In “Unpaid Interns, Complicit Colleges,” published in the Wall Street Journal on April 2, 2011, Ross Perlin discusses how college interns are being pointed towards these college jobs even though they're being scammed. Perlin talks about how colleges are for interns being unpaid, while students should get course credit instead. Some colleges that Perlin explained even were reaching out to the Labor Departments in hopes that the Labor Department would disregard the issues with unpaid internships. Perlin claims that colleges are exploiting their students in order to make money. Many schools were violating labor laws and letting their students go unprotected while working. The first analysis, the author tone during the article is concerned, angry, and hopeful. The author is concerned for the students who attend colleges who abuse labor laws. He also seems upset because the colleges seem likes they are in it for the money by selling credits, or not giving …show more content…
The claim is that students are being cheated by colleges, companies, and college internships. These claims were stated in another article which makes Perlin’s article credible. The other article was published in the Atlantic Daily newspaper, Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College Students by Jordan Weissmann. In the article, Do Unpaid Internships Lead to Jobs? Not for College Students Weissmann talks about some of the things that Perlin talks about explaining how internships aren't really helping the students out in the long run. This shows that Ross Perlin isn’t the only one with these claims about college internships. Perlin doesn’t leave out any information he even shows by evidence that some, but not all college have good internships jobs that pay. Perlin did many interviews with students that did internships and majority wasn't happy about it. He shows that he went out for years to gather up information to make sure accuracy was
When people like Clifford examine education, it is not the worth and value they see, but the opportunity for profit. With nearly $5-billion provided from the federal government, for-profits are able to advertise 24/7 availability, along with quick and easy degrees. As stated in the article, “a quarter of all federal aid goes to for-profits, while they enroll only 10 percent of students” (216). Yet, the cost of tuition at for-profit institutions continues to be significantly higher than colleges and universities—leaving many graduates with a lifetime of debt—while maintaining they do not “have any responsibility whatsoever for how much students borrow and whether they can pay it back” (218). What Carey presents as a measure of success proves to show exactly what damages for-profits cause.
The essay “Pass/Fail” by Ron Srigley has valid points and claims within the essay, however, the use of hasty generalization, and appeal to emotion heavily undermine the valid claims of the essay. The claim that universities need to stop treating themselves as businesses and start acting like academic organizations, to better both themselves and students. However, the hasty generalization with the topic of technology and the appeal to emotion undermine the essay’s valid points by making the essay more about the way the author is being ‘attacked’.
At first I thought this was an essay trying to inform us on the issue of college students. As I have read deeper into it I have thought it out to be more of a persuasive essay. The whole essay examples are given in which students and parents whine for better grades. There were five or ten situations brought up where someone would get a B but thought they worked hard enough. By repeatedly giving us visualizations of this she is trying to get a point across. She makes this the main argument in the essay. She is trying to get the point across that kids are ridiculous to ask for a better grade. If the teacher gives them a grade of a B, she clearly means it. Then to add on to that the teachers give in to the child. The main part of school is to learn. If
In the article “College is Not a Commodity. Stop treating it like one,” Hunter Rawlings explains how people today believe that college is a commodity, but he argues that it’s the student’s efforts; which gives value to their education. Rawlings states that in recent years college has been looked at in economic terms, lowering its worth to something people must have instead of earn. As a professor Rawlings has learned that the quality of education has nothing to do with the school or the curriculum, but rather the student’s efforts and work ethic. Rawlings explains the idea that the student is in charge of the success of his or her own education, and the professor or school isn’t the main reason why a student performs poorly in a class. Rawlings
Carnevale main point was on the flaws of the National Bureau of Labor (BLS) and how it does not give full information or data. In fact, Carnevale implies that “The BLS education demand numbers, ranging from designation of college and non-college to their failure to reflect rising education requirements across virtually
This makes the paper very ineffective because to parents and other adults, these facts would not apply to them. His article has the potential to become much more effective if he also targets parents, teachers, and counselors because those adults are major influences in a student’s life. If he targets the teachers and counselors, they can start teaching the students that it is okay not to go to college. By integrating this idea into the school systems, the social norm would begin to change and many employers would possibly start looking more closely into the individual potential employees, not just their
The second chapter of this book advocates students to attend college, even if they must take on a moderate amount of student loan debt. They give statistics showing the tremendous gap in wages between a college graduate and a non-college graduate. The third chapter of this book argues the opposite viewpoint of the second chapter. The author states that the cost of college today is too high and that there are too many college graduates flooding the job market causing many of them to go unemployed or seek low level jobs that do not pay enough to pay off their student loans. Both of these chapters will help me to show the two main ...
