Essays on College Education

Since the dawn of our human civilization, people have been trying to find the most effective way of building their behavior. Historically, the patterns of people’s activity have been directly connected to the society itself. Therefore, the social and political utility of the human operations is one of the determining factors. As a result, the behavior of the community, formed by the patterns of personalities, has become an extremely complex system of reasons and consequence. Hannah Arendt addresses the topic of the human being’s behavior in the context of the political history. The Human Condition is her ...

Running a branch office in the small town with two college-educated colleagues with middle-class backgrounds and three local residents from lower backgrounds will likely be characterized by disruptive challenges that may adversely affect the operation of the office as a team and thus there is a need for effective management. In running a productive and efficient team at work, there is a need to create an effective workplace and enhance positive social relations among the employees. However, the reality is that there are class differences linked to the ambiguous class position of the employees which may be a source ...

The case study shows that the company named BOKF is providing some training on the specific areas to train people to meet the job requirements. As a matter of fact, the persons who are being trained can be more proficient in the areas of training and perform well in the job. However, such trainings are already limited to the professional objectives and it don’t go beyond the college education. The college education has numerous benefits to offer and that benefits don’t exists in such job training. The college education is not only helpful to learn the basic ...

Part 1

Part 2 I agree with Akers & Chingos (2014) that, “increases in lifetime incomes of college-educated Americans have more than kept pace with increase in debt loads.” According to their research, the average household with student debt has experienced an increase in annual income of $7400 while total debt increased by only eighteen thousand dollars. The statistics show that income of educated Americans has been increasing at a faster rate than the increase in student debt and the increased annual income can pay the additional debt within two to three years (Akers & Chingos, 2014). The increase in borrower’s income ...

Influence of Nurture on the Process of Becoming a

Abstract This is a research paper that presents connections between family’s part in the process of becoming a successful adult. It concentrates on answering specific questions: “How do families with all their complexity influence their children’s psychological development since the early childhood? In what way are the family background and students’ academic achievements (successful/unsuccessful life) related?” These questions are answered through analysis of a group of 15 people from different familial backgrounds, each of whom had a simple task of telling about their childhood experience. Information obtained is later compared and contrasted with various scholarly studies of ...

Why do Some Students Fail to Finish College in the U.S.?

Introduction

One of the major reasons why there are individuals who could not attend or finish college is poverty. In the United States, for example, poverty is the biggest hindrance to successfully completing college. Over the past several years, college tuition has increased dramatically. As compared to other primary goods, tuition fee increases almost twice as much while the average income of the majority remains almost the same. In just two decades, it has been observed that college tuition fees have increased by 500% while basic commodities increased only ...

We have recently come to a time where college education has grown to mean little apart from the increasing concern over high college tuition. Maybe it is only fair given the unreasonably huge cost which the colleges are charging, one which is rising even faster than inflation itself. But it is worth exploring the true benefit which is beyond the monetary cost itself here. College is far beyond its worth in money and people from previous generations are quite likely to be in agreement of what college meant and the benefits that it brought into their lives. With all ...

Police officers are responsible for keeping peace in the country. They apprehend and pursue individual who breaks the law, solve issues of the community, enforce traffic law, arrest suspected criminal, investigate crimes and respond to emergencies. They are usually assigned to patrol particular areas to be familiar when inspecting suspicious circumstances. Training is significant before one becomes a police officer as it will expose him or her to a new situation to handle challenging tasks during the career life. I think the best education level of the police should be college degree level. The college degree level is ideal ...

The Cost of Education

Introduction The cost of education has spiraled higher in the recent past, and this trend is not surging down anytime soon. However, the impacts of the high cost of education have restricted a majority of academically potential students in the cold as having no chance to compete for some top-rated Colleges and Universities. Notably, the middle-class has been hit so hard by the rising cost of education since they are not capable of funding their children’s education in the prestigious Colleges, and at the same time not so poor to have the necessary merit for the education subsidies. ...

Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Introduction Business management or being an entrepreneur is one of the interesting jobs but also challenging. Entrepreneurs or business managers face various challenges as they manage their business. Some of the challenges can include coming up with products/services that attract customers, executing different business objectives, recruiting and retention of the right employees and also maintaining a wide range of business laws and regulations. In most cases, entrepreneurs that are most successful in managing their lines of business have a conceptual knowledge in managing business functions. Therefore, it is important for an entrepreneur or business managers to take business management ...

