Benfits Of Students Attending College

Benfits Of Students Attending College

“Benefits of students going to college”

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• Introduction
• Review of literature
• Evaluation of literature reviewed
• Conclusion
• Suggestion for further studies
• References

Introduction
After high school, a number of students attend college. However, the reasons for attending college may vary from one student to another. Among these students, there are those who attend college because they see this as what is expected of them. At the same time, there those who go to college because they feel they do not have anything else better that they can do. However, many benefits can be achieved by any student going to college. Going to college to have an education enables one to acquire knowledge in order to lead a better life and to open up doors for future career opportunities and increase the money earning power.
Review of literature
In a literature review about the reasons why students go to college to have an education, Higbee and Dwinell (1997) presented claims that studies that have been carried out by most of the researchers point out that the major reason why students go to college is the awareness they have about this move playing a major role in career preparation [Astin (1993), Chickering & Reisser (1993) and Astin, Dey, & Riggs (1991)]. However, the question remains as to whether such research findings are relevant to the current students. This question comes in because the motivations students have as well as their reasons for attending college are quite diverse among them (Higbee, Schultz and Goff (2006).
Gardner, Jewler and Barefoot (2007) present some reasons why students go to college. The reasons are that;
1) The students will have more knowledge and intellectual interests and be able to put up with one another in a more effective way and also to be able to learn in the course of their lives.
2) They will build up self-esteem and have more confidence in themselves which...