advantage of higher education?
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higher pay\nin addition, u get more tax breaks: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/taxbreaks/\n\nAMAZING LINK:\nhttp://wpcarey.asu.edu/seid/upload/Value%20Full%20Report_final_october%202005.pdf\n\n\nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THE VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION\n• Higher education provides considerable value to individuals, the economies where educated individuals work and live, and society in general.\nPrivate Returns\n• Individual earnings are strongly related to educational attainment. People who have completed high school earn more than those who have not; people with a bachelor’s degree earn more than those with only a high school diploma; and those with a graduate education earn more than those with only an undergraduate education.\n• Average annual earnings of individuals with a bachelor’s degree are more than 75 percent higher than the earnings of high school graduates. These additional earnings sum to over $1 million over a lifetime.\n• The differential in earnings based on educational attainment has increased over time. For example, for full-time male workers between the ages of 35 and 44, the earnings premium associated with having a bachelor’s degree versus a high school diploma has risen from 38 percent in the 1980-84 period to 94 percent in 2000-03.\n• The benefits to an individual from a university education vary with the quality of the institution attended. Those who graduate from an elite university earn substantially more than those who graduate from a lower-quality institution.\n• To properly assess the economic value of a college education, the benefits realized in terms of higher future earnings must be discounted to adjust for the time value of money. The discounted earnings must then be weighed against the full costs of acquiring a college education including not only the tuition paid by the student, but the earnings foregone while the student is in college and the appropriations of state and local governments. When these calculations are made, the benefits of a college education are seen to be more than three times as large as the costs.\n• If the value of a college education is expressed on the same basis as the return on a financial investment, the net return is on the order of 12 percent per year, over and above inflation. This compares favorably with annual returns on stocks that historically have averaged 7 percent.\n• Despite the very high return on investment for the time and money spent on attaining a college degree, only one-quarter of the U.S. adult population has at least a bachelor’s degree. Academic ability and information barriers limit the number of individuals who attain a university degree.\n• Financial barriers to the completion of a bachelor’s degree exist but government programs that promote access have been effective.\n• The academic ability of the individual — which is shaped throughout his/her life by a variety of family and environmental factors — and the values and goals of the individual — which are strongly influenced by the education of his/her parents — are important determinants of educational attainment.\nSocietal Benefits\n• Social benefits of a workforce with greater educational attainment and skills can be traced to the enhanced worker productivity associated with greater educational attainment. These productivity gains translate into higher output and incomes for the economy. 1\n• Non-monetary societal benefits in regions with high proportions of college graduates include lower crime rates, greater and more informed civic participation, and improved performance across a host of socioeconomic measures.\n• Intergenerational social benefits may be very large as degree attainment today translates into higher probabilities of degree attainment in future generations.\n• Empirical work in econometrics suggests that after controlling for differences in amenities and individual wages, an increase in the share of college graduates in the labor force leads to s
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A local University (Public College, if you're not American) will probably yield you good & cheap results.  You won't be first in line for a Nobel Prize, but it's the most inexpensive higher education.  And any education you get will meet the mark of 99% of employers.
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Try going to: www.findarticles.com\nEnter: information technology and education and advantages\n\nYou should come up with a good number of articles.
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It is both advantageous disadvantage and disadvantageous advantage.  It all depends on how YOU behave in PG level.
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The best thing about a college education is that you recieve a wealth of knowledge and experience beyond what most people can teach themselves. Career wise you get a piece of paper saying your smarter than most people so you can get a job in management and opress people that may very well be smarter than you in reality.
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Great question, I'm currently finishing my bachelors degree in video production down here at LA film school. The benefits of a degree depend on your determination. It all really depends on how much you take your knowledge and experience and apply it to the job you get. You should never get a degree just for the piece of paper at the end, that way will get you no where. If you are really serious in gathering more information and education, a degree will get your further than none at all. As for salary goes, in my experience it helps a lot. I have seen a rise in my salary sense my years at school, and only hope to see them go up when i graduate. I would say at least $40,000 or more depending on your position with a company.
