The
case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation There has been a general conse
that all high school graduates ought to go to
college because college will hel
get a job, earn more money, become"better"
people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go. However,
given the huge cost of attending a university and the shrinking job market, should we
not re-examine the case for college
2 The reality is that college has never been magical for everyone. Now that close to half
our high school graduates are attending college, those who don't fit the pattern are
becoming more numerous. Excess college graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis
3 Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have opex/egun to suggest
that we revise our attitudes and reform the system. College may not be the best, the
Proper or even realistic place for every young person after the completion of high
schoo/. Critics suggest we may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics
upside down through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences
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