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There is little doubt that attending college has the potential of exposing young people to new ideas and relationships and helps promote their critical thinking skills. It also
accords them a relatively safe environment for experimentation and exploration.
Nevertheless, many college graduates report that what they learned on campus was
better described as personal rather than academic development. Likewise, they
report that the real value of college has more to do with developing their identity an
practicing social skills than anything to do with the college curriculum. If you accept
that the prime reason for going to college is to provide a period for pure learning and
maturation of a young person, the decision is made easy as it becomes a question o
affordability for the individual student
s Whatever college graduates want to do, most of them are going to have to adjust
During the upcoming years, according to the US Department of Labor, the biggest
demand will be for jobs that do not need a university degree. Those students who have
gone to college to become urban planners, editors, and college professors will have a
hard time to find jobs related to what they have learned. They may well find that the
only jobs available are sales agents, carpenters, mechanics or cable installers. In fact,
having a university degree may be a barrier to getting these jobs. On the other hand
students who have graduated in specialized fields often find that they have learned a
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