This topic challenges you to consider what benefits you hope to gain from earning a college degree or degrees.

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I AM PURSUING A BUSINESS DEGREE TO BE MORE SUCCESFUL IN OWNING MY OWN BUSINESS THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE SUCCESFUL AT IN THE LONG RUN. THAT IS THE BASIS OF THE TOPIC BEHIND THIS PAPER. I WILL ATTACT THE ARTICLES THAT HE WANTS USED FOR REFERENCE  LENGTH: Minimum word count of 1,000 words, which does not include the heading or bibliography.  At least six paragraphs to include an Introduction paragraph, a definitions and background section (where you would also introduce your sources), at least three Body Paragraph, and a Conclusion paragraph. FORMATTING STYLE: Modern Language Association (MLA).   RESEARCH: Use only the research sources linked to this page.  Refer to those sources directly and document all references to evidence using the rules established by the MLA style guide available in our textbook and at OWL. The authors in that chapter explored the value of a college education in our current society.  This topic challenges you to consider what benefits you hope to gain from earning a college degree or degrees.  The obvious answer is that you want a particular job or want to enter a particular field.  Try to present a less-obvious answer as a scholar analyzing an important academic and cultural question that is confronting our society. To a great extent, your education is driven by the career that you wish to pursue.  In many other ways, the job you will be able to earn has more to do with economics plus local, national, and world politics. Think about this topic using your own expertise as a current college student and as someone who at some point decided that getting a college degree must have some benefit to you. . The following are links to three articles that discuss the current situation involving finding employment after college.  Each of the articles approaches getting a job after earning a degree from a slightly different perspective.  NOTE: All of these articles are from Academic OneFile, and these links use our license to that service, which means you will be asked to login to view them. “A Degree of Disappointment: ‘College for all’ has diluted the value of a bachelor’s degree and diverted many young people from better paths toward the working world” by Dr. Chester E. Finn, Jr.  Part of your evaluation of the credibility of this source should take into consideration Dr. Finn’s assertions are based on his expertise on the topic and the sources (or lack thereof) of information that he cites to support his thesis. “Employment trends by typical entry-level education requirement” by a government economist named Audrey L. Watson. “The State of American Jobs: 1. Changes in the American workplace” from the Pew Research Center.  When evaluating the credibility of this source, consider how credible it is based on it not having an author identified and balanced against it being implicitly accredited to the staff of one of the most respected research organizations in the world. Each of these articles addresses issues about the job market and how knowledge of its workings can either assist or hinder an average college graduate seeking employment for the first time after earning a degree.  Read through these articles, paying careful attention to charts and graphs and to how the authors define a few concepts such as ’employment,’ ‘unemployment,’ ‘underemployment,’ ‘people skills,’ and so on.  The articles should also give you a basic understanding of economics as understood by the authors.  In addition, think about the more obvious difficulties many people have as described in these articles. Third, write a formal persuasive research essay that demonstrates all of the skills that you learned in this course.