In general, for-profit schools cost more to attend, because they are run like businesses. And it definitely does not take a college degree to see that these high prices plus low income students equal greater risk of default. For-profit colleges began as family owned trade schools but over the years they have expanded into educational businesses that accept any student, regardless of their financial wellbeing or aptitude. On the other hand, traditional schools have neglected to notice the rising need for an education that is flexible and convenient. In his article “Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges,” Kevin Carey writes to an educated audience of higher education students and faculty to convince them the pros and cons of both …show more content…
For example, Clifford isolates his important claims either in their own paragraph or towards the end of other paragraphs. This effectively draws the reader’s attention towards what Carey wants them to know. When discussing Michael Clifford, Carey briefly mentions him and then in a separate paragraph writes that he has “been snapping up dying nonprofit colleges and quickly turning them into money-making machines. By isolating this claim, Carey focuses the reader on what he wanted to say. He specifically calls the colleges “money making-machines” as well, to show his stance one the subject. Through Carey’s tactical use of organization and word choice, he is able to suggest his ideas to the audience without directly telling them. Carey’s audience is highly educated and he writes in such a way as to make them feel like they came to their own conclusion that is in congruence with his. Additionally, towards the end of his article Carey mentions some important ideas about accreditation and college legitimacy. After he transitions from discussing for-profit colleges, he writes that “traditional institutions have long resisted subjecting themselves to any objective measures of academic quality” (Carey). Again, Carey mentions this important claim at the end of a paragraph. While the claim itself is important, by mentioning towards the end of a paragraph he not only creates a nice …show more content…
Carey strategically chooses each word to build his article. For instance, he writes that “horror stories of aggressive recruiters’ inducing students to take out huge loans for nearly worthless degrees are filling the news” (Carey). In this statement, Carey carefully chose each word so that they support his claims. He compares the “huge loans” from “aggressive recruiters” to “nearly worthless degrees” to show the imbalances that for profits have. By using words with negative connotation, the reader knows where Carey stands and can easily deduce the negatives of for-profit higher education, just as Carey wants. Also, Carey uses a sarcastic tone throughout his article. This shows to the audience that he is almost mocking the for-profits and that he does not believe what the for-profits are doing is right, but also that the traditional schools are in the wrong as well. Next, he uses a few rhetorical questions to get the reader thinking. For example, when Carey is mentioning the benefits that for-profits have he says “who was more focused on public interest?” (Carey). Though this statement Carey is able to show the benefits of for-profits education while also showing how the traditional schools fell short. More importantly, rhetorical questions make the reader think. Because Carey has an audience of educated and professional individuals, he knows they can freely think. By allowing his audience to mull
In his article “Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges?” Kevin Carey offers harsh criticisms of for-profit colleges by claiming that they are directly to blame for the disproportionately high quantity of debt that their postgraduate students acquire. His primary reasoning for such is that for-profit colleges are charging more for their degrees than they are actually worth. He himself writes, “for-profits charge much more than public colleges and universities. Many of their students come from moderate- and low-income backgrounds…
Rhetorical Analysis Draft Three “The Privileges of The Parents” is written by Margaret A. Miller, a Curry School of Education professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. This woman was a project director for the Pew-sponsored National Forum on college level learning from 2002-2004. This forum assessed the skills and knowledge of college educated students in five states by a way that allowed the test givers to make state-by-state comparisons. Miller believes that “[a] college education has benefits that ripple down through the generations” and this has enabled her to work and speak on topics such as: college level learning and how to evaluate it, change in higher education, the public responsibilities of higher education, campus
In the article, “In Hurricane Harvey’s Wake, We Need a Green ‘New Deal’”, the author Rebecca Elliot intrigues her audience by informing them about a horrific hurricane that struck the area of Houston, Texas. During her informative action, Elliot begins to share her personal opinion about the need for a ‘New Deal.’ To further this argument, she utilizes the three major appeals to her article. This strategy not only informs the reader on many facts and opinions, but allows her audience to conjure up an image on their mind of the event and urges them to take immediate action. Throughout the article, the author continues to address the matter at hand and enlighten the readers with her argument towards creating a New Deal by implementing a variety of rhetorical strategies.
The author in the excerpt does a clear job of annotation in the margins to enhance the understanding of the author’s main
In the most recent years colleges have started to either charge or raise tuition prices to make them almost impossible to pay. Against raising prices of colleges. Main point 1: The documentary Ivory tower gives the nation 's top colleges tuition rates and where that money goes into. College investing money into administration or building instead of teachers or scholarships. The number of administration is more than double the amount of teachers.