“By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good-paying job.” -Mark Pocan
The article I chose to analyze is “Is College for Everyone?” In today’s society, everyone would say that education is the key to success. People would say that a person would not get far without having some form of a degree. In reality, college is just not for everyone. Some people would rather just get a job when they graduate high school. People say that a person might not be able to find a good paying job if a person does not go to college, but in reality there are a lot of jobs out here in the world that make plenty of money. There are a lot of people in college that cannot read. They get to college, and flunk out because it gets too difficult for them to continue. Pharinet, a college professor, explains why college is not for everyone. The purpose of this essay is to convince people that
Theil main argument that “ Kids need to think more of the future, not only that college is their only chance for a successful life and good career” He backs up his argument with the claims that people are coming out of college with more debt then their careers can cover. For starts he backs that argument up by talking about how lawyers are coming out of law school with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt but only are making $65,000 yearly salary and thats even if they can get the job. But any how, Theils uses statistics to back up his claim, which can greatly impact the audience because using logos and giving people credible information will influence them to believe you cause they have solid proof. He also brings to light the conflict that in todays worlds there thousands of students with degrees that do not have a well paying job so they 're stuck with debt from college to get this magical degree that can 't even get them a well paying job after college. Theils partner in the debate is Charles Murray, Murrays main focus was that basically that colleges are doing it wrong, he says we need to be able to tell employers we know and what abilities we can offer, not where we learned it from and how look it took you. Murray backs up this
In Caroline Bird’s “College is A Waste of Time and Money”, it’s argued that there are many college students who would be better off if they were to begin working after high school graduation. Colleges and universities can no longer ensure that one will go on to get a better job, getting paid more than they would have without a higher education. However, high school seniors still stress about where they will be attending college, how they’re going to pay for it and what they’re going to study for the next four years. Bird points out how college has changed over the past few decades and how, in turn, it has set many young adults up for disappointment, if nothing else.
Going to college is expensive. The average state school will cost around $10,000 per year, and a private university can run for up to $35,000 each year in tuition. When books and living fees are added, most students can not even hope to pay for the costs by themselves and simply accrue debt via student loans. A great number of these students weigh the costs and benefits and most come out with the conclusion that attaining that college degree will pay off in the end when they get those coveted careers with the high salaries. Each and every one of America’s youth has been told time and time again to go to college, because without those four years and that little piece of paper, what hope do they have of being hired by anyone other than McDonald’s?
...ing the mindset of the students to aspire for jobs that they will be able to pay off their hefty loans. Students aren’t reaching for their passion but rather an apathetic job that society is forcing on them.
The concern for many students is finding and landing a job after graduation, and one particularly fantastic way towards getting a job is obtaining an internship opportunity during school. According to Coco’s research, currently, the number of students participating in internship opportunities continues to grow as more and more schools offer structured programs (1). In terms of internship opportunities, there are many different types and varieties such as volunteer, stipend, and paid and unpaid internships. Anya Kamenetz, a columnist for The Village Voice, firmly believes, though, that unpaid internships has several downfalls and disadvantages for students and for the economy as a whole. According to her arguments, students should take paid
The claim that is being advanced in the article is discrimination. Treating young college women like this is inhumane. The views of the young women are raised,