...Summary: “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, presents proposals “that might begin to set things right’ (TSIS, 180) in education. Both professors, Hacker and Dreifus, studied institutions and interviewed higher education leaders, policy makers, and students across the country (180). According to their voluntary assignment, they acknowledged at first, their belief that “all Americans can do college work,” which basically provided a thesis for every proposal to follow within their article. Suggestions, such as persuading students to liberate their imagination instead of just focusing on a financial goal after graduating, or “replacing tenure with multi-year contracts” (181) so that all professors begin to take more initiative to improve, gave way to a deeper analysis of specific colleges and their priorities. My Response: In the article, “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, both professors maintains a perspective that is convincing, to a degree. “We believe all Americans can do college work, so universal enrollment should be our nation’s goal” (180). In making this comment, Hacker and Dreifus urge us to do the obvious. Of course everyone should have the same opportunity to be accepted at the collegiate level, but there are several problems that have to be addressed and taken care of prior to the suggestion of this desire for all. If there was universal enrollment, will that lead to...
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...What kind of attribution do people most often make about others? Internal If Little Joey gets punished every time he plays with matches, Joey may develop a negative attitude toward matches. If so, what would social psychologists say best explain Joey's negative attitude toward them? operant conditioning Which of the following is NOT one of the three components of attitudes? Evaluative ________attribution is to person to as ________ attribution is to situation Internal; external Which of the following processes is most likely to lead to increased intrinsic motivation? self-perception processes One problem with using severe punishment to control behaviors is that it | serves as an external justification for "being good", so a child has no incentive to behave when s/he thinks s/he won't be caught | When we conclude that there is something about a situation that is causing a person's behavior, we are making a(n)______ personal attribution ________ refers to the desire to undertake an activity because of external rewards, not because we find it interesting or enjoyable in its own right. Extrinsic motivation In the forbidden toy experiment the boys least likely to play with the forbidden toy robot when later given the opportunity to play with any toy they wanted were those who 6 weeks earlier had been told simply "it is wrong to play with the robot" before being left alone with the toys. | | When people make the fundamental attribution error...
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...well as their parents and teachers, believe acceptance into college is crucial for a successful future. We are taught from an early age that college is the gateway to a happy and beneficial life. Despite popular opinions, college admission is extremely stressful and expensive. Students are forcibly brainwashed into the idea that only through college can they advance their chosen career path. Choosing not to partake in it can diminish their reputation as well as obliterate any chance of getting a high paying job. A contradicting thought would be to believe that college helps students discover their passion, and in turn, advance it. However, this belief does not account for the heavy price attached to the enlightenment...
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...Page 1, Today world, many people would agree that higher education is worth the price, in our society today, students are expected to follow the path of day care, grade school, middle school, high school and hopefully college. Higher education has always been the gateway of accessing higher salary occupation. But the question I have always asked is that does the cost of higher education worth the price? College education is becoming more expensive than ever. Today, it takes 40 percent of their paycheck to go to college. This is an indication that college education cost is on the increase. My uncle Salman was student five year ago, he still paying student loans accrued during his first attempt at completing an undergraduate degree that was defaulted due to the inability to repay the debt. Many college students would feel that college is a waste of money because they do not learn what they want to. Instead they have to take classes that have close to nothing to do with their major but are only taking these classes in Page 2 Order to fulfill a general educational requirement. Higher education could raise the student’s chance of economic success in the future. Some of student should not able to go through college, because they paying for money for college. Americans have always been taught that getting a higher education is crucial to be successful in life, and going to a university is just as important because they think that’s where they will get the best education,...
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...attended the school or they want to increase their diversity population. In A is For Admission, Michele Hernandez mentions some of these discrepancies when explaining that legacies, students who have a parents that attended the university, have a forty percent acceptance rate into Dartmouth in comparison with the typical ten percent acceptance rate (183). Additionally, Hernandez describes athletes have a lower minimum GPA and ACT/SAT than the admitted class (172) and African Americans and Hispanics have a much higher acceptance rate whereas students from Asian descent have increased difficulty getting admitted into Ivy League schools (Hernandez 198)....
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...post-grad debt. Not only are students graduating with enormous debt, the majority are either left without jobs, or working minimum wage jobs and barley able to make ends meet. Somehow, expert opinion still says that college is worth the overwhelming price of admission, but I say, that may not always be the case. Financial aid is supposed to be the governmental system to help families pay for higher education. The amount of money the financial aid office offers you is supposed to pick up whatever you and your family cannot afford. However, what they don’t tell you is that that amount varies year to year, and it is usually less then what they previously offered. “Can you imagine going to purchase a car and being told that the first year you will be paying $X. Next spring we'll tell you what you'll be paying for the next year and so on for the next four years” (Kastberg 1). According to some states, this is classified as unfair business practice and is against the law, yet somehow the government gets away with it. However, it is understood that it is near impossible to give an exact estimate of the amount of aid they will grant you for the next four years. All of the factors that go into determining how much they give you are subject to change, and tuition prices are no exception. Most families are grateful for what little money they...
