{"id":432217,"date":"2018-10-03T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essaypaper.org\/first-major-paper-assignment-arguing-for-a-definition-of-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:50:41","slug":"first-major-paper-assignment-arguing-for-a-definition-of-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/first-major-paper-assignment-arguing-for-a-definition-of-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"First Major Paper Assignment: Arguing for a Definition of Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>Description: Make an argument to define higher educationin a way that readers will find illuminating given the essays and excerpts from Chapter 18, \u201cEducation in America: Issues and Concerns,\u201d in Read, Reason, Write. You must cite at least two of the readings from Chapter 18 to support your argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take care not to define higher educationas a dictionary, encyclopedia, or other outside source defines it. Instead, articulate a precise and defendable definition of your own, a definition whose merits you explain throughout your paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Audience: Your readers are graduating high school students, many but not all of whom will enter college in a few months. So, as you write, consider what graduating high school students are likely to know or thinkthat they know about higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Context: Aided by the first few chapters in Read, Reason, Write, we have discussed and written about what an argument is, including how differing understandings of a term may rest at the heart of an argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, we have addressed how definitions can matter\u2014how the act of defining a term one way as opposed to another way can place people and their needs into new categories, can give or deny people access to ideas and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, is obesity a disease? Well, what counts as a disease? Also, is it a college student\u2019s right to be treated with respect? Well, what counts as a right\u2014and as respect? As these examples show, precise and carefully supported and explained definitions of a fuzzy term can change minds and shape actions. Now is your opportunity to define a term in a way that you see fit, not as a dictionary or encyclopedia defines it, but as you think the term should be defined so as to influence readers in a certain way.<\/p>\n<p>***Remember to use MLA format, Times New Roman font, size 12, Double Space, include a Heading and Header***<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: Make an argument to define higher educationin a way that readers will find illuminating given the essays and excerpts from Chapter 18, \u201cEducation in America: Issues and Concerns,\u201d in Read, Reason, Write. You must cite at least two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/first-major-paper-assignment-arguing-for-a-definition-of-higher-education\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essay-paper-writing","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}