Assignment
You will write a 4-5-page essay in which you make a well-developed, thesis-driven argument in response to ONE of the following prompts:
1. In your opinion, what is the main reason why college still matters? Is it that it can help people make more money, or is there one or more other equally important—if not more important—reasons for getting (or providing) a higher education? Why do you think so? [See Delbanco and the other essays.]
2. Should society prioritize student completion of STEM degrees over degrees in the Humanities? Why or why not? [See Rotella, Harper, Conard, Madsbjerg and Rasmussen, and the other essays.]
3. In your opinion, is Sanders’s proposal to offer free tuition to the majority of Americans who wish to attend a public college or university a good idea? Why or why not? [See Sanders and the other essays.]
4. Identify a problem with higher education or K-12 education.
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