...Each decade, Thirty million American children enter high school but only six million of them ever receive a college degree. The remaining twenty four million kids either drop out; complete high school and enter the work force; or attend a community college or university for a couple of years. (TK) College is not for everyone; student’s mindsets are based on parents thinking, the success rate in entrepreneurs vs. technical, universities vs. IT schools, and how college doesn’t equal success. (TK) For a lot of people, going to a four-year college seems like an automatic choice when they graduate from high school. The reason is obvious – higher income. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, a bachelor’s degree accounted for an average of $16,900 in additional income per year compared to a high school diploma ($30,000 versus $46,900). (TK) Over a 30-year career in the workforce, that’s more than a $500,000 difference in earnings. These numbers may not paint the whole picture, however. Due to the increasingly high costs associated with a college education, as well as other drawbacks, more and more people have been considering trade school as an education alternative. (TK) Trade School vs. College: Drawbacks to College Education Length: Four (or More) Years vs. Two Years For starters, a bachelor’s degree typically takes four years of study, which means that people who enter the workforce after receiving their bachelor’s degree aren’t doing so until age 22...
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...“Why college education is important to me” In the current times, embedded with globalization, having a college education is essential to having a successful and fulfilling life. Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”. Achieving a college education will allow me to be more marketable and increase my current standard of living for myself and my family. Through education I will be able to change my life and only accept what’s best for me and my family when making career decisions. Having some mentors in my life has taught me about living life to the fullest - about love, laughter, working hard through self-motivation and having the drive to be successful. A college education is important to having a self-sustainable and fulfilling life. “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” ― Malcolm X. Earning a college education is a clear-cut investment in a long-term sustainable future. At present, college education is a minimum requirement for securing a job in various companies and industries. It provides an overall competitive edge in the workplace. John G. Ramsay, a professor at the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, said that the credentials you gain with a college education "are about setting yourself apart, being employable and becoming a legitimate candidate for a job with a future. They are about climbing out of the dead-end job market, and achieving one of...
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...Lynn McClelland ENG 101 29 February 2016 Online vs. Traditional Education During the final year of high school, the pressure of going to college is at its peak. Drilling into our heads that, college is the best route to go after high school if we want to have a “bright” future. No doubt majority of students go to college directly after, but some end up waiting to go later on. Fortunately, there are other options available today for those who had to wait to go. Online schooling, the ability to get a higher education online, without the traditional classroom setting. Now the burning question, just how much better is online learning anyway? There are many factors in determining whether the online route or the traditional way is better. Things like the cost of education, the academic performance of students, or the environment you wish to learn. Let’s dig a bit deeper to find out just what the facts will prove! The thing today that most people think about before making their decision about which way to go, is the environment that would best suite their current life situations. For instance, “students who freely choose online classes may have different characteristics, like they may be older, or have children, or are employed full time” (Dr. Stack 2015 Learning outcomes in an online vs traditional course pa.9). It is this flexibility that makes it possible for people with these characteristics to get a higher education. Just think about it, if you have multiple responsibilities...
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...Running head: Charter schools vs. Public schools Charter vs. Public Schools Stan Rodrigues Warner Pacific College Abstract I have chosen to write about the differences between charter schools and the public education system. I have been working in the education field for the last eight years. I personally grew up attending private schools until halfway through my freshman year when my parents moved me to Oregon, at which point I began public high school. I immediately began to notice differences. Private schools taught at a higher education level. There was no basic level of education there was only college prep or honors. At Redmond High School there was general education, college prep, then honors. I noticed that it seemed like they were more concerned about moving you on and out of the high school than actually knowing whether you learned anything or was prepared to deal with the outside world. I felt more like a number than an attending student. This exact feeling brings me to where I am now. I have kids and I am not so sure that they are getting the best education possible. My older son had learning disabilities and has been through several programs prior to the fifth grade. He had a teacher who was willing to give him extra attention and all of a sudden by the end of the year he was at level in many areas. He is now in high school and although struggles sometimes he has a great GPA and is proceeding on a college course. I have wondered many times if he really had...
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...to accomplish my educational goals because of my personal obligations. There are many aspects to consider when comparing on-campus learning and online learning. According to a paper entitled “Traditional vs. Online Degrees,” “To compare an online student to a traditional student is like trying to compare apples and oranges” (Sakurai, 2002) . A traditional student has a teacher in front of him/her lecturing, answering questions, and encouraging him/her. An online student receives weekly assignments. Included, are the literature, PowerPoint presentations, and or videos about what they are learning, then a list of homework to get done. In order for online students to get help, they have to write an email or call their instructor on the one day they are available. Because of these differences, it seems that online education would be more difficult, but that is not always the case. A student who has a hard time focusing on homework would not be well suited for an online education because all of the work is done at home. Unfortunately, many students feel that they are not given a real choice, since an online education is not as costly as the traditional route (in most cases). It is important for students to be comfortable with their choice, which means that when choosing a college, it is important to know your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to learning. When a student is a self-paced independent learner...
