The high prices of college made students take immense debt. Also, the students who dropped out and still had debt to pay back were negatively affected because they did not have high paying jobs, but had debts to pay back (Rose 25). In addition, the compiling nature of student debt with interest rates, makes it harder for student to pay back. The subject of debt has received a lot of attention. The average debt of around twenty-six thousand is because of the sixty-five who become involved in it. The author Rose explains how “Most of the students with high debt have participated in law and medical school” (Rose 28). These students know that they will have financial debt, but are willing to accept it because of the salaries they will get with the degrees (Rose 28). The authors Harkness and Rose are in an agreement with each other about higher education leading to financial debt. According to both articles, there is debt associated with higher …show more content…
In the article, it is explained how a college education is the way to move up in life, but there are not many ways to prove the statement is true (Adam 47). When research about education being the key to success and skills was completed, the researchers concluded that there is not enough proof to say that a higher education is the key to success. The greatest economic nations have an education, but the worth of that education still cannot be determined even after in depths studies (Adam 48). According to the articles, a college education comes with greater earning. But, the author Harkness says that success is not found because of college, but because of professional programs that people can attend to earn higher. This author believes that higher earning is not because of higher education, but because of people determining what their skills are. She refers to her Career Design Associate job, where she helps students find jobs based on their knowledge and what they enjoy. Success is not found through college, but in pre-professional programs that she offers. (Harkness