In Frank Bruni’s article, “How to Measure a College’s Value,” he talks about how college selection is about more than how much money colleges charge for tuition, boarding, and how critically acclaimed the name of the institution is. He refers to a poll taken by Gallup and Purdue University called the Gallup-Purdue Index in an attempt to learn more about colleges beyond just how successful they are. The poll instead focuses on how happy students are after they graduate and how fulfilled they feel.
This poll reveals things about colleges that some of us might have guessed but also variably wouldn’t have. It reveals that 33 percent of graduates from the top 50 schools said that their school prepared them well for life. The survey also reveals that it is better to become deeply involved in a “campus organization or activity” as opposed to eating a piece of every pie. Purdue and Gallup say that in the next update they will ask questions regarding membership in a fraternity and a sorority as well as questions concerning student debt.
Bruni’s article rivals what many people think about college selections. For example, many believed that one only needed to worry about a college’s average GPA while exerting little concern about the cost. With this new study and many revelations in college selection those thoughts will change, the old-fashioned way of thinking will be phased out as a new way is phased in, just in the way that thoughts of LGBTQ are changing and thoughts of the economy are changing. Posts like Bruni’s are integral pieces to the rebuilding of American thinking, and they are required to put this change into motion.
-Garrett
This poll reveals things about colleges that some of us might have guessed but also variably wouldn’t have. It reveals that 33 percent of graduates from the top 50 schools said that their school prepared them well for life. The survey also reveals that it is better to become deeply involved in a “campus organization or activity” as opposed to eating a piece of every pie. Purdue and Gallup say that in the next update they will ask questions regarding membership in a fraternity and a sorority as well as questions concerning student debt.
Bruni’s article rivals what many people think about college selections. For example, many believed that one only needed to worry about a college’s average GPA while exerting little concern about the cost. With this new study and many revelations in college selection those thoughts will change, the old-fashioned way of thinking will be phased out as a new way is phased in, just in the way that thoughts of LGBTQ are changing and thoughts of the economy are changing. Posts like Bruni’s are integral pieces to the rebuilding of American thinking, and they are required to put this change into motion.
-Garrett