(CRITICAL THINKING) Read the following passage and answer the questions. In a recent newspaper article, I read that the

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In a recent newspaper article, I read that the enrollment offreshman in colleges all over the country is declining. Some ofthis decrease is due to the two years of COVID. During thepandemic, when institutions of higher learning were holding virtualclasses, students delayed their entrance and took jobs that neededfilling. While working, they discovered that the skills that theywere learning were valuable and that postponing higher learning wasnot detrimental. They also discovered that some jobs do not evenrequire college degrees. In the past 60 years or so, we have cometo mistakenly believe that a college education was necessary, andwithout it, how could one succeed? Of course this is not true ashaving a college degree does not guarantee success in life.
Many individuals have thrived without any letters after theirnames. And in the present day, many potential college enrolleeshave made the decision to work and postpone higher learning as theyacquire work experience. Community colleges have seen an increasein their enrollment, especially in courses related to work skills.Finally, we have realised that not everyone should attend afour-year college directly after high school and many peoplesucceed without college degrees. Despite not having collegedegrees, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, Walt Disney, founder ofDisney Corporation, and Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook,became highly successful.
The cost of higher education is truly outrageous, and withoutscholarship assistance, many are unable to attend the school oftheir choice. The total cost of going to college is soaring and italso includes the cost of missing opportunities to make money at ajob. The total cost of going to college means more than tuition,fees, and books; it also includes an opportunity cost which equalsat least four years of missed wages and advancements from afull-time job–about $49,000 for a 4-year degree and $20,000 for a2-year degree. Also, some students have to take up loans to pay fortheir tuition fees and after a gruelling four years and acquiring alarge debt, students find that acquiring a position is moredifficult than they thought because they lack some fundamentaltraining that was not part of their college curriculum. Clearly, the cost of going to college is getting more expensive andis really not worth it. Hence, instead of spending an exorbitantamount of money on tuition fees and living expenses, young peopleshould start working after high school and buy a home.
Many students graduate from college with little understanding ofmath, reading, civics, or economics. Surprisingly, 36% of studentsdemonstrated no significant improvement on Collegiate LearningAssessments after 4 years of college and 30% of college graduatesfelt college did not prepare them well for employment, specificallyin terms of technical and quantitative reasoning skills. Whenspeaking at a Satellite conference in Washington in 2020, the Teslabillionaire, Elon Musk, said that “people don’t need college tolearn stuff” and said jobs at his companies should not require adegree. He added that, “I think college is basically for fun and toprove that you can do your chores, but they’re not for learning,”Musk said. Clearly, there is evidence to suggest that collegedegrees do not guarantee learning or job preparation.
Additionally, student loan debt often forces college graduatesto live with their parents and delay marriage, financialindependence, and other adult milestones. Twenty per cent ofmillennials are homeowners, and most millennials say their studentdebt has delayed home ownership by seven years on average. Student loan borrowers delayed retirement saving, car purchases,home purchases, and marriage. According to research, lessthan 50% of women and 30% of men had passed the “transition toadulthood” milestones by age 30 (finishing school, moving out oftheir parents’ homes, being financially independent, marrying, andhaving children); shockingly, in 1960, 77% of women and 65% of menhad completed these milestones by age 30. It can be argued thatstudent loan debt can cost millennials more than principal andinterest. Getting a college degree has caused young people topostpone major milestones of adulthood.
With either parents or students accumulating debt, to attend afour-year institution creates a real financial struggle, and thereis just so much scholarship money to go around. Higher education isextremely valuable, but it is important that each applicantunderstands that a college degree is not always a ticket tosuccess.
Adapted from the original versionfrom: https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opini ... 5282c45and https://college-education.procon.org/
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