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Responding to arguments: the need (or lack thereof) for college education
To begin your responses, please read the following comment attached to the article read in class today:
"That's a good part of the reason I think the writer of this piece is one of the biggest imbeciles I've ever encountered. Lots of people go to college and have even professional jobs as they do that. Some I know do IT work and minor or even major in subjects like history. A simplistic utilitarian perspective may not be the best for gauging intellectual, and/or cultural/personal development. We can't wind up with a country full of illiterates and troglodytes, though we're getting there by leaps and bounds."
Share your opinion on this topic. Do people need college educations? Whether or not they need it, should they have a right to and encouragement toward pursuing and completing college educations? Are there any circumstances in which it is useful to have a liberal studies background? Can you use things you learned in areas which are not your major's curriculum in your daily or professional life?
"That's a good part of the reason I think the writer of this piece is one of the biggest imbeciles I've ever encountered. Lots of people go to college and have even professional jobs as they do that. Some I know do IT work and minor or even major in subjects like history. A simplistic utilitarian perspective may not be the best for gauging intellectual, and/or cultural/personal development. We can't wind up with a country full of illiterates and troglodytes, though we're getting there by leaps and bounds."
Share your opinion on this topic. Do people need college educations? Whether or not they need it, should they have a right to and encouragement toward pursuing and completing college educations? Are there any circumstances in which it is useful to have a liberal studies background? Can you use things you learned in areas which are not your major's curriculum in your daily or professional life?
State of the Union--College Education
Please look into the following pro and con of college education links:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145996448/obama-stresses-importance-of-college-affordability
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2011/06/the-importance-of-college-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/241092/
http://www.importanceofcollege.com/
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cFWNfQlNjAkJ:www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2002/winter/art02.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjmxJjmTSTvLpPCAgnViv6aybUU1aqtwKMxxVHyLDgXMjj_xb1xxBp8dbM-ypW9mX9TOTuTPPo_lTnORf0MbvNF4d6eIHniykfNcDtEzI23vvBi2A_pWkxcGXgy5QpV53LkFYjH&sig=AHIEtbQOmwtrz_LcMGV5MTZBB7OkjKTdYw&pli=1
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2011/11/young_adults_realize_importance_of_college_but_balk_at_costs.html
http://trib.com/opinion/editorial/article_43cbda04-bae4-5b5d-84db-2ecb4daa8e0b.html
Please don't stop at these links. Look for more information on this topic!
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145996448/obama-stresses-importance-of-college-affordability
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2011/06/the-importance-of-college-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/241092/
http://www.importanceofcollege.com/
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cFWNfQlNjAkJ:www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2002/winter/art02.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjmxJjmTSTvLpPCAgnViv6aybUU1aqtwKMxxVHyLDgXMjj_xb1xxBp8dbM-ypW9mX9TOTuTPPo_lTnORf0MbvNF4d6eIHniykfNcDtEzI23vvBi2A_pWkxcGXgy5QpV53LkFYjH&sig=AHIEtbQOmwtrz_LcMGV5MTZBB7OkjKTdYw&pli=1
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2011/11/young_adults_realize_importance_of_college_but_balk_at_costs.html
http://trib.com/opinion/editorial/article_43cbda04-bae4-5b5d-84db-2ecb4daa8e0b.html
Please don't stop at these links. Look for more information on this topic!
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