Murray and Ungar Synthesis In the many recent debates about how to approach higher education, one issue that has constantly appears is the question of students benefiting from a liberal arts based education. Some argue that a liberal arts education is helpful in teaching students the basic life skills, others claim that a more specific field of study is necessary in order to b successful in life. In Ungar’s essay “the New Liberal Arts”, he claims that with a liberal arts education, students can benefit tremendously when they receive their jobs. In Murray’s essay “Are Too Many People Going to College”, he proclaims that a liberal arts degree is not highly recommended because the more difficult careers want students to take classes that are more specific to a job. Sanford J. Ungar and Charles Murray both conduct and display their own opinion towards the facts they learned through their own strenuous research.
“By tying grades to money, we give students incentives not to take risks” (Vogel, 392) that stop them from choosing challenging courses in college. Students find easier courses through word of mouth or websites that previous students rate their professor in. I always ask people who previously took the course I am interested in whether or not I have a chance of passing the course with a C or higher. Students are afraid of putting their grade point average at risk because the grade point average is a component of the application process that helps colleges decide who to accept. .
The passage of the “Pick the Public’s Pocket No More” bill would lower college application rates, lower college graduation rates, and lower our country’s number of new college graduates for open positions in the work force. Without grants, many Americans would not be able to pursue college degrees because of the debt they would acquire financing their degree with loans alone. Federal grants allow young adults, who are the future of our country, to pursue a college degree without the full burden of college debts after graduation. (M) When considering whether or not to pursue a degree, many are persuaded to apply because they often receive grants to assist
Instead of worrying about the pay off the students should be concerned with developing all they can intellectually. The author then expresses their feelings towards multi-year contracts. They tell how tenure plans which would be more beneficial. They believe that professors have no motive to improve their skills when rewarded with tenure plans, for themselves or their students. Another thing mentioned in the article that people who come to teach in a college that are not actually considered teachers.
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 fact, 91% of employers want students who have experience in resolving and working with others, with different opinions, in college. The unemployment rate for Humanities and Arts majors was 9%, while the unemployment rate for Law and Public Policy was 9.2% in 2013. Regardless, the after effects of the recession make it difficult to find employment in any department and does not put liberal arts graduates at a
The ability to tap into the global labor market will make the company more competitive by being able to offer competitive prices on products due to lower overhead cost associated with the offset in the labor cost. Attracting employees to join the company is the better option unless there is a management position that requires exceptional talent to fill the position. Relocation of prospective employees can be costly to the company and there is no guarantee that they will be long term employees of the company. With the company's plans for expansion I would recommend overstaffing. This will allow the company to stock pile talent for future
When a company requires a person to fill a job they could have an open position for they will seek the best person for the job. If this entails a certain level of education or a certain skill the company will have to assign a higher rate of pay. A job that does not require a high level of education will allow for a lower rate of pay. Even though the internally consistent compensation system can be a wonderful thing to add into any company it can pose a big challenge to the companies competitiveness. This system that is founded on the job analysis has lead to a formal structure job descriptions which is how the pay scale the company uses is put in place.
Education has many other positive ripple effects. Statistics show that college educated individuals take better care of themselves, participate in more volunteer activities, and more socially conscience. These qualities can only make a company stronger. Healthier living can improve a company’s health insurance cost, and acquiring better social skills and understanding only enhances the work environment. Similar to the ideal of our Nation, to increase education and accessibility to all, for our country is better when more people get degrees as our company is.
Tuition Reimbursement Implementation Report XCOM/285 February 3, 2013 Tuition Reimbursement Implementation Report What business does not want to increase productivity and profitability, none. Offering tuition reimbursement is an encouraging way to let employees know you believe in them and want to invest in their future both personally and professionally. Tuition reimbursement is a program offered by some businesses that reimburse employees the cost of tuition upon completing eligible college courses. There are a number of benefits for the employee and for the employer, benefits such as tax breaks, retention, improvement on productivity, less turnover, and a swell in morale. University of Phoenix’s online degree program develops
It is interesting that she chose to focus on women when many students and professors were probably keeping a close eye on young men for signs of distress. Hardin makes no mention of Virginia Tech in her article, but it was certainly part of the world in which she was writing at that time. Hardin's article contains no formal documentation of sources. This can damage her ethos with readers. However, as newspapers typically do not use formal documentation within the periodical's pages, and because Hardin does credit her expert sources in text, this may not seriously damage her claim.