UPBEAT TIMES • June 2015 • 21 So You Want To Go To College?


A JOURNEY TO THE COLLEGE DECISION In


2014 approximately


21,000,000 students were ex- pected to attend college, either a two-year community college or a four-year college. About 7.3 million would attend junior colleges/ community colleges while 13.7 million at four-year colleges. This is an increase of more than 5.7 million since 2000. It is become increasingly apparent that to secure a good job that is interesting, that pays well, or at least at a sustainable level, more people, particularly in the age brackets of 18 to 24, are going either to college for the first time or back to college to attain a greater knowledge and skill level for the work- place.


In our ever-increasing tech- nological and global economy the college degree has in many ways become what the union card was for many years. That is, it is an essential piece of pa- per to attain a good job and a career. After World War II, with the passage of the G.I. Bill, many returning service per- sonnel, instead of going back to the small towns and farms, went to college and then found employment


in the rapidly


growing commercial sectors of our society. While you could get ahead without a degree, more and more companies and organizations wanted a more sophisticated and knowledge- able workforce. The trend that


started over 80 years ago has only increased exponentially as technology and globalization have become such an integral part of not only the workplace, but our homes.


If you are a high school student, high school or GED graduate, undereducated or unskilled worker, or anyone who wants to attain a good ca- reer, attending college seems to be the primary path to that goal. Again, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t many jobs that people are creating them- selves work through their own entrepreneurial talents with inventive and creative minds. However, most of us work for someone else in organizational settings, whether in the private, public and the


not-for-profit


sectors. Therefore, the deci- sion facing so many people is whether to make the invest- ments in themselves, bite the financial bullet, and apply to colleges with the hopes of be being accepted.


FUTURE IDEAS FOR THE JOURNEY


What I will try to do in this series of articles is to help you make that decision by laying out a series of ideas, in- formation, questions and guid- ance that can be used by you and your supporters to come to a decision about college. For some, it is not a decision at all because it’s has always been expected that they would go to


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college. For others, often due to economics, it was not an expec- tation, but now is. While many will find this a daunting task and those who have already gone on this journey can attest to the time, money and effort it does take, it doesn’t mean that you can’t do it. You just need to know the rules of the game just as you do in any endeavor where the goal is to win. In this case, it is acceptance to the col- lege of your choice and with any luck, some money offered by the college to attend their institution.


A concluding thought until


next time, again by that genius Dr Seuss: The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.


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