Advantages/Disadvantages of Going to College

https://webspace.utexas.edu/hcleaver/www/330T/350kPEEBeckerHumanKtable.pdf

This is an essay on human capital. The essay argues the positives of going to college and states that in the last decades students that go to college earn significantly more than high school graduates without degrees.

http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/blog/is-college-necessary

This article notes  successful entrepreneurs/celebrities that have made a decent living and did not complete college. This article would be useful when I need examples of successful college dropouts.

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/09/02/opportunity-cost-college

The article is from a Columbia student and uses the economic term opportunity cost to argue the pros and cons of attending college. Overall college is the better choice for high school graduates to choose but there are significant advantages of perusing a career first.

http://www.mendeley.com/research/education-pays-benefits-higher-education-individuals-society/

This is an abstract from a paper that only argues the benefits of going to college. If im going to argue that college is not necessary right away; im also going to need evidence stating why going to college is beneficial.

http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/

This article speaks of the social disadvantages of going to college. Although most college graduates have the capability to speak in a scholarly manner they lack the down to earth techniques to talk to average everyday people