College Still Counts, Though Not as Much

College Still Counts, Though Not as Much

Learning Activities

Reading for Details

1. Answer the following questions

1. Is a four-year college degree a solid investment today?

2. Have people become accustomed to thinking that when they get out of college, they will earn forty percent more?

3. What was the median wage of full-time workers at the end of last year?

4. Has there been enormous demand for low-skilled workers?

5. How did the author call the late 1990’s?

2. True/False

1. There hasn’t been a growth in the demand for the college-graduated.

2. All college graduates choose the lesser job.

3. There are more college graduates than unfilled jobs requiring their credentials.

4. The percentage of college-educated young people has never been higher.

5. A college education is no longer a ticket into the work force.

3. Complete the following sentences

1. The narrowing in the premium partly reflects…

2. For the chosen, particularly those with postgraduate degrees…

3. Being a flight attendant in business class requires…

4. College-educated people stopped…

5. The reason the college premium hasn’t fallen…

Word Study

1. Give the Russian for

Indispensible, obstacle, versus, surge, underperformer, postgraduate, enrollment, shrink, wage premium, contingent.

2. Give the English for

Оператор башенного крана, нехватка, десятилетие, диплом об образовании, спад.

3. Find the right word in the English text for the following explanations

The middle value in a frequency distribution, below and above which lie values with equal total frequencies.

Easily seen or detected, perceptible.

An office or agency, esp one providing services for the public.

4. Interpret the following phrases

To be laid off, wage premium, to be ranked with, demographic group.

5. Give the synonyms for

To shrink, shortage, share, unfilled, jobholder, supply.

6. Give the antonyms for

Typical, chief (adj.), solid (investment), low-skilled, growth.

7. Give the derivatives for

To supply, to recover, to calculate, to thrive.

Follow-up Activities

1. Clever questions

1. In your opinion, is college education a guarantee you will get a higher paid job?

2. Why do some people with bachelor’s degree choose lesser jobs?

3. Did a thriving era of high-tech influence the number of college graduates? And why?

2. Give advantages/disadvantages of

1. graduating from a college.

2. being accustomed to thinking that a college degree will give you a higher paid job.

3. taking a college credential for granted.

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