College Education

College Education

3 page minimum before works cited!

• For your third essay, you may choose from one of the topics listed below.If you wish to create a topic of your own, Write a 3-4 page argument.Imagine this is for a professional audience.Do not use first person narrative or personal evidence in this assignment.
• You must use at least two sources for this paper; at least one of them should be Smith, Delbanco, Schneider, and/or the NGA.The second source can also be from this list or an outside source.You may use more than two sources.
• For this essay, you must have a counterargument paragraph in addition to support paragraphs.In other words, you must address or refute your opposition.Remember, you must support your arguments with solid reasoning and textual evidence. Remember to define your terms.
• Please use proper MLA documentation for your parenthetical references and works cited page (this will be graded this time).
• Give your essay an interesting title.

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Here are some questions that should help you formulate a thesis.(You can also generate your own questions to create your thesis).

1. The current economic crisis has raised debate over what type of college education is best for American college students.What type of college education should American college students seek?Why?

1. What is the purpose of a college education?In other words what should the outcome be?Why?

1. The NGA complains that there is a gap between the number of graduates and types of degrees being awarded to American college students and the needs of the workplace.What should be done to solve this problem?

Checklist:

• Did you give your essay a title?
• Did you use two sources (at least one from i provided) to refute/or support your claims?
• Did you include a counterargument paragraph (where you refute your opposition)?
• Did you include support paragraphs?
• Did you frame your body paragraphs?In other words, does each one begin with a topic sentence and end by relating the information back to your thesis?Did you use transition words within the paragraph?Is it clear where the other author’s work ends and yours begins?
• Did you do your works cited page and parenthetical references correctly?

Answer preview

College Education

The phrase “education is key” is a phrase adopted around the globe by a large percentage of the world population. Governments, when coming up with a budget, set aside vast amounts of money to cater for learning institutions especially higher learning institutions. Parents encourage their children to save up for their college tuition fee from a very young age. Students work for good grades to get scholarships to join universities and colleges but the question of the purpose of colleges still gives rise to numerous debates…

 

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