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    What is the purpose of college? Today's society people believe college is meant to become financially successful. However, others believe college is meant for self development. Some people think college will help an individual be financially successful because they are able to learn the proper skill and knowledge for a dream job. While other people think college is meant for self development because they discover their strengths and weaknesses. I believe college is a place to gain knowledge and skill

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    A college education in the twenty-first century is easily one of the most crucial things that can make life cruise by at a much more comfortable pace. College is worth the time, effort, and money due to its multiple “bridges” to a better job and life altogether. College prepares you for a “real world” job by connecting you to college related internships, forces you to gain organizational skills, creates a self-worth and independence, and finally the experience is simply worth it. With college becoming

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    reassuring to me because I intend on transferring there when I am finished with Thomas Nelson. Because a college education is important, I will become successful by listening to expert opinion, by developing effective strategies, and also by overcoming my challenges. Most people will agree that a college education is important. According to Robert S. Feldman, a psychology professor, a college education offers many benefits (29). One important benefit is that I will have better communication skills. For

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    Education is the understanding of knowledge, skills, and moral values. It is essential for the growth and development of students. It serves as the direction of the mind of a young adult. A college education is an important stage because it helps students understand and appreciate the importance of education in the society. It is an optional stage of a formal system of education that offers vocational learning. The college experience teaches the young generation to work by preparing them psychologically

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    While College education has a chance of getting you a better job than others, College education isn't worth it because Unemployment rates for recent college graduates with degrees in architecture are about the same for those without a high school diploma -- 12.8 percent. , Recent graduates understandably are frustrated by the fact they're likely to start at a wage lower than the nation's median income, and over 30 percent hold college degrees, with a significant portion of these graduates are not

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    concept of higher education has been around for a long time and today may even be considered the norm for most people in the US or at least pertaining to attending a college and getting a degree after high school. However, for some people, higher education still proves to not be very beneficial or even a detriment to their lives. This is due to the overwhelming amount of debt some people accumulate depending on the path they chose when pursuing higher education. Higher education has impacted me personally

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    Campbell CLA 199-04 11:00 am class- section 03 November 13, 2017 College Education College education is important to me in many different ways. Without college, individuals would not have a successful future. College has helped me strive to reach my full potential and try harder and harder everyday to meet my goals. Getting a college degree guarantees a job and many different opportunities to fulfill your dreams. College education has changed my perspective of life and it influences me to make good

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    purpose of education." Americans tend to prefer a two-syllable synonym, bullshit, for the one-syllable Anglicism, rot-and so we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well functioning bullshit meter. It's a technology that will never become obsolete" (Delbanco 1). A college education years ago was a commodity whereas nowadays many people see it as a necessity. Although in reality there are many purposes for higher education such as

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    Since 1980s, the education in the United States focus on accountability, which makes the country one of the best in education. Recent negative changes in the economies of the world and the U.S resulted in exacerbating long-standing needs for improvements in institutional effectiveness and efficiency, and increase accountability for both. Students and parents are seeking low cost and higher quality programs, in the time that the government facing significant financial pressure. In 2009, public two-year

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    Black in college education Doing much research among this topic it has shown that Black in education or in this case college education has proven that people of color can succeed in anything. My primary focus will be about being female of color in the science field, and how it’s shown that Black female scientist have done extraordinary work to get where they are at. However, there are a handful of critics who believe that Black females can’t be taken seriously or don’t have the credentials. My sources

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