Critical Thinking: Reflection

A college degree increases chances of improving my career opportunities. This is because college degrees involve the deep understanding of the career's main concepts as well as detailed practical on the daily activities involved in my field of study. In particular, the understanding of the concepts enables me to apply those skills to solve different situations pertaining to my field of specialty. On the other hand, practical skills like internship programs and volunteer works widened my experience in the field extensively to enable me to adopt various working conditions. Therefore, extensive understanding and application of the concept coupled with ...

Philosophy

The “Protect Familia” is a social service organization that intends to reduce and eradicate the practice of domestic violence in the global society gradually. As an organization, we believe that the domestic violence has several root causes, which need to address individually. Out systematic framework is based on three essential theories of social work namely empowerment theory, feminist theory, and Object Relations Theory. Inspiring with the philosophy of the “Domestic Violence Prevention Center”, we also believe that a domestic violence is an outcome of structural inequality, destructive upbringing of a child, feminine discrimination, and lack of constructive interaction between ...

Making the decision to obtain a college degree can be quite overwhelming and requires a lot of commitment. However, the general consensus is that the concept of social class in America today is largely determined by the level of education one acquires in life. This aspect can significantly influence one’s destiny and life chances in such a society. For instance, a college degree is becoming more crucial for a person’s career development. Nevertheless, even if the choice to acquire this level is driven by financial or personal preference, it can have extreme outcomes on the line of ...

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine how curriculum impacts students who are considered as at risk. In addressing this research question, it is quite implicit to first determine the prevalence of at risk students. The introductory part of the paper provides a statistical overview of the status of the country’s students who are considered as at risk. The population considered in this paper is only limited to students who have not yet graduated from high school. It also provides a background on how curriculum on pre-college education was developed, particularly in the United States. It also ...

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Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 7

References 10

Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

Imagining a family whose income is $100,000 per year with a burden of repaying student loans, I think it will make perfect sense if the payer defaults. The priorities in a family set up should be listed in an order of necessity and importance, and before one gets to repaying loans, he has to sort expenses like rent and food as well as clothing. Other necessities in this list will include budgeting for gas fuel and other facilitation costs. If the income is not enough to cover for these expenses, then it is perfectly okay for the loanee ...

It is important to first examine the question on the value or importance of a college degree from a financial standpoint. Student debt continues to rise as tuition rates have increased to over 400 percent between the years 1982-2007 (London 361). Without adequate financial support or planning, for many individuals college may lead to overwhelming debt that will not be justified by the jobs that they will obtain. Too often students are graduating college only to find themselves employed in positions that did not require a college degree, yet the student loan payments remain a burden that cannot be ...

Technology plays a key role in the lives of people in modern society. Modern life would not be livable, or at least tolerable, without personal computers, the internet, and cellphones. Certainly, my grandparents and parents did not grow up with the most-up-to-date communications technology, and my grandparents, especially, had no access to any of the modern communications advances that younger generations now take for granted. In 50 or so short years, modern communications technology has dramatically changed the way people socialize, conduct business, go to school, and use entertainment on a daily basis. Moreover, the exponential growth of modern ...

Education is one of the basic requirements for survival today. In the past people used to ignore the importance of education because there were diverse ways of survival. Despite the desire for many adults to acquire knowledge through learning, a challenge of balancing between school and life responsibilities takes the center stage. I believe between college, and life responsibilities is a big challenge for many adult learners especially those with families. The following paper is a synthesis of the problem as a barrier to adult learning. The adult education program in collaboration with adult students and instructors should join ...

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, ...

The American dream has become a fabled idea to everybody around the world envisioning a better life. It represents something that can be attained if a person is willing to work hard enough. The only question today is, does it still exist? While economic and employment disparities will argue whether it does or not, the American population holds on to the dream. Seemingly, it depends on who you talk to. Ephraim Polsky, 89, a Polish immigrant, moved to America with his family when he was six. He did not speak English, and had to be homeschooled by his mother ...

