The promise of college for our generation

[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by boiler

college is not the pinnacle of the mountain. There is a lot of climbing to get there, and I hope you've got a good sherpa and oxygen tanks. But when you get to the top, you realize it's a springboard to reach new heights.

Well said.

College is about individual growth and maturity, and finding a field of study that interests you. I was told recently that many college students change their major 3 or 4 times from their freshman year through graduation. Some might say that was bad, but I would say "AWESOME" becasue the college experience probably introuduced them to a field of study and potential career that they did not know existed before they arrived on campus. You learn to learn, learn to think and learn to be responsible for yourself.

True, college is not for everyone, and even high school is not for everyone. But I can tell you I know many people who dropped out of high school or never made the committment to go to college and regret that decision now, and I cannot name a single person who DID graduate from college and regrets that decision.

There are lots of statements in this thread about "many more" and "nobody" and etc. Does anyone have any DATA to back up those statements? Just curious, since college attendance and graduation rates are on a continued rise.