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There was a time when college was a place where young adults could expand their horizons. But as tuitions increase, student debt
There was a time when college was a place where young adults could expand their horizons. But as tuitions increase, student debt
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2013-10-17
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问题
There was a time when college was a place where young adults could expand their horizons. But as tuitions increase, student debt mounts and job prospects for recent graduates remain uncertain, today, students and parents say college should prepare students for a good job.
87.9% of freshmen this year say a very important reason for going to college is " to be able to get a better job," according to an annual survey by UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program. And parents are more likely to strongly agree that vocational school—or no college at all—provides a better pathway to a good job than does a liberal arts education, says a survey by Inside Higher Ed, a trade publication.
The number of schools awarding more than half of their bachelor’s degrees in liberal-arts disciplines, such as history, literature and philosophy, has decreased, from 212 in 1990 to 130 last year, research by Vicki Baker, a professor Albion College in Michigan, shows.
Meanwhile, governors of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin and, most recently, North Carolina, argue that public universities should focus on majors, especially in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math that will meet their state’s workforce needs. Even President Obama has made jobs central to his higher-education agenda.
Supporters of the liberal arts say criticisms are based on outdated stereotypes. Many liberal arts colleges, including Shimer, have increased opportunities for internships(实习). North Carolina’s Davidson College will start a program this summer that will connect graduating seniors with paid fellowships at non-profits. Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N. C. , posts data so students can see where graduates with their majors have landed jobs—including art history majors at Sotheby’s, Deloitte Consulting and Kate Spade.
On the other hand, more than 35 business schools last month met to talk about how to incorporate the liberal arts into their courses. "There’s a sense that business education has become too narrow and isn’t preparing graduates adequately—for career success, certainly—but also more broadly for lives as engaged citizens," says Judith Samuelson of the non-profit Aspen Institute’s Business and Society program which organized the meeting.
Some state governors argue that colleges should______.
选项
A、pay more attention to job-oriented majors
B、increase students’ opportunities for internships
C、make graduates see where they can land jobs with their majors
D、help graduating seniors find internships at non-profits
答案
A
解析
观点态度题。本题考查某些州长对大学的观点。由定位句可知,一些州长们认为公立大学应以满足各州的劳动力需求为导向,将重点放在自然科学、技术、工程和数学方面,故答案为A)。B)“增加学生的实习机会”、C)“让学生看到他们所学专业的就业方向”和D)“帮助大四毕业生在非盈利机构找到实习”是一些人文教育学院采取的措施,并不是一些州长的意见,故排除。
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