Essay On Relationship Between Colleges And Students

The relationship between colleges and students is very consumer focused. The school’s faculties, other than teachers alone, are difficult to deal with as well as rude. Teachers are defensive and thus can be difficult and inconsiderate, and students are left to feel as though they are spending a lot of money for nothing. The college experience is being ruined and students as well as their teachers are being overworked and undervalued.

Schools faculties are focused on money. Administrators especially focus on the shifting of education into pure business. “The attempt to shift the world of higher education into the business paradigm seems rational to administrators (Perry 2)” is featured by Perry in context to show that the administrative side …show more content…
Students are going in to large amounts of debts for poor experiences at colleges. Students are expected to pay large amounts of money and not treat the college experience as though it is service that they are entitled to. Students want what they pay for, as does anyone that is paying such a large amount of money over long stretches of time often do, when it comes to the service that they believe they paid for. As mentioned above and in Perry’s article students are being met with teachers and faculty that are pushed to focus on students as customers and not strictly students. Students want many things they feel they are entitled to as well as the rights entitled to a customer (Perry). Perry mentioned that students want things such as faster grading, fewer lectures, more prep, and clearer grading standards. Students also want customer rights with include the right to complain, pressure, and go to higher management. Students are also treating college as a service instead of an opportunity to learn.

Overall the viewpoint of students as customers and teaching as a service has begun to ruin college. Teachers are no longer treating teaching as a passion and a vocation that they love but as a duty and a service to their customers, the students. Students are not mere customers but far more than that (Perry). Perry in his article focused on the fact that the relationship between students and their teachers are crucial and important and should be protected thought it is slowly being ruined. Students and teachers are being overworked and undervalued while neither is getting what they wants from the college