Why University Degree Does Not Guarantee Success?
Contradictory to popular believe university degree doesn’t guarantee success, university degrees
can be tracked back to medieval times. But as the turn of the modern times more of the general
public turned to the universities and colleges for degrees in all form of life. In the past a
university degree was a sign of honor and intelligence. The graduate would be treated like a
person of knowledge and would’ve been given a high value in society.
In the 21st century where the fields of occupations are wide growing there seems to be the
success mantra which is that a person who has a university degree is more likely to succeed in
life then of those who doesn’t have one. With the ever growing university applications, it seems
like …show more content…
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world isn’t producing hi-tech and high-income jobs for these university graduates. Many of the
graduates are opting in “temporary” occupations which might uncomfortable turn permanent.
The obviously boundless supply of graduates. We have designed a world where a college degree
is some kind of least instructive and social capability. Regardless of the boom, numerous skilled
kids in state schools are as yet passing up a great opportunity for college, on account of poor
showing and the neediness of aspiration for them at school and at home. For others, the old post-
A-level courses, for example, accepting a vocation in a bank, as a student or with the police,
have been usurped by the pervasive graduate passage plan.
The ageless principle, first set out in the Robbins Report of 1963, which launched the vast
expansion of new universities in the following decade, is that every young person who can
benefit from a degree should be able to get one. To have gone beyond that ideal was, in some
ways, admirable; but we have a lot of BAs and BScs with honors working as shelf-stackers this
summer; that cannot be …show more content…
Gate was the wealthiest overall person from 1995 to 2014. Gate is the richest man
in the world and who happens to be a college dropout from Harvard University.
Steve Jobs; the Co-founder and CEO of the Apple Inc. the net worth of Steve jobs is
estimated to be around 10.2 billion and who is another of a college dropout.
Mark Zuckerberg; the most used and beloved social networking site in the world,
Facebook. Mark is the co-founder of the Facebook whose wealth is estimated to be
around 44 billion. Point in case who is also a drop out of Harvard University.
Oprah Winfrey; she is best known for her talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show’ she is
currently ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century and the only black
billionaire in North America which also happens to be a collage dropout.
Of the top 400 richest Americans in 2011, 27 graduated from high school but did not attend
college. Another 36 were college dropouts.
What is the reason behind the success of these extraordinary people? Are the from another
world than we live in? Or are they just magicians who have a magical wand. My thoughts
can be tracked back to medieval times. But as the turn of the modern times more of the general
public turned to the universities and colleges for degrees in all form of life. In the past a
university degree was a sign of honor and intelligence. The graduate would be treated like a
person of knowledge and would’ve been given a high value in society.
In the 21st century where the fields of occupations are wide growing there seems to be the
success mantra which is that a person who has a university degree is more likely to succeed in
life then of those who doesn’t have one. With the ever growing university applications, it seems
like …show more content…
The
world isn’t producing hi-tech and high-income jobs for these university graduates. Many of the
graduates are opting in “temporary” occupations which might uncomfortable turn permanent.
The obviously boundless supply of graduates. We have designed a world where a college degree
is some kind of least instructive and social capability. Regardless of the boom, numerous skilled
kids in state schools are as yet passing up a great opportunity for college, on account of poor
showing and the neediness of aspiration for them at school and at home. For others, the old post-
A-level courses, for example, accepting a vocation in a bank, as a student or with the police,
have been usurped by the pervasive graduate passage plan.
The ageless principle, first set out in the Robbins Report of 1963, which launched the vast
expansion of new universities in the following decade, is that every young person who can
benefit from a degree should be able to get one. To have gone beyond that ideal was, in some
ways, admirable; but we have a lot of BAs and BScs with honors working as shelf-stackers this
summer; that cannot be …show more content…
Gate was the wealthiest overall person from 1995 to 2014. Gate is the richest man
in the world and who happens to be a college dropout from Harvard University.
Steve Jobs; the Co-founder and CEO of the Apple Inc. the net worth of Steve jobs is
estimated to be around 10.2 billion and who is another of a college dropout.
Mark Zuckerberg; the most used and beloved social networking site in the world,
Facebook. Mark is the co-founder of the Facebook whose wealth is estimated to be
around 44 billion. Point in case who is also a drop out of Harvard University.
Oprah Winfrey; she is best known for her talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show’ she is
currently ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century and the only black
billionaire in North America which also happens to be a collage dropout.
Of the top 400 richest Americans in 2011, 27 graduated from high school but did not attend
college. Another 36 were college dropouts.
What is the reason behind the success of these extraordinary people? Are the from another
world than we live in? Or are they just magicians who have a magical wand. My thoughts