The Job Market
According to many people, this is the primary reason to secure a degree.
What is well-paid employment?
These two things "flourish" at universities, leading to discoveries that benefit everyone.
What are research and innovation?
The term used to describe a person's capability of being hired.
What is employability?
This is the opening sentence where you introduce the debate about the "True Purpose" of university.
What is the introduction (or hook)?
True or False: The author believes that "employability" is the ONLY reason to go to university.
What is False? (The author says it extends "far beyond").
Employers frequently demand these specific items before hiring for competitive positions.
What are qualifications (or credentials)?
Name two of the three specific "skills" mentioned that cannot be reduced to professional training alone.
What are critical thinking, creativity, or cultural awareness?
A synonym for "primary" or "main" used in the first paragraph to describe the purpose of education.
What is "true" or "primary"?
You use this "transition word" at the start of the third paragraph to show a contrast or a different point of view.
What is "However"?
According to the text, what happens to society when universities focus on "research and innovation"?
What is "it benefits society as a whole"?
Without a degree, graduates may struggle to achieve this type of "security."
What is financial security?
University helps students develop a deeper understanding of these types of "challenges."
What are global challenges?
This verb is used to describe how higher education "feeds" or "grows" critical thinking.
What is "nurtures"?
This is the specific paragraph where the author focuses solely on the "economic" side of the argument.
What is the second paragraph?
This is the specific type of "awareness" students gain that helps them understand different cultures.
What is "cultural awareness"?
Besides security, this is the other individual benefit mentioned regarding "career" progress.
What is career advancement?
Students are encouraged to become "engaged" versions of this, contributing to their communities.
What are engaged citizens?
The phrase used to describe the "broader range" of benefits that go past the individual level.
What are "wider benefits"?
In the first paragraph, the author uses this phrase to show that universities "without a doubt" help with jobs.
What is "undoubtedly"?
The author mentions that skills like creativity and critical thinking cannot be reduced to this two-word term.
What is "professional training"?
The author states that a university degree often acts as this, which "determines access to professional careers."
What is a "gatekeeper" or what "determines access"? (Based on the text: "a degree often determines access to professional careers").
These are the three specific societal roles or outcomes mentioned in the final paragraph that extend beyond individual career prospects.
What are developing a deeper understanding of global challenges, becoming engaged citizens, and contributing positively to communities?
This specific phrase is used in the first paragraph to describe the "broader range of advantages" that affect both of these groups.
Who are individuals and society?
This is the final sentence of your text that summarizes the "wider benefits" of education.
What is the conclusion?
This is the "ultimate result" for a student who goes beyond just studying for a job, according to the last paragraph.
What is "contributing positively to their communities"?