Rhetorical Evaluation of Michal Kurlaender and Jacob Jackson

Question: Describe about the Rhetorical Evaluation of Michal Kurlaender and Jacob Jacksons Obamas Free College Plan Is No Panacea; Just Ask California? Answer: Introduction Free education in California as proposed by Obama is a Nobel gesture to increase the level of skilled workers. However, Michal Kurlaender and Jacob Jackson tries to focus on the negative aspects of implementation of this strategy. The two analysts involved in this essay are Kurlaender who is an education professor at the University of California, Davis and Jackson who is a researcher at the Public Policy Institute of California. Kurlaender and Jackson both argue over the fact that although there are high numbers of community colleges in California however many California students do not complete the degrees. The authors use an argumentation style in depicting the current scenario along with the pros and cons of the scenario. The major problems stated in the thesis are lack of appropriate funding for the community colleges, lack of conversion of high participatory rates into high levels of post secondary success and lowered cost of living. In the thesis the authors compares the free e ducation service of California with the success of the free education systems implemented in USA where the student graduation rates are high compared to California. Hence, the use of argumentation adequately supports the thesis. Thesis Both Kurlaender and Jackson argue on the success of Obamas proposal regarding the introduction of community colleges in California. The arguments presented against the success probability are justified since the authors are able to support the arguments with relevant facts and statistics. Firstly, the readers are informed of the lack of fund that the community colleges suffer due to affects of recession. Hence, they argued that although the number of students applying in the colleges is high however, the colleges are not able to accommodate the students. Secondly, only 42% of the total students enrolling into community colleges intend to earn graduation degree. Hence, the authors pose the threat to the success of Obamas plan. In addition to these, they pointed out that the community college service gives rise to a sense of low ct of living that reduces the retention rates of the students in California. Hence concluding to the stated arguments the authors persisted on the fact that the introduction of the community college plan can be successful only when appropriate resources can be delivered to the students. The authors thus successfully established the arguments along with the stated statistics in order to make the readers aware of the current situation of education in California. Conclusion The rising demand for skilled workers can be met only with high degree of education. Education should be available to all without making any class or income discrimination. The authors signifies that in spite of all arguments Obamas proposal of free community colleges is a correct approach in order to provide mass education to upper as well as lower segment of students. Thus to make the proposal successful the government should consider some of the required changes so that the proposal can be successfully implemented. References list Crider, Scott F.With what persuasion. New York: Peter Lang, 2009. Haswell, Janis Tedesco, and Richard H Haswell.Authoring. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2010. Hendrick, Irving G., and John Aubrey Douglass. 'The California Idea and American Higher Education: 1850 to the 1960 Master Plan'.California History80.2/3 (2001): 145. Jack, Jordynn. 'Review Essay: Object Lessons: Recent Work in the Rhetoric of Science'.Quarterly Journal of Speech96.2 (2010): 209-216. Kirton, Bill.Brilliant essay. Harlow, England: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. Rogers, Damien. 'Review Essay: Transforming R2P from Rhetoric to Reality'.Genocide Studies and Prevention5.1 (2010): 106-113. Shields, MunLing.Essay writing. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2010. Smith, Egerton.Essay writing, rhetoric and prosody. Oxford University Press, 1913. Tanabe, Gen S, Kelly Y Tanabe, and Gen S Tanabe.How to write a winning scholarship essay. Belmont, CA: SuperCollege, 2009. Washington Post,. 'Obamas free college plan is no panacea; just ask California', 2015. Online. Internet. 17 Feb. 2015. . Available: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-free-college-plan-is-no-panacea-just-ask-california/2015/01/28/67082aa0-a66b-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html.