Summary Of Are Too Many People Going To College

Is it worth to donate your four precious year of life to colleges? The standard way of thinking about the American college has it that earning four year college degree is fundamental to start a career and to embed in the American culture. In the article, “Are Too Many People Going to College?” On the one hand, Charles Murray has criticized the existence of college and its basic education by denying its vocational importance, income benefits, and feasibility to earn a college degree. On the other hand, Ungar tried to clarify misperception about liberal art education like unaffordability, non productiveness, inadequate from job perspective, irrelevant for low income group, and non competitive with the STEM field-science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Although liberal education produces individuals with critical thinking and analytical reasoning, but it
Murray argues that a four year college degree is not as beneficial and productive as loomed, while Ungar contends that obtaining liberal art education is the current need indeed.
Both the author, Ungar and Murray believe that a student should get knowledge in basic subjects like art, history, music, and literature, as it is important for critical thinking and effective communication. Ungar, who is also the president of college of Liberal Art Education, emphasizes the need of liberal art degree by showing percentage of employer’s opinion in 2009 survey for Association of American College and Universities: “An astounding 89 percent said they were looking for