Post-Secondary Education: The Growing Importance

Post-Secondary Education: The Growing Importance

The question many people ask themselves is: when did post-secondary education become so important? As a matter of fact, post-secondary education became more popular in the 60s. This mainly had to do with the growing population, the democratization of education as well as new post-secondary training needs. (http://www.cicic.ca/584/Description.canada)

 Many soon realized that in order to achieve more than the older generation, they had to discover a higher level of education. In today’s society, post-secondary education is one of the most important things. Even though there are some individuals that do not complete any post-secondary education, it is quite rare. Many jobs in today’s day and age require a post-secondary education. 

In 2014, going to college is critical in order for students to have the best opportunities and options once graduated. College is now aimed to teach students the specific skills an assets they need in order to pursue a specific career, like nursing for example. Many times now when applying for a job, the company does not only look at the skills of the applicant but also takes note of their post-secondary education. Back in the 60s, not many had a post-secondary education, therefore jobs were easier to get since the majority of the population had none. 

Nowadays, post-secondary education is also related to unemployment. In 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics analyzed the unemployment rates across the United States and separated their results according to the education group of people aged 25 and up.

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Finally, I do think that yes, today’s youth has a different attitude towards post-secondary education compared to the attitude of youth in the 1960s, mainly because of the fear of unemployment without obtaining a higher degree of education.