The Importance Of Education In Post-University Students

Colleges and Universities are institutions of higher learning. These institutions are continuously changing and evolving as means for preparing their students for the ever changing and evolving world. The institutions' curriculums and courses that are offered to the students are reflections of those changes. Higher learning institution's graduate students will learn how to conduct research into new theories, conduct experiments that have never been done and analyze social changes for the betterment of all. Our technological and economic growth is dependent on what types of students the universities and colleges are producing. This is one of the vital aspects of the importance of a higher education.

number one choice of post-secondary routes to take. However, while college is an admirable goal-

In the view of most Americans, a college education has now taken on the importance that a high school education had in the past, and has become a necessary ingredient for a good job and comfortable lifestyle. This value is shared even more widely among African-American and Hispanic parents.*

During the 2011-2012 school year, U.S. public high schools hit an all-time high by having an average four-year graduation rate of 80 percent ("State High School Graduation Rates by Race, Ethnicity"). These rates vary by state, and Nebraska ranks in at about 88 percent, which is above national average. According to the No Child Left Behind Act, issued by President George W. Bush and signed into law in 2002, by the year 2014 all students who had completed their eighth grade year should have been proficient in academic skills. For many years, schools were just shuffling kids through the system without giving them the proper education they need to succeed later in life. Unfortunately this act has not been effective and did not give children the actual education planned. Because of this, we need to reexamine this act and decide if this policy needs to be revoked or more harshly enforced to benefit the children.

Education is an investment. This is the reason we see many people acquire education and become successful. Life is not bed of roses, and some people are unable to get their desired education. This may be due to various reasons such as not having enough money, or taking care of their families and loved ones. However, there are some people who fights with life to achieve their goals and return to college to fulfil it. According the article, “Colleges Embrace Older Students, Part-timers”, Sandra Block discusses that commute daily to college and family dependencies are also major obstacle for non-traditional students beside paying for tuition. Those who lives in remote areas it becomes very difficult to travel college daily. Moreover, people who are married they need to spend time with their spouse and children. Block suggests some solutions to overcome these problems, which includes creating more online interactive courses, opening satellite locations, evening classes and offering scholarships can aid the part-timers to fulfil their dreams. Even though there are several ways to counter the problems of non-traditional students but I suggest creating more online interactive courses will aid them to achieve their dreams.

The primary goal for schooling, from early child learning to graduating college, is to build a well educated and socially acceptable generation for tomorrow’s America. The crucial development of these young children hangs on the shoulders of teachers, parents, and themselves. Most people believe that attaining a proper school based education is what allows children and young adults to grow into responsible and successful men and woman fit to run this nation. However, there are a few key factors that are of high importance when attempting to achieve a useful education.

As the daughter of Muslim immigrants, I grew up watching my parents work unpleasant jobs and long hours. Although my parents were not able to finish school and receive a high quality education, they continuously work hard to ensure that my siblings and I are being educated at the best schools. My mother always emphasizes the importance of education and taking advantage of the opportunities that arise with becoming educated. Since the very beginning, my parents have instilled in me, the love of learning and valuing the essence of education.

Over the course of a student's education they are told by teachers, counselors, and family members that college is the way to success. Students are told that college is the way to getting a stable job which leads to a stable life. The price of a higher education is very high and continues to increase. An average public in-state college tuition in 1997-1998 was around 3,200 dollars a year. This school year the average public in-state tuition has risen to 10,700. The problem is that students are being told that college is a necessity, but the price continues to rise, making it difficult for students to get a higher education. The evolution of society and industry has made the attainment of a college degree less attainable or necessary than in the past.

In terms of an education, the words claiming and receiving have two entirely different meanings. Although both active verbs, the act of receiving in a classroom setting entails little to no action at all. Claiming an education requires an individual to actively seek new knowledge and take it as the rightful owner. Students must engage in a higher-order thinking that “bases itself on creativity and stimulates true reflection and action upon reality” through tasks such as synthesis, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving (Freire 329). Receiving an education, on the contrary, simply relies on memorization or the direct transfer of a common definition into the brain rather than an intuitive understanding— a “banking education,” as Paulo Freire would describe it. With the intent to further explore ideas about “community,” I abandoned the "natural, basic self-centeredness" within me as well as my default setting, and went to an art exhibit.

