ENG2601 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 4 August 2025; 100% correct solutions and explanations.

ENG2601 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 4 August 2025; 100% correct solutions and explanations. IS COLLEGE WORTH IT? IS THIS EVEN THE RIGHT QUESTION? by Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum2015 There’s one common question many people ask when considering college: is it worth it? Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum explore whether this is the right question to ask and how college prepares graduates for life after school. As you read, take notes on why the authors claim college graduates are struggling after they leave school. "Lonely Student in Lecture Hall" by Matthieu Joannon is licensed under CC0. Is a college degree worth it? Yes, on average, college graduates fare much better in the job market than high school graduates. This question, however, ignores a more important set of issues: Are graduates getting value for their money? And are colleges preparing students responsibly for smooth transitions into adulthood? There is no doubt, those with college degrees earn substantially higher wages. And even though the recent recession was difficult for everyone, the Current Population Survey indicates that in 2011 , twice as many young adults without college degrees were unemployed as young college graduates. But our research, published in a recent book, Aspiring Adults Adrift, shows that colleges are too often failing to impart students with critical thinking, problem solving and written communication skills that are important to their success in the labor market. FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AFTER A COLLEGE DEGREE We followed close to 1,000 graduates from the class of 2009 across the United States as they transitioned from a range of four-year institutions into their lives after college. Two years after completing college, only approximately half of the college graduates not pursuing full-time graduate studies were employed full-time and earning over US $30,000. Others struggled to various degrees: seven percent were unemployed and 16% worked part-time. Another 30% worked full-time in jobs paying less than $30,000 a year, half of them earning less than $20,000 a year. Considering that most of these graduates had taken out loans to finance their college education and that 30% of those with college debt borrowed $30,000 or more, these job market outcomes can pose a formidable 1 financial challenge. Perhaps not surprisingly, approximately three quarters of graduates were receiving financial assistance from parents and a quarter were living with their families two years after completing college. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ARE CRUCIAL Significantly, the graduates we surveyed in Aspiring Adults Adrift who left college with high levels of critical thinking, problem solving and written communication skills were less likely unemployed and less likely to have a job which required only high school education or less. More specifically, graduates who performed well on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), a test of critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills, at the end of their senior year, were less likely unemployed two years later than those who performed less well. Similarly, graduates who performed well on the CLA as seniors were less likely in an unskilled occupation (positions where the majority of incumbents 2 had not completed even a year of