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The Value of a College Education
Earning a college education provides a lifetime of rewards. Education is an investment in yourself. ... Individuals with a college education have better job opportunities, earn more money and develop skills and knowledge that can never be taken away. Higher education unlocks doors to economic and educational opportunities.
Education is about learning to think and learning different ways to analyze a problem and find a solution. One of the traditional purposes of a college education is to prepare students for a future career in a learned profession (e. ... law, medicine, engineering, science, teaching) but there is so much more that education can provide. ...
The world is changing rapidly, and many jobs rely on new technology so more jobs require education beyond high school. With a college education an individual will have more jobs from which to choose. ... According to the US Census Data (table P-27) in the year 2000 in a person’s lifetime career earnings with a college education were 54% more opposed to an individual with only a high school education. The more desirable jobs with higher salary generally depend on skill and knowledge that education after high school can provide. Education also indicates that those individuals who have attended college receive better fringe benefits, including vacation time and health care, from their jobs (Smeeding, 1983)
College trains students to express their thoughts clearly in speech and in writing and help them to make informed decisions. ...
Surveys by the Public Health Service indicate that those with a college education exercise to play sports regularly at higher rates than non-college participants. ... Evidence of these improved life conditions includes: children of college-educated parents are more likely to graduate from high school and continue on to college; they are more likely to have higher cognitive development; and daughters of college-educated mothers are considerably less likely to become unmarried teen parents (Dawson, 1991; Ribar, 1993; An, Haveman, and Wolfe, 1993)
Having an increased capacity for make informed decisions as consumers in linked to individuals with higher education.
Approximate Word count = 1586
Approximate Pages = 6.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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