Higher education: How college prepares you to succeed greatly (or fail miserably) in life 9 Articles

by Carrie Lyell

Your mortarboard is gathering dust in a cupboard under the stairs and hopes of finding your dream job are fading fast. You've come back down to reality with a thud. All of a sudden, you're uttering the words that every Uni...read more

by Bonita Du

As a college student myself, this inquiry couldn't be closer to heart. Contrary to popular opinion, the greatest gift of higher education is not "higher" knowledge, but two sets of skills: interpersonal and intrapersonal a...read more

by A. Major

Looking to higher education as the be-all and end-all of our young existence is like separating the wheat from the chaff. Which is more sustaining? Did we go to university as finishing school after high school, or did w...read more

by Ironda Campbell

The same principles that fostered success for the college student of yesterday are prevalent and viable for today's student. What has changed, I fear, is the absence of the embodiment of those precepts by many of today's ...read more

by Justin Bearden

College is becoming a complete scam. As a person who has earned a Master's degree, I must say that if I had it to do all over again, that is, college and graduate school, I would have questioned more. I have earned two B...read more

by Melvin Richardson

Higher education definitely prepares you to succeed greatly in life if you follow the format or strategy of the SIFE organization. Here is a website you should check out. It's SIFE. www.SIFE.com. What is SIFE all about...read more

by Howard Miller

just watched a two hour episode on 20 - 20, the ABC television magazine. This is not an habitual behavior I find these "investigative" programs somewhat depressing. Their "exposs" are often accurate, genuinely exposing mu...read more

by Marion Boykin

The fact that you worked your tail off to complete your college education does not mean that you will get the job of your dreams. the first thing you will need to learn is that Jobs are based on the business model of suppl...read more

by Kathryn R. Smith

The education system is designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to become functioning, contributing members of society. The United States requires education through the secondary level (graduation from...read more