A College Degree

Initial Proposal: Is a College Degree Necessary?College degrees and stable jobs have long been associated with each other. From the time many people reach school age, parents, school counselors, and teachers begin to tell children how important it is to get an education and a college degree. Those students seem to grow up and listen. Fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions “increased 23% between 1995 and 2005.” Between 2005 and 2015, enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions “increased 14% from 17.5 million to 20.0 million.” This shows that more than ever, students are enrolling in higher education institutions after high school (NCES). In addition, 20% of employers that require a bachelor’s degree for a position would also accept a license or certificate for the particular skill, and a bachelor’s degree is equivalent to three to four years of general experience (Schrage).This paper will argue against the belief that people must go to college in order to be successful. I intend to show that a college degree can only guarantee an employer that someone has the knowledge of how to do a particular job. Whereas experience, on the other hand, hopefully gives the employer the assurance that the candidate has the ability to perform the job at a higher level. I plan to research subjective as well as objective articles to help me understand this issue in its entirety. Do we really need a college degree to get a good job? Does a college degree guarantee someone can actually do a better job than someone without a degree? I chose this topic because I realized my hypocrisy related to how I preach to my children to go to college, but I resent that I am forced to go to college in order to secure a promotion that I already have the experience to do and do well. I trained my boss and now that he is retiring, I need a degree in order to take his place. This is ridiculous, in my opinion.Works Cited