Marchant (2013) wrote the article Management Accounting in the 21st Century: A Profession for Which the Time Has Come, about the growing importance of management accountants in the new century. The author indicates that the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of an economy based on the information age, in which knowledge is a primary source of competitiveness. As the boundaries of traditional industries become a blur, there is a new level of demand for the skills of today`s accountants (Marchant, 2013). Marchant (2013) underline the importance of developing an analytical ability, by assembling a team of professionals ...

Social policy

The skills provided by community colleges are paramount if we are to meet the threshold required for jobs in the future. These jobs will need an associate degree or more, rather than the current jobs that can be done even without the attainment of a college degree. These associate degrees have a credential of two years thus are less expensive and favor the young people from poor backgrounds (Brand & Xie, 2010). The aim of the free community college is to boost an individual’s income through a solid background in education. Given the declining rates of enrollments in colleges, ...

Personal finance

Question 1 Short term goal would be: having a fund for at least six months in case if you lost your job or if you face any circumstances in the short run. Intermediate-term goals: develop good savings and investing habits and establish a financial plan, saving for buying a car, house, and children’s college education and for vacations. Long-term goal: Saving for retirement by start contributing to an employer's 401(k) plan or an IRA or Roth IRA as soon as you begin working, and consistently put money in those retirement accounts and. protecting my assets by gradually ...

The rise in the African Americans inequality in education can be attributed to the lower parental education status for the African Americans; thus, leaving them without same education opportunities as the whites in United States. Children from African American families have lower educational expectations compared to those from White American families because their parents are less educated as compared to their white counterparts. As a result of their low educations status, parents of African American origin set very low educational expectations for their children. The low level of education of the parents of African American origin plays a major ...

The article “Should everyone go to college?” by Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill is highly insightful to the understanding of the significance of college education. A college education cannot be rubbed off at any point. It is a major foundation for young people as they seek to pursue greatness in life. Different people have different views on college education as others have a view that it has been overrated, and some people have thought of it as the only option for successful living (Graff and Cathy 211). Therefore, to others, the college education may be confusion for what is ...

Problem Solving- Scenario One

Problem Solving- Choosing between completing college and taking up a job.

The problem present here is a choice between two options; college education or a job. The new job is out of state which in turn means that to take up the job. I would have to quit college. The job offers attractive benefits including car, housing, and relocation allowances besides an attractive remuneration. The current job does not offer college fees reimbursement but supports my present studies. I am nearing the completion of my studies and nearly taking my last exams, which would be cut short, should I ...

(Student’s Full Name) “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”—H.L. Mencken The above statement made by H.L. Mencken reveals that problem-solving is a complicated process. Furthermore, it shows that the answers or the solutions that arise from complex problems are often complicated. While pursuing my degree at the university, I have noticed that there are some challenges that I need to overcome where that is concerned. An important challenge that I need to overcome is to be able to have sufficient finances to cover all the expenses related to my ...

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 ...

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Income Inequality in America

Introduction Income inequality is one of the most observable trends in the American society today. There are, for instance, super rich Americans with the resources that are exceedingly high compared to the average American wage earner. Over the years, the disparity between the rich and the poor in terms of income has been widening and it is widening rapidly. Income inequalities have become exceedingly unacceptable that it has become one of the most controversial and talked about topic in contemporary American society. In fact, this coming 2016 United States presidential election, one of the key issues is ...

As the Republican and Democratic conventions continue to loom everywhere, none of them has deeply discussed the issue of higher education. This is very unfortunate. The American economic security demands each generation to be educated so as to conquer the environmental, social and technological challenges. This requires a great access to university or college education. The third president of America, Thomas Jefferson, asserted that it is very imperative to have the majority of the population well educated that having only a few individuals being enlightened with the rest of the population being left in ignorance. He was of the ...

Personal Statement

Studying master degree is important in making me think as a business manager. It is helpful significant in comprehending complex business matters as well as think strategically. This can be achieved because master degree boosts one’s business skills, which in most cases, is lacking among business professionals. Additionally, studying master degree in business can boost soft skills, for example, leadership, as well as teamwork, which are crucial characteristics of a business leader. Studying master degree in business makes graduate schools regard me high. The master degree can equip me with skills in research and writing, qualifications employers prefer. ...

