Improvement Strategies of the Post-Secondary Education

Question: Discuss about the Essay for improvement strategies of the post-secondary education. Answer: This essay aimed to make a thorough analysis on the two attractive ideas regarding the improvement strategies of the post-secondary education made by Barack Obama. These ideas would deal with the expansion of the use of community colleges as well as the tuition tax credits. One of the two attractive ideas is about discarding the bachelors degree as a job qualification. In this essay, Barack Obama has stated that this first idea would not be that difficult to establish. On the other hand, the second attractive idea that has been mentioned and described by Barack Obama in this essay is about the Certification test that would not omit the role of innate ability. From the entire discussion of the story, it can be understood that Barack Obama has tried to make the contemporary post-secondary education more interesting for the learners. He has mainly established the benefits of the two ideas relating to the improvement of the post secondary education. Therefore, from this story it can be understood that the advantages of discarding the bachelors degree as a job qualification would be very influential for the job applicants as well as employers. On the other hand, certification tests would not result in the elimination of the role of innate ability. The author of this particular essay talks about the education that is being provided in the primary and the secondary school. According to the author, the education that is being provided in these schools, are not useful. It is nothing more than mere athletic or musical talent. The statement can be considered as a truth because most of the time students of liberal arts do not succeed in achieving good results in the science subjects. There are of course exceptional but those exceptional are very rare in a country. The people who are gifted with ability to succeed in all the major subjects in the college level are rare (Brankovic 2016). Moreover, students are not only gifted because they have the ability to succeed but also because they have plenty of money. Most of the students do not fall into this category. Therefore, even though, many students can pursue liberal arts in their college level, they do not show that willingness to do that. It is true that in case of job the bachelors degree of the students are given much more importance than any other degree. It is something that is common in almost every nation. It is because of these reasons that there are many students, who are worthy enough to get an opportunity to apply for a job. It can be argued that in reality these degrees really do not have any importance at all, and they are nothing more than a time waste (Chow and Chu 2013). If there is an opening in any job position then employees should be selected on the basis of their skills. The author argues that the employees need to know the job description and had to work accordingly. Therefore, there is no need of the bachelor degree, for this thing. People could apply for the job without their bachelor degree. The author here argues for the use of the certification test. The author, supports the fact that if the companies, who are hiring employees. Introduce the certification test then that is better for the employees. The certification test will let the company, whether or not the people are at all eligible to carry on the work in that particular organization. It can be said that the certification tests can eliminate the innate abilities that are there in a particular human beings. The bachelors education and the other education can help in nurturing those innate abilities. The author of the essay again negates the particular argument. The author here suggests that the certification course does not mean that there will be an elimination of the innate abilities. People who have the real talents and the abilities should show their work and apply for any job. The author provides the example of the computer programmers, who does not have any degree and they do not event sit for any certificat ion exam as well; yet they get a job by showing their job. The essay here argues that in todays world what people need is little bit of imagination. The degrees are important in the life of the students; but this statement is true for the students living in the 20th century (Grove and Ostrer 2015). Today, the vocational training, the certification tests and the imagination of the students are enough for getting a job. The bachelor degree should be for there who are interested in the academics. Bachelors degree in a company is not at all, all the organization need is someone who could understand and carry on the work efficiently. 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