The Driving Force on our x-axis is the economic status of our country. Our economy can heavily affect the prices of college in both negative or positive ways depending on its current status. An economy in recession forces colleges to increase prices in order to stay functional. Recently, the cost of college has been rising rapidly, forcing students to take out loans and causing massive debt. We can see a huge effect the economy has on people with jobs such as teachers or college counselors.
Driving Force # 2 (y-axis)
The Driving force on our y-axis is the amount of college students. When there more students looking to enter college, admission rates decrease. As the amount of students looking to enter college decrease, admission rates will increase. Recently, the amount of students looking to enter college has been steadily rising. With an increase in competition, students turn to personal advisors instead of college counselors in order to get ahead.
Axis of Scenarios: We are choosing quadrant II to discuss. This is the most relevant because as of now, the college admission rate is decreasing because it is becoming more competitive and difficult to get in due to the increase in potential college students that are applying. In a recession, prices increase in order for colleges to maintain a profit and function properly which makes it more difficult for students to afford to go to college, but more students areapplying because in a recession it gives more opportunities to be educated. Because of this, the career of being a college counselor is slowing dying, due to the fact that with more students, there is less money for salaries, more is spent on necessities. Less money means cutbacks in classes, professors, programs and counselors. Counselors are not the immediate educators the since there are usually so many of them, they are usually some of the first to be effected by cutbacks as their salaries can be directed to classes and professors that interact and affect the students more.
In the event of a World War III, the number of students enrolled and applying to college would dramatically decrease. In this time the United States would fall into a deeper recession because of military costs that arise during the war. With more people enlisting in the army and more people needing to get jobs to support their families, fewer students enroll in college with makes it harder for colleges to maintain their structure with a decreased flow of money college counselors would lose their jobs. Even though college counselors focus of transition and mental health of their students, they would mostly be advising their students to drop out because it is best for the individual. Another World War would be detrimental to the college counseling system and without proper funding, colleges and their students would be a risk. In an extreme case, if many colleges were forced to shutdown because there are not enough students, the U.S. quality of living and education would decrease and our long since period of advancement would halt, leaving the counselors without jobs.
Driving Force # 1 (x-axis)
The Driving Force on our x-axis is the economic status of our country. Our economy can heavily affect the prices of college in both negative or positive ways depending on its current status. An economy in recession forces colleges to increase prices in order to stay functional. Recently, the cost of college has been rising rapidly, forcing students to take out loans and causing massive debt. We can see a huge effect the economy has on people with jobs such as teachers or college counselors.Driving Force # 2 (y-axis)
The Driving force on our y-axis is the amount of college students. When there more students looking to enter college, admission rates decrease. As the amount of students looking to enter college decrease, admission rates will increase. Recently, the amount of students looking to enter college has been steadily rising. With an increase in competition, students turn to personal advisors instead of college counselors in order to get ahead.Axis of Scenarios: We are choosing quadrant II to discuss. This is the most relevant because as of now, the college admission rate is decreasing because it is becoming more competitive and difficult to get in due to the increase in potential college students that are applying. In a recession, prices increase in order for colleges to maintain a profit and function properly which makes it more difficult for students to afford to go to college, but more students areapplying because in a recession it gives more opportunities to be educated. Because of this, the career of being a college counselor is slowing dying, due to the fact that with more students, there is less money for salaries, more is spent on necessities. Less money means cutbacks in classes, professors, programs and counselors. Counselors are not the immediate educators the since there are usually so many of them, they are usually some of the first to be effected by cutbacks as their salaries can be directed to classes and professors that interact and affect the students more.
In the event of a World War III, the number of students enrolled and applying to college would dramatically decrease. In this time the United States would fall into a deeper recession because of military costs that arise during the war. With more people enlisting in the army and more people needing to get jobs to support their families, fewer students enroll in college with makes it harder for colleges to maintain their structure with a decreased flow of money college counselors would lose their jobs. Even though college counselors focus of transition and mental health of their students, they would mostly be advising their students to drop out because it is best for the individual. Another World War would be detrimental to the college counseling system and without proper funding, colleges and their students would be a risk. In an extreme case, if many colleges were forced to shutdown because there are not enough students, the U.S. quality of living and education would decrease and our long since period of advancement would halt, leaving the counselors without jobs.