Playing sports like football and basketball has always been and remains to be a popular occupation all over the world. Some people go in for sports to keep in fit or just for fun, while others play sports professionaly and cannot imagine their lives without it. For the last category of people, studying in a college or a university is a great opportunity to show their worth, as many higher educational establishments are extremely concerned with sports and support athletes who are willing to play it for their college or university. However, this support has been discussed recently. In ...

The issue of gender disparity is commonly discussed with people raising a concern about how women and men do not have similar opportunities. The world continues to evolve and women today have broken barriers in a number of male-dominated fields. However, there are still issues of disparity in fields of science and engineering. Most women who have pursued a career in STEM-related fields have not joined the science and engineering fields. The following is a look at the statistics showing the existence of the problem, followed by recommendations on how the issues can be addressed. Studies show that there ...

Ruth is a 45 years old married woman. She is also a mother of two teenagers. She seemed normal during the interview although the issue of her being distracted by her sadness was quite evident. She was sad because she feels that there are changes that are imminent in her life. She is committed to her life and family, and since the children will soon move out to move on with their lives, it makes her sad, worried and depressed.

Affective assessment

The client reported that she is feeling that she is losing her meaning and purpose in life. Signs of ...

Introduction

Sustained huger and food insecurity are harmful to all individuals, but hunger is primarily disruptive to children. Good nutrition is of the utmost importance to a child’s growth and wellbeing. Not having enough of the right kinds of food can have serious consequences for a child’s physical and mental health, educational accomplishments and future economic success. One in five kids is facing difficulties in achieving his or her full potential. Hunger among children in America is due to prevailing states of poverty, rather than the availability of food itself (DoSomething.org). Income inequality and the continued marginalization of ...

The exorbitant amount of college education is an issue that has been widely discussed in the past several years. According to reports, more students are discouraged to go to school because it is simply too difficult to do so, especially for median and low-earner families. Those who push through end up saddled with the responsibility of paying staggering school loans and interest for decades, making it difficult to enjoy the fruits of one’s hard work and labor. Some of those who decides to attend school chooses to enroll in narrow technical and job- focused training under the prevalent ...

One way of thinking of education for democracy is considering the civil responsibility of various individuals. To greater heights Benjamin’s work explanation that there are shifts in the social order towards democratic ideals, shaping the aims of the institutions of higher education. The social purpose of education is at once to ensure equal liberty and equal opportunity to different individuals and groups, and enabling citizens to understand, appraise and redirect forces as well as events since this seems as though either strengthening or weakening their liberty. To a greater degree, education is a social imperative. Personal and professional ...

Poverty is a condition that affects too many people around the globe. Those who live in poverty are often disenfranchised and unable to obtain the opportunities to remove themselves from this unfortunate condition. In a world of abundance, where the rich are outrageously wealthy, it makes no sense to see so many go without basic necessities. A common saying, “knowledge is power” is something that still holds true in the world today. Those who understand the world tend to do better in maneuvering around the challenges that exist in the world by seizing and creating opportunities for themselves. One ...

Is there too much pressure to go to college?

Teenagers should be given the option to pursue knowledge with or without college. Education is acquired with the prime objective of gaining knowledge; the colleges are one of the facilitators of knowledge but not the only one. The pressure to enter the college is getting too severe for the teenagers to bear, leading to mental breakdown that brings everything to a naught. There is a need to understand that the adolescents are yet to become mature to withstand the mental pressures coming from different quarters- parents, peers, teachers etc. The pursuit of knowledge is successful only if the push ...

Introduction

The growing cost of college education has raised debates about how viable a college degree is. These debates are further fueled by required knowledge and skill sets required for current job market. Given current unemployment rates (coming in heel of an unprecedented economic recession), investment in college education has not only become a financial burden long after graduation but is also becoming, critically, less rewarding from a job prospect perspective. Indeed, "overeducated" college graduates – particularly ones completing an undergraduate or a higher degree in software engineering or digital media majors – are experiencing particularly painful job experiences, particularly during early ...

Executive Summary

Introduction The family is entering into the property market by developing a four-floor rental building. The rental property will be completed in one year and will have forty units.

