Essays on College Degrees

A college education should be worth its future investment. Trending developments and high technological means of using ideas and knowledge advance society. A college education helps people have a better standard of living. Thus, modern society places a premium on those who have college degrees, despite its cost and sacrifices. The rapid increase of students in colleges today is a common trend that shows young people want to become better persons in the future. Notwithstanding the cost, many of them are aware that, if they are able to get a good degree and be able to apply their knowledge, ...

Research Question

Are people that attend college more likely to have liberal views on the LGBT community? Conceptual and Operational Definitions There are two variables in the research question. The first, the independent variable, is whether the individual has gone to college or not. College in this case refers to any post-secondary education at a college or university. The operational definition for this research is whether they have completed a two- or four-year college degree. This is a nominal (binary) variable with two answers: yes or no. The dependent variable is the views on the LGBT community. This is defined as ...

‘The end of Men’, by The Sexes

In 1970, a self-proclaimed biologist by the name Ronald Ericson came with a sperm filtration process. He discovered how X-chromosomes could be eliminated from the Y-chromosomes before fertilization process took effect. This discovery never came to be due to the widespread criticism that it received. Men is the dominant gene since time immemorial, women have low population compared to men. This is extended into the workforce area, where, every office consists one lady in every five men. The current statistics in US for the kind of jobs that men and women hold shows that; all high profile jobs are being taken ...

Organization

Abstract The battle of grades as opposed to the battle of wits has always been an intriguing topic for the modern man. There are many people who possess the remarkable skill of attaining their objectives with the help of practical learning and experiences. Patrick Goldstein’s essay, “Tiger Mom vs. Tiger Mailroom”, talks about few of these talented people who made their fortunes on the basis of their skills and abilities despite their seemingly unfavorable academic statuses. Thesis Statement: The practical implementation of a person’s ideologies is what plays the most important role in today’s fast ...

Every degree program at the University must satisfy a certain set of the course requirement as well as other activities connected to the academics. The university ensures the conditions are clear to all the students, and they are easy to follow. It is the duty of the students to employ all the resources that would assist them in meeting the requirements of the University. The university may set requirements in terms of mean grade required for graduation, lecture rate of attendance per student, minimum course units a student should take, lack of proper internship programs, and the submission of the necessary ...

Introduction

The benefits of having a college education are numerous; they range from cultural to financial. Education is regarded as an investment because education activities are expected to have effect upon future performance of those being taught, hence indirectly affect them in terms of their role in productivity and the economy. Therefore, education is a present investment, incurred for the sake of future satisfaction and joys. Personal education is linked to overall economic growth. If future economic development is vague, it can be difficult to persuade parents to allow children to pursue further education (Government reform on Higher Education, 213). Time ...

What is the gender make up of American law enforcement?

According to the newsletter of the COPS office in July 2013, women in law enforcement make up only 13 percent of the force which is already a great improvement from 1970’s figure of two percent.Is it a male-dominated field? In law enforcement, women are perceived to be “too emotional, too passive, or too physically weak for the job”. Women in the force are better received now because compared to men, women are less likely to be involved in citizens’ complaints regarding excessive use of force; thus, there will be less civil actions in the police departments. Women in law ...

Introduction

In recent times, it has been noticed that there is an increasing cost of student loans. This contributes to the doubt as regards to the actual benefits of having a college degree. As a result of this, many now ask the question relating to what a college degree now has to offer especially when there is an increasing rate of unemployment. Some also link the success of several college dropouts to the arguments that a college degree has no special benefits again. Evaluating the dropouts especially from the information technology field, one can easily support the arguments against the need for a college degree.

What college degree is all about

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The article by Nemko titled “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree examines the value of college education to students who attend programs which last four years. According to Nemko, such programs have become very expensive. Having been a counselor in the past, he uses his experiences as counselor to support his assertions. Although his claims are valid, the author fails to acknowledge and address certain facts that that are critical to his claims. For instance, Nemko fails to appreciate the fact that the average income that persons holding college degrees is higher than the average income earned ...

When we are in a youth we are in a mental chaos to select a good college for a four year degree program to build a successful life we go in debts taking student loans up to twenty thousand dollars and more and then worry about paying it off. As the concept of a stable economic future is only guaranteed by a college degree. You either enter a licensed profession like a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or do a PhD. research or even join a big traditional institution like an investment bank or a government office. Keeping all this in mind you opt for the best college where you try to get ...

When purchasing a new apparatus, Companies consider the price of the item, the amount of revenue that the new item can create for the Company eventually, as well as, the scrap value of the new item. Besides, the Company must consider the rate of interest, which the Company uses in computing the present value of the future net income, which can be expected from the new apparatus. The Company will buy the item if the present value is positive, but if the present value is negative, the Company will not purchase the item. Similarly, the decision to go to college ...