Families preparing for college admission process consider several things like which principal will pay off immediately after completion of education and preceding years, and the school that gives the learner most return on the family's investment. What most people fail to consider is the importance of college education beyond the measurable metrics. As the world continues to be sophisticated through use of more advanced techniques to find solutions for issues affecting the human beings, the need for higher education also increases. Apart from adding knowledge through studying particular subjects and lines of specialization, the college education is fundamental in handling issues in the daily lives and outside the career line. The college education is still vital and every individual needs it to be in tune with what is happens across the globe.
For a prosperous career, higher education learners require knowledge, technical and academic skills, confidence, social skills, and employment opportunities. The above skills can only be obtained through the college education. The need for the higher education is justified by the role it plays in people's lives. It is fundamental for learners joining the higher learning institutions to understand why they are acquiring the education and the most probable results (Knapp " Siegel, 2009, p. 18). The college education is like a combination of what a person has been learning from the lowest level of knowledge to the last degree before joining a higher learning institution. The know-how helps to understand primary things that are applicable in day to day life. The goals of college learning are relevant about how to sustain and grow in life. The end outcome after completion of the college education is to get a well-paying job and engage in business practices. It is true to suggest that every person goes through the education system because of the wish to get a high paying job in the private sector or the government. Most people that go through the college education achieve their career aspirations. However, some fail to fulfill their career dreams because of failure to complete their college education. Checking requirements for job opportunities on the print and social media platforms is a clear justification of how essential is the college education (Jensen " Jetten, 2016, p. 1034).
A college education is essential because graduates have more job opportunities than people who have never gone through the system. In government and private jobs, the primary requirement is always a bachelor degree in a relevant course. After graduating from college, graduates choose to apply employment depending on their academic qualifications. Also, they can as well take part in other short courses as they wait for more significant opportunities. Despite the fact that employers do not only look for academic qualification when hiring people in various organizations within and outside the government, but the college education is also always primary. Other skills are just treated as the added advantage of the higher education. Graduates are still believed to be creative thinkers, and they have extra skills to handle situations that might require a person to think outside the line of career. The nature of college education as well as the exposure that people are subjected to makes majority of them to become creative thinkers and able to fix situations whenever they arise. The best an individual performs theoretically and practically in college education the higher the chances of being hired after interviews.
Some studies have indicated that college students had higher confidence in themselves and increased awareness of what is expected of them compared to non-graduates. Apart from instilling the required knowledge depending on the line of specialization, learners also develop consciousness and buoyancy. The environment within the higher learning organizations plays a vital role in shaping the behavior of the learners. Unlike in primary and secondary school levels where there are strict rules that are meant to make learners behave in the right manner, colleges do not have such stern regulations. The high school and primary stages of learning require students to adhere to certain things like putting on specific dress codes for years and being punished for every offense committed. The college has a reverse environment. The behavior of college learners is determined by their knowledge concerning what is right and wrong. Such freedom creates room for learners to think and make decisions on their own to do the right thing even when there are no rules that restrict them from behaving in specific ways. The education has an enormous impact on the learners' thinking, style, attitude, and observation. Passing through a higher learning institution inculcates maturity into students. Confidence and awareness develop as a result of interacting with students from different backgrounds and exchange of ideas. A college environment creates a pool of ideas because most people are the best from various high schools and everyone is enthusiastic to widen his or her understanding. After undergoing this level of education, students develop a belief that they can handle diverse situations on their own and also to become aware of what goes on in different environments (Huang " Wiseman, 2011, p. 60).
The college education is crucial for all people because it changes learners to become responsible citizens. Responsible can be at a personal level as well as being responsible for others. The sense of obligation or duty is a requirement for growth and development. Economic and social development in a nation can only be realized when people have responsibility for their duties and works. Such essential transformations take place through college education because professors do not have much worry and care for students like in the lower academic levels. The students bear the entire responsibility for what they do. In most cases, tutors give assignments with particular instructions to follow; it is upon the learners to follow the directions and do the right thing without close supervision. Also, college students are not forced to attend class nor to unitize facilities like the library, and internet resources, instead, they are left to decide on what to do. Such simple things that happen in the higher learning institutions convert learners from irresponsible to accountable citizens (Jensen " Jetten, 2016, p. 1031). The contemporary job market requires people to have such skills to add to their knowledge. A college education is crucial because no other school can instill such imperative qualities and shape individuals into the people that can help to propel the social and economic development of a nation.
The current trend of the changes that are happening in the world particularly in job requirements indicates that future employers will need people who are all around regarding academic know-how and skills (Nash, 2008, p. 460). The college education is the right path to produce people that will match the yet to come employers' job requirements. University education enables people to diversify their knowledge because of meeting persons with varied levels of intelligence and from diverse cultures. The environment allows students to realize that however good they are in specific skills, there are also other people with similar or even better skills. The realization creates a sense of competition among the learners. Competition is what inspires growth in any organization or country. The nous of being competitive encourages creativity among people because they will always want to emerge as winners and the best especially in their places of work. The creativity enables an organization to grow because new skills are introduced into the system at all times. The benefits mentioned above explains why colleges are the best places that people ought to go through to become people of value in the work environment (Jensen " Jetten, 2016, p. 1039).
Communication skills are vital in the job environment, and there are various ways through which people can learn and develop their skills of communication. However, a college education is critical in enhancing communication abilities among learners. The improvement of communication ranges from learning new vocabularies to learning how various systems of the government function. An excellent analysis of good and evil things is also influenced by having proper communication expertise. In higher learning institutions, the close connections between learners help them to become good thinkers and communicators because thinking and communicating are necessary for college life (Knapp " Siegel, 2009, p. 49).
The college education is still important because it creates room for career growth through diversification of skills and promotions at the place of work. A college degree allows the holders to venture or expand their skills through advancement by specializing in other lines of knowledge. A degree holder has room to widen his or her expertise through pursuing their interests in other specialties (Huang " Wiseman, 2011, p. 47). The lack of a university degree is a limitation because people cannot advance their knowledge despite having the necessary skills and interests. Promotions in the work environment are typically done by academic level. In most cases, the higher the educational level, the higher the chances of being promoted. Uneducated employees stand a zero chance of being promoted to management positions despite having excellent performance in their current jobs. People with the college education are on the safer side particularly in developed countries like the United States of America because the policies that determine the salaries of employees within the government and the private sectors are based on the levels of employee academics. The job group system is determined by the education level and skills. People with college degrees are grouped in higher job groups than individuals without. Also, the education system in countries like the US has been structured in a way that most skills are taught in colleges. Inability to pursue college education denies people a chance to acquire the skills that are needed in the job market (Knapp " Siegel, 2009, p. 16). In a developed economy like the United States, people live under a culture that makes people believe that investment in the future is only achieved through education hence, the college education is the only surest way of remaining in tune with the probable future changes (Zajda " Geo-JaJa, 2010, p. 112).
The college education is fundamental in the contemporary world, and the future will dictate that every person must have a college degree to meet the requirements of the job market. Essential skills like creativity, critical thinking, sense of competition, and responsibility are gained through going through the college education.
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