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...College vs. high school Education, October 16, 2014, Marie Samaan “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark Twain. High school and College is just another part in everyone’s lives that they go through. Almost everyone goes through the two different worlds between high school and college. Most people strive themselves by achieving a form of someone education after high school. College education and high school education have a vast amount of differences between them. When looking at these two establishments of learning, there are many factors that differentiate high school and college. Therefore it is evident that the major differences between a high school education and college post secondary education consists of freedom, age and maturity level, and structure that is provided within these two institution’s of learning. When one attends college it is almost obvious that newfound freedom comes hand in hand with this education opposed to a high school education where one’s freedom is very limited. When attending high school one receives fair amount of discipline, which consists scheduled and structured times and due dates of classes, and preparing one for tests and projects. The students are expected to abide to a schedule that does not change throughout the year. This is the basic routine of high school students that everyday they are expected by teachers to have excellent attendance and that one will face discipline if the attendance isn’t met. When...
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...Elizabeth T. Gonzales English 125 29 January 2013 High School vs College Education is the process of learning and acquiring information, which can be delivered from teachers to students in an educational institution like High school and college, where an excellent education is offered, but they also can have various similarities and differences. To begin, there are many similarities like both are educational institutions assisted by teachers, who evaluate the students by tests and homework, also they have libraries and computer laboratories to help the students to improve their learning activities, however they both can demand time and effort to be successful in them. On the other hand, High school and college have differences, like High school is mandatory and free of charge, but at college the student needs to pay tuition unless he or she is qualified with a grant or scholarship, also in college the student has more freedom to choose the curriculum and pace of study with not set lunch hours, while in High school everything is regimented and told what to do. Finally, students are from different ages at college and can obtain a higher level degree than in High school which most of them are basic general education. In conclusion, even though High school and college can be very different, there are still similarities they share like High school prepares the student for college and college is a mature way of High school and both are educational institutions where the student...
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...Education or Experience? It Depends. Shai Walker Webster University Author Note This paper was prepared for Staffing and Selection HRMG 5800, Section 54, taught by Professor Karns. Abstract Can experience make up for the lack of a degree, or does a degree provide something that experience cannot? Is one more valuable than the other? Talk about a discussion that will have you chasing your tail! It's truly a trap debate because the right answer is "it depends". Whether it's a completely strategic discussion about your organization's policies or a discussion involving a specific position and candidate, this issue continually resurfaces at organizations. And depending on what side of the fence you sit, this issue can be very personal and emotional. Obviously, there are specific cases where the question is debatable. If you need a registered professional engineer to approve plans, the degree requirement is a given. If you're a hospital looking for a surgeon, you're probably seeking someone with a PhD in medicine. However, the scope of positions that may or may not require a degree gets gray pretty fast, and the span is pretty wide. And, no industry is immune to this issue. Keywords: experience, degree, organizations, policies, professional, requirement, industry. Education or Experience? It Depends. Take this scenario: Bob and Joe are both applying for the same job. They each interview well, but Bob has 15 years’ experience and no college degree, and Joe is fresh...
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...COMPETENCIES BETWEEN ADN VS BSN 1 Educational Preparation: Differences in Competencies Between Nurses Prepared at Associates-Degree Level Versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level in Nursing Jenny Curie Grand Canyon University NRS-430V Tara Harris February 10, 2013 DIFFERENCES IN COMPETENCIES BETWEEN ADN VS BSN 2 Competency is defined as the quality of being competent. To be competent one must possess required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity. The profession of nursing requires a skillset and knowledge base that is specific to its kind. There are many options in one’s educational journey to obtain a nursing degree. Nursing is the largest health care profession in our society today with three million registered nurses nationwide (AACN, Nursing Workforce). Along with the growing profession and the ever growing need for quality health care the debate over what qualifies a nurse to be skillful and competent in her profession and what type of education is required is at the for front. What are the differences in competency between a nurse with an associates degree and one holding a baccalaureate degree? Of the three million registered nurses nationwide 50% of those hold a baccalaureate degree while 36.1% have an associates degree, and 13% a diploma (AACN, Nursing Workforce). The quality in which we provide patient care and the need for those in this field to obtain higher levels of education is being discussed. The...
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...Traditional vs. Online Education DeRhonda Foster COM/155 University Composition and Communication I 01/15/2012 Dr. Lisa Dunick Traditional vs. Online Education Are you thinking about returning to school for a degree? Today, there are more options available for those choosing to further their education past high school than there was when I was a teenager. For many years, traditional education has been the choice of most students going to school, but now that online education is available, students are beginning to take that route. There are still a few doubts about the acceptance of online degrees, but whether traditional or online education, they can both be beneficial and rewarding, depending on the time you have, the amount of money you want to spend, and your own learning abilities. Traditional vs. Online Education Traditional Education Traditional education is going to classes in a classroom setting with other students and an instructor on hand for face-to-face interaction. Students have to attend those classes in a designated place, at specific dates and times. They may have to attend lectures and go to laboratories...
