Spencer Jolley English 1010 David Gagon Annotated Bibliography When my friends and I and discus education, a controversial

topic has often been brought up. The topic is that college education is no longer Worth It. The belief that a college education guarantees you a job with a large company with which you work with for 25 years, get gold watch, and retire is long since dead. There are many perspectives on this topic. On the one hand the idea is brought up that student loan debt (averaging over $26,500) is too high and that it does not guarantee a better job in our current economy. On the other hand people believe that education is more than just a financial investment. They believe that college is an investment in their own perspective in the world. The current price of college education is high, but to some people, in the perspective of a life time, it is a good investment. Some do not attend college because of the cost overlook that college is an opportunity that is more than just financially beneficial. By focusing on merely the financial cost and the possible risk of return on their investment, it is possible that theyre overlooking the deeper benefit of gaining a new perspective through which you see the world.

"Does a College Degree Really Matter?" Does a College Degree Really Matter? Ed. Kate Lorenze. CareerBuilder, n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013 Summery This article argues that a college degree is not necessary to become successful. The article was posted by Careerbuilder.com a leader is career search and information. The article discusses the fact that Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Richard Branson all run wildly successful enterprises without a formal college degree. The article proposes that business does not require a degree. It requires drive and the ability to learn from your past. The article states that "Most college degrees don't necessarily qualify the graduate for anything." This article is definitely against the current system for higher education. Rhetorical Analysis and Reflection This article utilized the emotional appalls of ethos and pathos but hat the logos appeal was lacking. I feel that the author could have built up their logos by basing more of the information on fact. The information given was just ideas without fact or statistics to back it up. The ideas of the atrial were good but they could have been more persuasive with relevant data to back up their argument. The logos and ethos appeals shined due to the location that the article was posted. careerbuilder.com is known for having relevant articles related to education and careers.

Life, Brazen. "Why We Won't Need College in 15 Years." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 07 Aug. 2013. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. Summery This article discusses their perspective on the future of higher education. The article was posted by The Huffington post. A major news source for the United Kingdom. The article states the questions of Have you ever watched a how-to video on YouTube? Or searched Wikipedia for an article on a topic you didn't quite understand? The article continues to state that These are simple examples of how the Internet has decentralized knowledge over the past 20 years. Imagine if we could extend these examples to replace an entire college education. This article is big on the belief of an E education. The belief that with the expanse of the internet we can now learn whatever you would like without the price that is incorporated with a higher education. Rhetorical Analysis and Reflection The pathos and logos appeals were worked to the articles advantage. The Huffington Post is recognized across the world as a reputable news and information source. The fact that the article was from the Huffington post helped to boost the credibility of the article. The Emotional appeal was also used effectively. I feel that each person has a different perspective on the internet education movement. Now days almost every one has researched online. We each have an opinion on whether or not the internet is making us smarter. That helped to bring in some emotion as we either agreed or disagreed with their propositions. The one appeal that I felt that they did not utilize fully was logos. I felt that the information given in the article lacked hard data.

This article failed to persuade me. Without statistics or fact you just cannot propose a new educational system and taken seriously.

Flows, Capital. "Don't Buy The Hype, College Education Is Not An Investment." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 12 June 2013. Web. 04 Dec. 2013. Summery Dont Buy the hype collage education is not an investment, By George Leef adds another take to the argument. Gorge Leef is an author and a columnist. He wrote Pope enter Articles and Professors have freedom of speech. He has written a number of education related articles and books. This article states that more than a third of recent college graduates had coasted through without adding anyth ing to their human capital. The article states that not all degrees grantee financial benefit. The article also states that In truth, going to college isnt an investment at all. George argues that an investment gives physical returns and dividends wile a college degree only gives the opportunity for increased earning capacity. The collage ends with the statement of College used to look like a good investment because earning a degree usually entailed at least some serious work and having done it set the individual apart These days, with the labor market saturated with college graduates, the time and money spent on college is often wasted. Rhetorical Analysis and Reflection This article has strong ethos, and pathos, however the articles logos could use some work. The article gained ethos because it was posted by Forbes. Forbes is trusted

and world renowned for their credibility. He is also a recognized columnist. The article gained pathos because it worked to build up emotion in its reader. They discounted the idea that many are betting on that the collage is an investment. Logos was not used to its full potential. The article did not persuade with reasoning. I felt that the article gained its reputability from the location of the post on Forbes. I felt that the article could have gained more logos by introducing some statistics. As a whole I felt that this article was not very convincing. Matthew Phillips. "The Numbers Game: Is College Worth The Cost?" Freakonomics RSS. Freekonomics, n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013 Summery The Numbers Game: Is Collage Worth the Cost? By Matthew Phillips A columnist for the wildly successful radio show Freakonomics. The article begins with a statistic. He states that 57 percent of Americans say the higher education system in the United States fails to provide students with good value for the money. He fallows that up with hard evidence. The first statistic to back up his proposition is that unemployment rate among college graduates is less than half (4.5%) than people with only a high school diploma (9.7%). This article states that the satisfaction rate of a collage graduate is 86% believing that collage was worth it for them. The article ends with the results from the United States census. The difference in yearly income for a person with a college degree and a person with just a high school diploma is $19,550 based off of that information the average graduate can earn back the cost of their degree in 2-6 years.

Rhetorical Analysis and Reflection This article is highly based on statistics and facts. That boosts logos of the article. The article was highly logical because the only assumptions that they made were based on the statistics that they found. This boosted the logical appeal as I gave the reader some facts to propose an opinion upon. I felt that this article utilized its logos and pathos too. The article was posted on freakenomics.com a trusted source for unbaits summaries of controversial issues. This boosted the ethos of the article. The pathos was bolstered up as the author discussed the true effects of a college degree. With our current economic situation many people worry about the worth of a college degree. I believe that this article was the most persuasive of the articles. This article backed its propositions with facts. Comparative Education Review , Vol. 46, No. 1, The Meanings of Globalization for Educational ChangeGuest Editors: Martin Carnoy and Diana Rhoten (February 2002) Summery This article gives information and statistics on collage grads from 2013. The author is Thomas Luke Spreen Phd. The information gathered is data collected each October in the school enrollment as a supplement to the current population survey it provides an annual snapshot of the demographic characteristics, labor force activity, and school enrollment status of each years cohort of recent college graduates. The information is then used to generate stylistics about collage graduates. This article utilizes its three appeals the best out of any of the articles that I have reviewed. The article is very logical because it is entirely based on facts statistics and it

goes on to explain the implications of each of the statistics.. The articles one weakness is its pathos. It is not very emotional. The article is dry and dose not have personality. The article is definitely meant for a scholarly audience. The ethos shines in the article. The ethos is created beginning with the title of the author. The author is a PhD and he collaborated with several statisticians. The article is very credible. This article is very convincing and is full of support for its postulations.