Is Higher Education Worth the Price?
Xiaoqing Ding
Dr. Haendiges
Engl-1010
6/23/13
Is Higher Education Worth the Price? A recent study shows that less than sixty percent of students can be graduate form four-year colleges. Interestingly, tuition of most of American colleges improves fast year by year. Beth Pinsker said in his article “The message that everyone should go to college does a disservice to the 60 percent of students who do not finish their degrees within six years, according to new research from Brookings Center on Children and Families, a non-partisan research center in Washington. These students end up with debt that is not recouped by higher salaries later in life.” (Pinsker) Many Americans choose to work for money instead come a college to get a degree these years. Does College do not worth its price? I am dis agree with it. I advocate that higher education is a value, preservation, and stable investment in a person’s life. In the first place, colleges have some systemic way to teach you the social knowledge. An unreliable source said that the first college of American was Harvard found in 1636.So College system works four hundred years in American and still doing well today. College knows what kind of people could be success. Therefore, people should trust this system because four hundred years never change it. Also, college can help people find what you are interesting and what you want to do in the future. In addition, college is not only a place for learning knowledge; it is a good place for community as well. Colleges are the best community place for most people; people cannot find a better one. Colleges have thousands of students and instructors, big libraries, and many sports buildings. People can find minded friends in their class. Many people find their company partner in the college. Not only friends, people can find their husband or wife during their study time. In his article, Carolyn Mueller has states that “college was the place for about 20 percent of
Dr. Haendiges
Engl-1010
6/23/13
Is Higher Education Worth the Price? A recent study shows that less than sixty percent of students can be graduate form four-year colleges. Interestingly, tuition of most of American colleges improves fast year by year. Beth Pinsker said in his article “The message that everyone should go to college does a disservice to the 60 percent of students who do not finish their degrees within six years, according to new research from Brookings Center on Children and Families, a non-partisan research center in Washington. These students end up with debt that is not recouped by higher salaries later in life.” (Pinsker) Many Americans choose to work for money instead come a college to get a degree these years. Does College do not worth its price? I am dis agree with it. I advocate that higher education is a value, preservation, and stable investment in a person’s life. In the first place, colleges have some systemic way to teach you the social knowledge. An unreliable source said that the first college of American was Harvard found in 1636.So College system works four hundred years in American and still doing well today. College knows what kind of people could be success. Therefore, people should trust this system because four hundred years never change it. Also, college can help people find what you are interesting and what you want to do in the future. In addition, college is not only a place for learning knowledge; it is a good place for community as well. Colleges are the best community place for most people; people cannot find a better one. Colleges have thousands of students and instructors, big libraries, and many sports buildings. People can find minded friends in their class. Many people find their company partner in the college. Not only friends, people can find their husband or wife during their study time. In his article, Carolyn Mueller has states that “college was the place for about 20 percent of