Matthew Lillig Source 4

Step 1:

A) Morse, Stephanie N. "For-Profit Schools: A History Of Abuse And The Need For Reform." Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal 2 (2015): 585-595. Professional Development Collection. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

B) What are other intended reforms for the growing business that is education in order to turn it back for the students?

C) BEFORE: Before I read this article it was actually not what I was looking for. I was trying to find a decent article about the whether applied skills in field study, such as an internship, or knowledge was prioritized more from a future employer. The part that caught my eye was the “need to reform” I feel like it is very important to continue to understand possible outcomes for reform in order to later develop a conclusion of my own. DURING: “Some examples of for-profit schools include DeVry University, Ashford University, University of Phoenix, ITT Technical Institute, UEI, and Kaplan College.” Around 25% of the federal financial aid programs are going towards for profit education. Put majority of funding into recruitment rather than education or staff. Use cheap tricks that have made ⅓ of students not graduate either by allowing in non college ready students or fudging gpa’s to not meet requirements.

Step 2:

P1 Summarize:

This whole article is about the problems with FPI’s or for profit institutions. These institutions are primarily based on online courses but still hold an actual campus. These FPI’s usually have low standards of acceptance and are looking to accept as many people as possible. This leads to a high dropout rate and a ton of money being shuffled into their pockets. Since federal loans to students are limited it is important to notice that with the 13% going to an FPI, 25% of our student go to these campuses.

P2 Think:

This is important to my topic because it also helps to understand the counter argument towards a non higher education based world. Even though the numbers still favor a traditional 4 year college in the number of students that attend. We are starting to see a shift in where most of the money is going. This being said FPI’s tend to be less expensive than a traditional 4 year school and can help someone who does not meet the traditional criteria or financial package to be able to afford an education, at a slight risk. Overall this article is not the best for my topic but gives me some insight into why although options are out there for alternatives to a traditional college degree people still lean towards it. It is also important because it helps me understand more and more why education is becoming more and more expensive. With these FPI’s pulling federal loans and pell scholarship money away from these traditional schools we, being the college students, are the ones that are going to have to pay for it.

P3 Synthesize:

This article has a strong synthesis to articles 2 and 3. When it comes to why education continues to become more and more expensive it is because the schools are not meeting the need that they need in order to maintain their facilities. This is somewhat due to the fact that there are now more affordable options such as these FPI’s. In turn article 4 would suggest that although traditional schools are becoming more expensive they are still the safer and best way to receive an education to this point while still getting you the job outside of college. Article 1 would agree with that by showing the profit recieved from a traditional 4 year college is almost 15% more, article 4 would continue to argue that trade schools such as the FPI’s usually don’t help you get a job once the education is over, where traditional schools do.

P4 Question/Plan:

At this point I still want to find an article that tackles the old knowledge vs applied skills debate. Whether or not it is more important that you receive a bachelor's degree in your intended major or you have the internships that shows you can apply these skills.