Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 345.
He goes on to say in the second misperception, “college graduates are finding it harder to get good jobs with liberal arts degrees”, but “the recession has no differentiated among major fields of study in its impact” (192). Ungar believes students who focus on one particular field of study do not learn necessities such as writing and literary texts, and this puts them at a disadvantage when compared to a liberal arts graduate. While long-standing jobs, such as doctors and lawyers, will not become extinct soon, liberal arts graduates have a better chance of employment in most areas. 95% of employers surveyed would give hiring preference to graduates with skills to contribute in the workplace. 74% would recommend a liberal arts education to a young person they know today, so they will be prepared for success in today’s global economy.
In other words, the contemporary pressure for money influences many lower-income students to enter college with inadequate funds, which ultimately forces them to drop out of college. Meanwhile, many universities struggle with a sufficient response to this alarming collegiate quandary. While Leonhardt fails to accurately represent certain points, his argument is certainly effective at explaining the relationship between education and socioeconomic class that contributes to the alarming rate of college dropouts. In his writing, "The College Dropout Boom," Leonhardt informs his readers that the probability for lower-income students to drop out of college is
Responsive Essay Draft Dual Credit in the Community College By Dr. David Lydic “ Dual Credit in the Community College” is a commentary by Dr. David Lydic stating his doubts about the current dual credit programs in high schools across the country. Dr. Lydic expresses his concern that dual credit classes in high school are not sufficiently rigorous compared to traditional college courses, and that these students are not experiencing a true college level course. However, Dr. Lydic references evidence from numerous studies supporting the benefits of dual credit programs, such as financial benefits, early college graduation, and significantly better performance in college from dual credit students. The problem is the controversy over what Dr. David Lydic believes and the evidence to the contrary presented in numerous studies. Dr. Lydic argues that high school students are not experiencing a real college education.
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
In America: A Narrative History (8th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1047-1052). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Shi, D., & Tindall, G. (2010).
Also stated was that Presidents of colleges were being overpaid. They go on to say Colleges shouldn't have to pay more to get a qualified President to run their school. The President should be pleased with a modest salary and if they aren’t then they probably don't need to have the title anyhow. Another suggestion was that spin-off schools preoccupy faculties and school presidents. They state that it takes away the much needed attention
The article “Who’s Ready for College?” by John Cloud is about remedial classes inclasses that they should not have to pay twice for someone to learn the same material. The real question is: should remedial courses be banned? Also, what are they and why are they even needed? Remedial courses are basically a review of everything you should have learned by 12th grade (Cloud). More than 600,000 freshmen at US colleges this year have been enrolled in at least one remedial course (Cloud).
(New York: Oxford Press) 2006. News, NBC, and news services. "Affirmative action in college admissions? Supreme Court to hear case - U.S. News."
What is Best for YOU ? During your high school years there is this societal pressure put upon students that it is important to attend a four year university. In school teachers and counselors make it important that students meet their A-G requirements to be eligible to apply to a four year university. In the article “On the Uses of Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students” by Mark Edmundson he argues how generations of students are soaked up into the consumer culture before going off to school, treated as customers by universities before the date of their arrival (Edmundson 300). Not only is higher education corrupted by entertainment consumer culture mentality that causes colleges to be run like businesses, but alternatives to four year institutions are ignored.