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...What is the true value of a college education? For students seeking wisdom, the profit may be greater than silver and the gain better than gold, more precious than rubies and sweeter even than the drippings of the honeycomb. Yet for others, the usefulness of a college degree may not be worth the price of the fake sheep’s skin on which it is printed! There are two sides to every argument and the ongoing debate over the value of a college education may have started in 1636, when the first college in the Colonies, Harvard University, opened its doors to the public. The debate continues to this day, with both sides arguing their points and counterpoints, but I believe an appropriate college education is definitely worth the sacrifice. Those...
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...Evan Mandery Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice • Why I'm Skipping My Harvard Reunion (A Call to Action) Posted: 05/06/2014 8:51 am EDT Updated: 07/06/2014 5:12 am EDT In a few weeks, the Harvard class of 1989 will be reuniting in Cambridge. There'll be mini-TED talks, a "Taste of New England Dinner," and a chance to sing with the Boston Pops, but I'll be spending the weekend coaching my son's Little League team and hanging out with my family. Reunions seem unnatural to me. I refuse to participate in the charade of pretending to be surprised to see a classmate, and when I'm asked, "What have you been doing?" as one inevitably is, I never know where to draw the line between "stuff" and the full, self-reflective version one might share with a close friend. I think too much detail implies an exaggerated sense of self-worth and is hence a greater faux pas than too little detail, so I've always hewed closer to the "stuff" version, but this runs its own risk of suggesting you don't think the other person is important enough to merit the full telling of your own story. It's a minefield and, in the social media era, one that's entirely avoidable. I've never been unable to locate an old friend or classmate online. It's particularly easy for graduates of Harvard, which maintains a great alumni website--it's where Facebook started, after all. Anyone interested in me can find my professional record on LinkedIn, family photos on Facebook, and many hilarious tweets. If one wanted...
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...Education: Good Value for the Cost? In these harsh economic times when practically everyone has to ‘trim the fat’, so to speak, from their expenditures it pays to evaluate everything closely. Perhaps the harshest cost facing people is a decent education beyond high school. It is my belief that for the amount of money invested in a college education, the actual education gained is far below an acceptable threshold. “It's more than 500% more expensive to enroll in college now than it was in 1985…the rising cost of college tuition far outpaced the growth of medical costs (286%) and overall inflation (121%) during the same span (Notte).” Another article I read detailed one person’s costs to attend college in 1977 when “At one of New York's state universities, I managed to pay for years three and four with a $500 scholarship, a summer job, and by becoming a resident assistant in year four, plus a $500 federally guaranteed student loan. I finished in 1982 with $3,000 in debt, equivalent to $7,026 in 2012 dollars (Daughter Number Three).” My adopted younger sister lives in Maine and attended the University of Southern Maine, part of a state university system. Her cost of attendance as an in-state student was $20,086 per year of enrollment, for out-of-state students that rocketed up to as much as $32,446 a year, dependent on several factors. That’s three or four times the amount paid by the blogger in 1977, even accounting...
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...As college admission fees continue to skyrocket, the payoff is extremely worth the debt. The money spent is most definitely not being wasted with an investment in a college degree. The debt might seem too much to stomach, but who does not want to earn more money in the long run? Even with the shocking sticker price, students should attend college because college helps you develop into the person you are meant to be, it lets you explore new fields and opportunities, and in a lifetime college attendees receive more money. Many people who are looking to attend college just see it as an educational value. However, there are many other opportunities that can come from attending a college. In college, learning is not just with people from your hometown anymore. Students are combined with people from all over the country, and possibly even the world. There are...
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...2013 Collegiate Payday For quite some time now, there has been a big debate about whether or not college athletes should be paid. Some people, like author, Kristi Dosh, believe that a scholarship should be payment enough (Dosh 52). After all, a scholarship can be easily worth $15,000 - $25,000 or more per year, plus a career after college that can be worth a million dollars over a lifetime. Additionally, student athletes receive all kinds of perks while they are in college, like staying at fancy hotels, being seen on national television, and all of the notoriety that goes with being an athlete. It is hard to put a price tag on all of that. However, considering the fact that certain college sports generate millions of dollars for college athletic programs, many people believe the athletes are being used. If the average football scholarship is worth $20,000 per year, yet the university gains $70,000 per year in revenue per scholarship player, the university will profit $50,000 per year, per scholarship player, or $200,000 over a four year period (Spurrier, 12). The NCAA should establish a rule that gives every college athlete a $1,000 monthly allowance, because college athletes cannot use their scholarships to pay for their many expenses. A story that was told in one of Dr. John Acquaviva’s articles was about a certain player named Roy Finch that spoke out on the topic of college athletes receiving payment. Roy Finch sent out a tweet that said, “I'm tired of thinking it’s time...
