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Is University Becoming Unnecessary?

Higher education’s battle with 21st-century life

Angelina Der Arakelian
ILLUMINATION
7 min readMar 23, 2022

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I am a college student. For the last 2 and a half years, I have had a couple of impressions of what a university degree entails.

Beyond the obvious advantage I have by possessing a qualification that others may not, there are certain facts that I’ve had to contemplate. Facts that tell me a degree may not be the most essential asset one needs in order to land a secure job and life.

This may not be news, but university degrees are beginning to struggle to keep up with the pace of modern society. What I mean is, they are not serving the exact purpose they were designed for, especially in a civilization that is radically becoming digitized and permissive of one starting their own business in a couple of minutes.

When I was applying for college, the main concern in my mind was which university I would get into. Of course, I had to think about the benefits my degree could bring me in the long term, but my primary issue was which university would accept me.

Like most students, rather than worry about the implications of pursuing full-time higher education such as spending a lot of time on a particular course, my worry was which university was most suitable for me financially.

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Angelina Der Arakelian
Angelina Der Arakelian

Written by Angelina Der Arakelian

An author who chases sunsets and tries to make sense of a place we call the Universe. Say hi at angelinaderarakelian@gmail.com 💫

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