Students from around the world can come study and have access to these higher learning institutions. As suppose to dating back to the Ancient Greece era when educational studies were for those that were well prosperous citizens. In the United States today, education at a higher learning horizon has been easily accessible which includes college and universities. Students are unconcerned about the quality of the education and conceive to be a repetitive sequence for universities to educate students on the same material on a year to year basis. It is not a about the learning for this education system anymore, it is about getting your degree while graduating on time to began a career profession in the real world, being what you called “street smart,” and have a negative outlook on what higher learning is in the world today.

Higher education is critical in this generation and is very useful for social and economic growth, and stability. In many careers, a higher education of some sort is typically required, and/or preferred. Although many work places require this advanced education, some aren’t in a place to receive it. Whether it deals with financial burdens, family issues, or life not going as planned, many individuals find it very difficult to further their education in order to fulfil their dreams and be successful in every aspect of life.

Education has always been extremely important to me, especially since I am only the second one out of my parents and three sisters to graduate from high school. I have had several obstacles in my way to face, but these hardships make me very determined that I will get my college degree. I am the first in my family to go to college. I come from a family where education was not as important like it is to others. My father is my biggest inspiration. He was less fortunate of being able to finish school. He had a very difficult childhood and had to pick up adult responsibilities at an earlier age in life. He was only able to finish up to the eighth grade. He was the oldest in his family of four other siblings. His dad got very sick and was not able to work and provide for the family like he needed too. This led my dad having to drop out of school at eighth grade to go home to help with other siblings, help his mom with house chores, and work to help with paying bills. My dad can barely read and write, this made it very difficult for him to get good paying jobs. He learned how to be a mechanic working on vehicles, because there is very little to read and write to figure out how to fix a vehicle. He is very good at being a mechanic. This was his career all through out his life and still is to this day working long hard hours. Seeing my dad work so hard all my life inspired me to get a good education. It was difficult as a child to see my dad struggle so much. Our parents could not

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”  This quote provides a positive definition of the functions of an education. True education isn’t defined by the ability to remember words and numbers; it's defined by the ability to think, with character - and I completely agree. This has been the goal of the American people for a long time. Even when coming from a foundation of poverty, many people have been able to rise up from rags and become filled with riches because of an education. But many haven’t been so lucky. For some, a lack of education is a barrier of success. Due to poverty, those who are in the lower-class aren’t always provided with the motivation or the means to succeed academically. Not only that, but in some cases, education isn’t of enough importance for those who don’t have the same opportunities as those who have an educational privilege. In some cases, being raised in a low-income area could be an exposure to a considerably “bad” education, due to low funding and reduced resources for an education. Although having an education provides more opportunities for success and an end to   ignorance, it is often blocked by poverty, poor academic success, and poor teaching; poor teaching can have negative influence to a person's' education.

Education may be referred to as the procedure of facilitating knowledge, beliefs, habits, values, and skills. There exist various methods of education, and they include; training, teaching, and discussions. Thus education may be in two different settings, that is informal education and formal setting. Learning is therefore alienated into different stages; play school, primary school/elementary school, middle school, high school, and University/college. Hence advanced education, which also referred to as post-secondary learning may be referred to as the optional stage of formal learning; that occurs after one has completed their high school education. Accordingly, higher education is mostly offered at Universities, Colleges or institutions of technology. Similarly higher education may also be available to an individual through various College institutions like; the vocational schools, and the trade schools. The human rights as well consider that higher education is the right to every individual who wishes to continue with their studies. Higher education entails; research, teaching, and challenging applied for work, this is in the Universities. Ever since the World War 2 many developing and also the developed countries, have increased the number of people who study higher education. This, therefore, increased the Elite rate up to 15% and the mass rate from 16% to 50%. Hence in almost all the developing countries, the level of the participation in higher education has increased

Over the course of a students education they are told by teachers, counselors, and family members that college is the way to success. Students are told that college is the way to getting a stable job which leads to a stable life. The price of a higher education is very high and continues to increase. An average public in-state college tuition in 1997-1998 was around 3,200 dollars a year. This school year the average public in-state tuition has risen to 10,700. The problem is that students are being told that college is a necessity but the price continues to rise making it difficult for students to get a higher education. The evolution of society and industry has made the attainment of a college degree less attainable or necessary than in