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A Bachelor degree is better, because it as shown statically that it can provide better career opportunities that an IT
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well studying in a rich country's university especially the famous ones defenitely is a big advantage... especially in terms of landing your ideal high paying jobs of your field. of all the applicants, corporations will tend to hire the ones coming from reputable universities with average grades rather than the ones with high grades but of universities they havent heard of... so that being, it would surely be a good boost to your credentials to have graduated from these famous universities from rich countries (so if you have can afford it, or have the brains to get scholarships for it, i would say it isnt a bad choice to do so)...in this competitive world, one could surely use a leverage from others...but dont think that's all what it takes to succeed though, you still have to have good personality and needs to work hard to achieve your goals...
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Most people misunderstand the benefit of going to college and gaining a degree.  To a prospective employer, it doesn't say that you know everything about whatever your major was, but it does say you have the ability to focus, apply yourself to a goal with a timetable, and follow through with the required work & effort.  That's why even a degree in Marine Biology will help you get a job in a bank.\n\nThe salary differential between someone with a High School Diploma and someone with a Degree more than makes up for those "four years lost income".\n\nAverage High School graduates starting salary: $24,000\n\nAverage College graduates starting salary: $38,000 (add $10K more for engineers/computer science)\n\nThe really important thing, though, is do do something you really like to do!
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Go to university and get at least one university degree. You will realize significant return to you only decades later. At that time, you would not be able return to classroom and get the education that you could have taken at your young age. Don't look at these few success stories of people without univ education, and flatly reject the idea of university education. Only those who have had higher education know how education  can change their life styles, and know when will it start paying you back. University education is not a lottery, but an investment. Its very hard to convince people of the age: high school graduates. I wonder whether you will read my comments from top to bottom. Those kids whose parents have good education background, have higher chances of getting at least first university degree. Education provides you wings to fly and see the world from sky. Imagine: "If I were a bird". University Education (but not the F rated Distance learnig or Independent Studies: current trend of purchasing a university certificate. Think of traditional university class room education) attaches wings and let you fly like a bird. Enjoy being a bird. Its your life, your choice. Bill Gate or Bill clinton, one of them said: "Intelligence is almost equally distributed, but not the opportunities." Education provides you a road-map to find opportunities.
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I think the advantages are \nA) You can spend more time with your kid. This means you bild a better bond with them.\nB) You know if they missbehaved at school.\nC) you know what their weekness is by heart.\nD) He/She is never behind or ahead.\n\nI think the Disadvantages are\nA) You wont get good text books.\nB) It will be good to have a school to name whene getting a job.\nC) Your child will get the education as he or she deserves.\nD) You can say "My kids on honer role!!!"\n\nyou may not want to listen to me... Im only 12...
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Higher education financial is available for you.  You financial assistance is based on the income that your parents make.  If they a lot then you get less.  Check out the site for more information.
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Also known as IT has many advantages. Most mentioned by the two previous answers. Good Luck on your recitation.
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It is a good investment.  You generally make much more over your lifetime with a degree than without one.  The difference in what you would make with compared to without is far greater than the cost of the schooling.
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I presume you mean that you are taking the prerequisites\nwhile still in High School, right?\n\nThe advantage to taking them in High School is that you\ncan avoid having to take them (and *pay* for them) when\nin college.  By putting them off, you might delay your\ncollege graduation (ie. have to take an extra semester\nor even year to get your degree).
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Your question is a tough one and if you are from Canada or the US, countries with which I am most familiar, I would say you need to report the situation to the university authorities.  I don't know the situation where you are so it is difficult to give suggstions.   You need to decide if the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and possibly begin to quietly work toward reform of your system.
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Get double major degree is a greater edu investment. (btw.. Are you a HS graduate or College/Univ graduate?)