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...November 18 2013 Public vs. Private All high school seniors nationwide and even some juniors have heightened responsibility and many more difficult decisions to make. One of the main decisions is deciding on a plan for schooling after finally throwing their caps in the blue sky on graduation night. When considering and picking the most comfortable university for the student, there are many different factors to think long and hard about: seeing if the school offers the major of their choice or something that is of interest to them, deciding on a comfortably located university that fits each student's living situation perfectly, signing up and acquiring financial aid, and deciding on a public or private university. One of the factors mentioned should not be a factor at all. Students should not have to worry about struggling to afford a supposedly better education at a private instution versus a public institution. The major difference between private and public institutions is how they are funded and how they use their funds. (Public University vs. Private College) Public insitutions were mostly founded by state governments as early as the 1800s. (Public University vs. Private College) Because most public universities are founded by public funds, the tuition is significantly lower. This is where public and private institutions differentiate. Private universities rely mostly on tuition and private contributions for funding. (Public University vs. Private College) This fact alone explains...
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...Price, Parkland College Student Subject: Education Research Topic for FA#6 Date: March 6, 2015, (Use Date Proposal is Due) Online Education vs Traditional Education The topic that I am choosing for this assignment is Online Education vs Traditional classroom education. I am choosing this because I am in both online classes and in classroom. I plan to retrieve information from 100 random students at Parkland College to determine which one they see as more fit for them and find an all-around idea to see if the new age of technology is over weighing our traditional ways of in classroom experience. The Value of This Topic in Respect to My Future This topic evolves education and how the students think of education. By doing this it could help me in the future to better understanding my students and better educated them. Finding out what the students do best, could help me as a teacher by making my job easier. This way of finding out what students feel about their education isn’t full proof but can help future teachers make decisions of if they should have an online class, traditional classroom setting, or even both. My Audience My audience would be current teachers for grade levels High School and up. Also my audience would be students who are previously looking to major in education and ones who are looking for a job in the education field. Research question My guided research question is, how has Online Education effected classroom education? Why is this so important...
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...Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling Jill Norris COM155 October 27, 2012 Dr. Melton Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling The grand cartoonist Al Capps once said, “Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.”(Capps) This statement evokes thought of exactly what defines a “school.” Can any place be called a school? Certainly the home can be called a school as there are around 1.5 million children in the United States are homeschooled. Home schooled children are able to practice their religion, can have a different curriculum, and different disciplinary actions, but both can lead to a well educated student. Public schools, even with all of their bad press, are still the most popular way to educate a child (Homeschool Or Public School? 2012) According to www.hslada.org, which provides legal analysis of home school laws, someone that is interested in homeschooling their children should follow the law of the state in which they reside. Laws governing home school education vary by state and according to the 10th Amendment of the Constitution the power to regulate all forms of education belong to the states. Homeschooling is included in this protection. The Constitution states that the federal government is not allowed to interfere with or control public or private forms of education. The progression requirements for home schooled children do differ state by state and the federal government has no laws or...
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...The Associates Degree verse The Bachelor Of Science Degree LaKisha R.Woodmore Grand Canyon University: NRS-430 April 10,2016 Nursing is a profession where you can obtain an education and get hands on training at either a two-year college or four-year college. Each degree leads graduate nurses to sit for boards which is known as the NCLEX. When a graduate nurse has successfully pass the NCLEX then they are officially a Registered Nurse. The difference in nursing is the degree each nurse pursued while attending school. The longer you attend school the higher degree of nursing you will achieve. The biggest percentage of nurses today consist of the Associates Degree of Nursing (ADN) and The Bachelor of Science Degree of Nursing (BSN). According to the American Community Survey 37 percent of nurses obtained an Associate Degree while 44 percent of nurses obtain a Baccalaureate Degree (In Friberg & In Creasia, 2016 pg.28-29). The Associates Degree of Nursing (ADN) is a two-year program taught at several community colleges, as well as private institutes all over the U.S. The severity of the nursing shortage back after world war two had the world in desperate need of nurses. Mildred Montag, a nurse educator back in 1951 proposed a program to prepare nurse technicians with a two-year Associate Degree in Nursing (In Friberg & In Creasia,2016 pg.13). The program covers many nursing courses but it is not as exclusive in theory and research. After doing a study over...
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...| Common Core Standards in Public Schools | Maria Camargo Dr. James Decker English Composition II 02/21/2014 Maria Camargo Dr. James Decker English Composition II 02/21/2014 | | | | | | It is well known that that the United States falls behind other industrialized countries when it comes to testing in science, math, and reading. A publication from Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance exposes that schoolchildren in Chile, Brazil, and Latvia are making advances in academics three times faster than American students. In an effort to better this situation, The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) coordinated the process to develop the Common Core State Standards. In 2009 these entities formed work groups and presented an outline of higher education and occupation ready standards for public remarks from teachers, professors, community, administrators, and parent organizations. Since its initial stages in 2009, the Common Core Standards have raised many debates across the United States. Most of the debates seem to circle around whether the Common Core Standard Tests are beneficial to our educational system, particularly, to teachers and students; just another way for the federal government to monitor and access personal information. Whatever the reasons behind the enactment of “The Common Core Standards”, as of today forty-five states have adopted these standards...
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