Thesis and Summary Analysis Exercise
1) “Liberal Arts and the Bottom Line” Lane Wallace
2) “Scientists Aren’t the Only Innovators: We Really Need Artists Sarah Lewis
3) “Critical Thinking? You Need Knowledge” Diane Ravitch
4) “Excerpt from Why School? A Student in a Community College Basic Skills Program”
5) “The Anti-College Movement: Finding the Song in the Clamor” Heather Schilling
6) “Why Companies Aren’t Getting the Employees They Need” Peter Capelli
7) “Escape from the Job Jungle” Peter Weinberg
Consider the problems that current and future job-seekers are having in landing a job that pays enough to offset the cost of college and that is fulfilling and rewarding. Also, consider your own dilemmas about what to study and what career track offers the best rewards and incentives. Take notes on each reading.
Skill set: This assignment is designed to familiarize the student with using source material to support an argument. This should also help the student to anticipate and prepare for rebuttal of his/her opposition. To receive full credit students must demonstrate correct citation and formatting for source material. Also, students will demonstrate summary and paraphrase.
Directions: For this assignment you will number your word document 1-7.
Next, state the title, author, and thesis of each essay in the above reading assignment.
Utilize summary, paraphrase, and direct quotes in APA format
Finally, indicate where the author stands in regard to the prompt: What Are You Working For?
For example:
1) “Liberal Arts and the Bottom Line” Lane Wallace. Wallace, a columnist for the Atlantic and author of several books, questions whether or not business students need to be “more well-rounded human beings” (63). Wallace questions whether programs that encourage more liberal arts education for prospective managers have the best interest of industry and business at heart. She references a program conducted by Bell Telephone whose executives argued that “…a well-educated man knows what questions are worth asking” (62). She concludes by asking whether or not “we are prepared to back that when it’s our own income, stock or profit that’s affected by those more balanced and responsible decisions” (63)? She responds to the prompt of what are you working for by suggesting that business majors might work for more if given a more well-rounded education. However, she acknowledges that there are some drawbacks to stepping outside of the business realm too much.
This assignment is worth 200 points*
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