Statement of needs

The aim of the family is to gain financial stability in the face of the imminent retirement of the household head, the deficits in the family budget, and the financial struggles to finance the college education of the two children.

Financial Information

The cost of the development is 2,583,000 dollars. The family will seek financing for 250,000 dollars at an interest of 17% to be paid in 5 years. ...

In his essay “ Down with the Four-Year College Degree!” Charles Murray challenges the idea that a college degree is actually able to help young people attain a higher IQ. He argues that this educational system is “implicated in the emergence of a class-riven America” (Murray Par 1). Here, Murray is making the argument that college education is itself a driving factor in the increasingly tenuous class relations that exist within the United States. He argues that a college degree has essentially become a distinguishing class characteristic. While in the past college was seen as something that people attended for ...

The first and foremost reason which is why should be leaning towards the choice is that although college education increases a person’s lifetime earnings considerably, the student is not the only person who takes benefit of the college degree. The education benefits the nation and even the states through the availability of more skilled workers. College education could very well be the one factor which takes America closer to its dreams. Furthermore, despite the financial aid that is available to students from lower income families, there is a far higher percentage of Americans from the higher income families ...

Freshman year at college is one of the most important years in a college student’s life. Primarily, the reason for the importance and the anticipation of going to college is because students are bound to experience more freedom, more competitive education and a wholly different learning experience and atmosphere; altogether a lifestyle that will be starkly different from high school. However, a major question before a first-year college student is, whether they would prefer living on campus or off-campus. This is a topic of concern because many students enroll in colleges that are in a different State or ...

Helen Keller’s The Story of My life

They Story of My Life is an autobiography written by Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor’s degree in arts. Her educational achievement is even more notorious considering that at the beginning of the twentieth century women had limited educational and work opportunities. At 22 and while still a student at Radcliffe College she published her autobiography, The Story of My Life, which had appeared the year before in installment form in the Ladies Home Journal magazine.1 Helen Keller opened the doors to education and opportunity to many blind and disabled people not only in ...

Introduction

Senator Bernie Sanders recently gave his victory speech at Wyoming Wisconsin rally in Laramie last April 5th 2016. The speech given by Senator Sanders in the rally talks about his victory in the Wyoming campaign for his bid presidency. The discussion will highlight the important points in his speech where relevant socio-political issues were mentioned. The important areas of discussion would the pro choices stated by the Senator, his position on gay marriage, min wage hike, free college, and free healthcare. These areas of concern will be examined and personal perception about the issues mentioned will be discussed as ...

Informative Speech

Specific Purpose: Informing the audience on why college education will go a long way in helping every individual in his or her social and work life. Thesis: The education attained at the college level extends beyond the walls of the classroom, as aside from monetary benefits, the attitudes and ideologies gained in campus are significant in life.

Introduction

Attention getter: Frederick Douglass, a self-emancipated slave from the antebellum period, published a Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass a mere seven years after running away from his master. In the text, Douglass depicted what the lives of persons of African ...

Objectives

The study general objective was: The specific objectives were: Hypothesis The study hypothesis was: Demographic and socio-economic status of an individual affect their standard of happiness in a relationship. This resulted in the following null and alternative hypothesis to be tested using the multinomial logistic regression model.

H0: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have no influence on their level of happiness in rapport.

H1: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have an impact on their level of happiness in rapport. Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics are inclusive of the measures of central tendency, frequencies, percentage, measures of dispersion, skewness, and kurtosis. The statistics are used to describe the sampled population characteristics from which a generalization is ...

The Future of Higher Education in U.S.A Vocational education and training in the USA represent the product of an extension of the evolutionary progression. The economic, educational, and social aspects have on many occasions been exerting pressure and influencing on how vocational education is defined, as well as defining when, where, how and to whom this education should be provided. One can define vocational education that teaches students to be practical with attempts of equipping them job or career skill instruction. In this regard, various components are subject to the classification under the umbrella of vocational education. These components ...

Introduction

Recent history, more so, the frequency of economic downturns over the past few decades, has championed the fact that college education is indeed a necessity towards social as well as economic advancement (Hughes, Serebryanikova, Donaldson &Leveritt, 2011). As more people focus on attaining college education, there are challenges that come to light. One of the most prevalent challenge being scarcity of economic means towards establishing direction towards setting out a brighter future path to greater success and opportunity for those from needy family backgrounds (Rondeau, 2007). Without a doubt, tuition fees present needy college students with the largest expense. ...

