Tom Ross Speech At The Naff Analysis

Tom Ross's speech at the NPAF tries to tell us the possibility that we need to increase education in America to have less poverty, less demand social service, less people in jail, and more people with better health. Throughout the paper, he tries to prove that this is true, but he never really gets to the point of proving it. He simply gives us facts about UNC but does not bring up why it would be helpful.

He starts off his speech talking about how colleges used to be a center of learning and education. Where people went to discover advances in science, and where they went to expand their minds to new visions. A place where people learned to become great leaders and lead the world to a better tomorrow. He then starts to show that today's colleges are on the decline and that education is being compromised. He argues that both quality and efficiency should be the main priority in colleges today. He believes that a quality college needs a quality staff, and in return that will produce the quality graduate who have the ability to "communicate more effectively.” Ross then argues that this is what gave America hope for a better future in the past, and that has been taken away by losing interest in education in today's society. He believes that because of this,
He tells us about the budget cuts, the increase of quality in the staff and education, and the attempt to increase the number of students they graduate in the follow years. After stating that, he challenged other colleges to make education "affordable and accessible to everyone.” He goes on to state, "if we put the cost of public higher education out of reach and fail to invest in our faculty and staff, we will be unable to develop the talent our businesses will need in the year ahead.” He also says that there are benefits from this increase in education. People will be in better health, less crime, and better standard in