7/15/2025 What is the Point of College?

 “As college grows more expensive, plenty of people want to know whether they’re getting a good return on their investment.”

I feel like this is the biggest problem with college today. So many people are unable to live out their dreams because the risk is not always worth the reward. Especially with the job industry today some majors are leading to dead ends due to there being no hiring for said job. Leaving people with sometimes hundreds of thousands in debt. 

“Another vision of college centers on what John Stuart Mill called ‘‘experiments in living,’’ aimed at getting students ready for life as free men and women.”

To me this is important because in high school I went to a very small all girls private school. Although it was in the middle of the city there was no room to grow and interact with others. So that transition to a very large coed college is the step I believe will help me be successful in my future career path. 

“Everyone has identity allegiances and intuitions about justice.”

I find this refreshing. I like that people are able to have their own opinions. Whether I agree with them or not, being in an environment that allows others to grow their opinions and understandings with matters of social justice is extremely important.