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Education is an invaluable wealth which transcends race, religion, culture, gender and which everyone must possess. Every person has the right to be educated according to his vocation and interest. Just like any other freedom, education must be enhanced, developed and protected. Unfortunately, some policies of the State are restrictive insofar as the kind of programs and education every university should offer and implement. Hence, the State resolved that Chinese Universities should not be allowed to implement their own chosen academic programs. It is the aim of this paper to refute the policy of the State in ...

There many different occupations in the humanitarian filed that are focused on helping other and improving the modern society. This essay will discover and describe two of them – social work and psychology in order to clarify, what are their specific characteristics, and how they similar or different are. Social work is considered to be a helping occupation, the main goal and role of which is to improve the society’s and people’s well-being with a specific focus on vulnerable groups of population. Social work applies a systematic way of helping groups of people and individuals in order provide ...

Introduction

The aim of any government and society is to promote life where people have fair chances of succeeding depending on their work and adherence to the law. Any society is primarily created to uphold peoples’ life, liberty, and to facilitate their pursuit of happiness. In America, social inequality is predominant and has led to perpetual social stratification and mobility, resulting in erosion of living standards of the people. This paper will discuss and analyze social stratification and mobility in the United States in relation to poverty, race, gender, and education and how they determine individuals’ belonging to a particular ...

Personal Statement

Thanks to my parents I have been always interested in science and learning. They both have Ph.D. degrees, so since my early age, I was present at school gatherings, doctoral meetings or other events which involved intellectual people from the entire country. I grew up not knowing another environment except smart and talented people around me. I learned that education is very important, as it provides people with the ability to think critically and independently, and if one wants to succeed in your life and bring benefit to the society, he or she must understand the power of knowledge. ...

Background of the problem

In practice, insignificant number of the students has the financial resources for compensation of their secondary education to the full extent (PPIC 1):

The cost for attendance of the public four-year college exceeds $20,000 on an annual basis.

In the case of getting a degree from the university or private college, these costs raise up to$30,000 per academic year. That is why, the accessibility of a college education is currently put under the question – as it is estimated by the experts that these prices are going to increase. This trend forces the need of considering the set of different options for the financial assistance (Collegescholarships.org 1).

Major sources of the educational costs’ compensation

Colleges and universities; Federal and ...

In many cases, high schools students start questioning whether the-the college education is significant to their lives. Here is when they start asking about the purpose of college education. Since many students, can manage to generate some income after completing their high school education, many ought not to see the importance of college education. Also, when considering the rising tuition fees in many higher learning institutions, the students may be forced to end their education at high school level and start looking for a living instead of incurring higher education costs. A college education equips individuals with better life ...

The crucial role of obtaining higher education in the changing and ever-challenging environment of the 21st century cannot be underestimated. "Higher education institutions bear a profound, moral responsibility to increase the awareness, knowledge, skills, and values needed to create a just and sustainable future" (Cortese 17). However, the majority of high school graduates are at a loss when it comes to making the fundamental decision of whether to go to college or not. In order to make the wise and rational choice, the above-mentioned options should considered from the three major perspectives: functionalist, conflict, and interactionist. In conformity with ...

Introduction

The American government has in the past sought to ensure that as many of its citizens get access to higher education as possible. This is in an attempt to ensure that there is a skilled workforce to match the demands of its main economic drivers, the service and manufacturing industries (Scherer and Anson, 2014). As such, higher education policies formulated have moved to ensure that community colleges which are the majority in the country reach out to even the rural area inhabitants. Similarly, an agenda has been set towards ensuring that students enrolled into community colleges are able to ...

Broadway Street

Alabama Street Enclosed is my report on the relevance of the SATs in the education system of the country. I have discovered that the SATs are not as effective in the education system as I had thought previously. The SAT is used as a test to gauge the readiness of a student who is about to join college. The test does not effectively test all the fields that are required to assess the readiness of a student to join the university. The SAT as a test does not assess the knowledge that students acquire during their high school education. ...