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...Is a higher education worth the price of admission ? Unemployment in the United States has been a pertinent issue for the last couple years, and has been perceived as a top priority on Congress’ political agenda. The question remains as to how future generations should prepare themselves moving forward, with regards to their career plans. In other words, how economically sound is it to invest in a higher education. I have decided to explore this topic from different angles. Obviously, the main concern with institutions of higher learning, is financial debt. According to Sam Frizell’s article, “Student Loans are Ruining Your Life. Now They’re Ruining the Economy, Too”, students in the United States are “well over $1trillion in debt, and its starting to hurt everyone.” The reason for this increasing debt, is the result of increasing tuition costs of colleges and universities. Many students who are saddled with an exorbitant amount of debt, are taking longer to pay off their education costs. This issue not only affects the individual trying to pay off his debt, but also adversely affects the economy as a whole, since if students have less money as a result of paying debts, that is less money they will be spending on services and goods. This concept of higher education negatively affecting the economy, goes against conventional wisdom. Obviously, education is generally seen to be vital for the economy, and it is. As Noah Berger and Peter Fisher mention in their article “A...
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...question of formal competence. — Chester I. Barnard, The Functions of the Executive, 1938, 1964 Many of the best companies really do view themselves as an extended family. — Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, In Search of Excellence, 1982 Ann Hopkins was nominated for partnership at Price Waterhouse in August 1982. A senior manager in the firm’s Office of Government Services (OGS) in Washington, D.C., Hopkins specialized in large-scale, computer-based systems designed for government agencies. Her 1982 partnership class included 87 other candidates; Hopkins was the only woman in the group. Price Waterhouse offered partnerships to 47 of them, rejected 21, and placed 20, including Hopkins, on hold. Soon afterward, Hopkins met with the firm’s chairman to discuss the decision and the admissions committee’s recommendations. It had suggested that she be given more work with partners and undertake a quality control review in order to demonstrate her skills and allay concerns about her. In 1983, however, one of her original supporters at OGS said he opposed her renomination and a second OGS partner joined him. Shortly afterward, Hopkins was told it was unlikely that she would ever become a partner at Price Waterhouse. Hopkins then had four options. She could leave the firm. She could join the international area “on the hope of slim chance” she would be proposed for partnership the next year. She could continue working with...
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...Therefore, college tuition fees are set to increase due to the increasing demand for higher education. Being one of the largest institutions in society, there are tremendous overhead costs that need to be covered, such as, cost of supplies, replacements of breakages, and many others. Moreover, there are costs fixated to the tenure system as well. Accordingly, more than half of university staff, in a single institution, are now given tenure. Having tenure, they are offered sabbatical leaves which should be given out every 7th year, but are now given out every 3rd year. However, teachers and lecturers in Canada have one of the most powerful trade unions, which means that often times, their demands are met. As education being an extremely important institution, schools and universities would not be able to function without the teachers. Presently, degrees no longer hold as much worth as they used to in the professional world today, which in turn causes a great deal of graduates falling out of work and going back into classrooms, to obtain a higher degree. According to Inflation Data, "Many students who graduate and can’t find a job initially will head back to the only world they know and the only one they’ve found success in: the classroom. In effect, the college degree costs more while being worth less—inflation.” Cost of college fees are increasing to tackle the issue of...
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...Stupidity is Free. A Degree is Not. A brief history Harvard College was one of the first colleges founded in the United States; upon its conception, the college’s main purpose was to train young men for the ministry. Harvard was modeled after Oxford and Cambridge universities (About Harvard College). During the early 19th century, smaller colleges were founded to help young men transition from rural farms to urban occupations. Prestigious colleges at the time became more exclusive by concentrating on the children from wealthy families, ministers and a few others. Those prestigious colleges and universities are still very exclusive today mainly due to their expensive tuition. Students who attend these colleges are generally from wealthy families, have scholarships for high academic achievements or graduate with extremely high loan debts. In the early 20th century, junior colleges or now known as community colleges were created to prepare students for the final two years of college. Later in the 20th century state colleges were created to provide higher education at a lower tuition cost. Due to the rise of community and state colleges, students now have the opportunity for higher education, and college became part of the American dream for both students and their parents. Over the past, half a century students have been working diligently to prepare for college with the hopes of graduating with a degree that will provide them with the career of their...
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