Samantha Nyborg LEAP Writing 2011-05 September 15, 2014 Critique Draft Megan McArlde is a journalist and blogger who focuses most of her writing on things like finance, government policy, and economics. In her article “The College Bubble,” a magazine article published in Newsweek on September 17, 2012, McArlde writes about how the “Mythomania about college has turned getting a degree into an American neurosis” (1). She focuses a lot on the value of getting a college education, and makes an argument that all the time and money spent on earning a degree may not be worth it in the end. McArlde uses several strategies to appeal to her reader’s, and does a great job of effectively using the Logos, Pathos, and Ethos appeals throughout her article.
Brent Staple’s essay "Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's" had various elements that helped provided evidence and persuade the readers. The first thing I noticed when reading this essay was the comparison between the marketplace and college. This comparison helps to develop Staple’s argument because it explains something that is unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is more familiar. I can assume that the target readers were business men and women. Since I am unfamiliar with some business terms, I found that this essay explained something that was unfamiliar with something else that was unfamiliar.
Civil Disobedience I hereby say that student loans is something that should not be dragging educated people down. We cannot allow the for-profit colleges and the banks to follow behind students and collect their wealth. “Everyone deserves a quality education. We need to come up with a better way to provide it than debt and default”(Taylor). Education should not vanish.
In the vast expanse of time there has almost always been a conflict somewhere in the world between two or more parties. War and conflicts is how disputes have been settled for thousands of years and even today there are conflicts beginning and ending all the time all over the world. A side effect of these conflicts is the mass amount of resources, namely money that is needed to fund and supply the personal involved in them. This results in the view point that war is a business and there is money to be made from conflicts. “What Keeps ISIS Running” by Egyptian Streets is a rhetorical argument about the funding ISIS receives and the problems and people involved in the process.
Liz Addison, who graduated from Piedmont Virginia Community College and Southern Maine Community College agreed that community college was better than a university. Addison believed that a four-year college was for the “privileged class”. Addison viewed universities as the “privileged class” due to students applying at their curriculum vitae. In addition, Liz Addison tells the importance of community college. Addison then goes on to tell how high school graduates have a hard time getting into universities; the odds of entering would be low.
“3 Reasons College Still Matters” by Andrew Delbanco 3) “Surely, every American college ought to defend this waning possibility, whatever we call it. And an American college is only true to itself when it opens its doors to all - the rich, the middle, and the poor - who have the capacity to embrace the precious chance to think and reflect before life engulfs them. If we are all serious about democracy, that means everyone.” 4) In this part of the writing Andrew Delbanco tries to persuade his audience by using the pattern of logic that agrees with the overall argument but also considers another striking point of view to strengthen the argument (While these arguments are convincing, they must also consider…).
Martha Nussbaum has experiences in writing about education related topics such as liberal education, already publishing a book called „Cultivating Humanity”. However her inspiration to write her book entitled “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities” came from a person of the Spencer Foundation named Mike McPherson but also because of the fact that she was resident fellow at the foundation. In addition to this, her association with the Cambridge school in Weston, Massachusetts helped her by giving her optimism in what type of education she wanted to defend in her book. ( xii )
By using a tactful approach to the arrangement of the essay, White is able to place a positive perception of the country school into readers’ minds at both the beginning, and the end of the story. This is something I had not taken into consideration during my original analysis, yet while reading Selzer’s take on this persuasive tactic, it struck me as extremely accurate. I reflected on the first time I read “Education,” and recalled the way I began the story with a sense of favor for country schools after reading White’s initial description of his “increasing admiration for the teacher in the country.” White then reinforced that positive image into my head by closing the story with his son’s positive description of the country school, leaving readers with a conclusive image that emphasizes the illustration he chose to begin the essay
The cost of college tuition is an enormous problem now days. For a long time, the subject never got brought up and today things are changing. Students study hard and try their best to get that college acceptance letter from their dream college. Students all around the world are struggling with college debt and trying their hardest to receive those so-called ‘perfect’ grades. However, college tuition is not very affordable and is increasing every year.
At the time that A Brief Guide was written, lawmakers and the public were increasingly focused on having accreditors connect funding and documented student success. This is a marked change from the original purpose of accreditation, which had less to do with funding and more with improving teaching practices and academic standards. This shift only increased after the Great Recession of 2008 hit and there was a more urgent call for increased attention to student outcomes and the guarantee that accreditation bodies were allocating federal aid only to the institutions with successful student outcomes. As the gatekeepers of billions of dollars of federal student aid, accreditation agencies came under increasing oversight by the government, especially as state funding was slashed and federal aid played an increasingly important role in access to higher education as costs transferred to students (Mitchell, Leachman & Masterson, 2016, para. 1,