus can also provide more comfort and freedom. Jackie Chen, a sophomore who has lived on campus for two years says, “ I have already live on campus for two years, it spent more than twenty thousand dollars. But if I live off campus that only cost me fifteen thousand dollars.” Jackie is not only one who cares about the financial situation. Matt, a freshman of Pepperdine says, “ My friend study in the University of Arizona and just spends $3000 per semester for living on campus.” Many students complain that the cost for on living in Pepperdine is too expensive. Even though students who live on campus spend more than the students from other schools and students live off campus, they think they enjoy less comfort.
So, case closed. It may hurt to write the checks, or borrow, but college pays. Well, maybe not. According to the College Board, it takes 14 long years before the four-year college grad's income, net of loan payments, starts to beat what the high school grad earns. During all those 14 years, college doesn't pay.
It would be hard to explain why young members of our society have become more addicted to the use of this particular device (cell phone); perhaps we can attribute this to the differences in which they spend their leisure time compared to older members of our society. Older people may prefer to spend several hours watching T.V., while younger people will devote an equal amount of time talking on the cell phone, which might lead us to the answer of why divorce rates are higher on young couples. In recent years, 62 percent of marriages ended in divorce, most of those divorced being under 25. Is it possible that technology has something to do with
Tanner J. 2002, January 11 “Future Job market “CQ Researcher, 12, 1-24 This article about future job market. A survey by career consultancy Hotu.INC found that 32 percent of college students are more interested in public service careers now than they were a year ago, compared with every percent who were less interested. Applications from job seekers now jumped 40 percent. Since this the summer, fifteen percent occurred after September 11.
Both public and private colleges carry much smaller price tags right now, and many of these state schools are now raising tuition every year. Raising tuition gives students a hard time in a tight financial bind. The United States government does provide student loans for college students, but financial student loans only provide temporary relief. Student loans become a painful subject for graduates who received
But this is unfair to the students whose parents make too much annually to qualify for government assistance. If the tuition rates were to stop increasing more students would be able to afford and attend college without the extra needed support from the government. Getting into college shouldn’t be based on how much money you have but on how well you preformed in high school and deserve to be there. It’s not fair or right for someone to have all the money in the world to get into Harvard who isn’t all that intelligent when someone who does get into Harvard but can’t afford to go due to the $55,000 year tuition cost. If all the colleges were on a more even level playing field for cost your acceptance into college would be based solely on your previous academic achievement not who you are or how much money you have.