A major benefit of going to college is the amount of opportunity that arises from having a degree. This will allow you to have a higher amount of job availability than those who did not complete college. An example will be if a company is looking for someone with a degree, then that will give you the
In the quote by Kevin Abdulraham it explains that if an individual can take any disadvantage whether it is psychical or mental and turn it into an advantage can make the drive in the individual unstoppable. Additionally, Banks-Santilli (2015) explains that students who are entering college feel that they are breaking the continuation of their family’s values (Para. 2). This feeling of betrayal can put an emotional toll on the student if they feel that their family does not support their decisions. Additionally, in “First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College” Ryan Padgett (2012) explained that students whose parents went to college scored higher on cognitive and critical thinking test than a first generation college student (p. 259).
If you feel like college isn’t for you there is still 2 other options besides college. If you didn’t do good in high school college doesn’t get much easier so you’re most likely not going to be successful. Unless you know for sure you’re ready for college you shouldn’t go straight into it. Freshmen go into college looking forward to the year, but 1 in every 3 does not return their second. Out of all the students that take remedial classes 75% will
Having free tuition for college means that more people who cannot afford it now, would end up going. This is a good thing in terms that more people are getting a good education and continuing their educational careers to hopefully obtain good job, but it also decrease the value of a college education. If more people are able to earn degrees, it devalues them. Finding jobs even with their qualifications would be difficult (Should college be free?). This idea would also apply to the students, mainly student-athletes, that work for multiple years to try to perfect their skill and obtain full or half scholarship.
Making college free to all is not going to give the big picture a great return on their investment. Numerous full-time students are graduation at the minimum rate. After they even graduate they can make a decent living for that matter even make more than a student without the college education. Not only will it make taxes go up but the loans they take out are not getting paid for; just digging more in more into a
Some students high school already know what they want to do before they graduate from college. This supports my claim why the dropout age shouldn’t be raised because some students already plan for there future before or at the age of 16. Some students don’t really care for college at all
One of the major decisions that high school graduates face is the choice to attend college or not. Why do students decide not to attend college? For many it is due to economic factors, poor standardized test scores, previously dropped out of high school and received their GED. The societal expectation is for high school students to enroll in college within months of graduation (Bozick & DeLuca, 2005). The advantages to attending college outweigh the benefits of taking time off.
After high school, millions of students start life without any higher education. Many students choose to work over college for many reasons. They either not ready or need to fiancially support their family. There has been debates on whether or not should high school graduates should go straight to college. Many agrues that college is a great investment for the student.
A college degree is now the minimum ticket to get in the door to any white-collar job. Now you have to compete with large numbers of applicants for fewer number of jobs. Likewise, the value of the high school diploma has dropped. There is a big gap between an annual earning and unemployment rate of college graduates and high school graduates. High school graduates are doing even worse financially.
‘Twelve percent of the mail carriers in the United States today have college degrees,’” (Clemmit). Many Americans settle for “high school jobs” because they are unable to find a job that requires the degree that they earned. College graduates tend to receive a higher pay, and are more likely to be hired than someone without a degree, but they are not meeting their full potential. College degrees are not “necessary”, but they can be beneficial when trying to find a job. Many Americans succeed and do just fine without a college