The American population has increased by over 60% in the past half century, and is expected to reach 347.3 million individuals by 2025. A growing population brings with it a number of problems for a country, one of which is providing a secondary education system to its citizens. It is projected that over the next ten years, Utah alone will need to accommodate an additional 50,000 college students. Signs of this are already apparent to those of us at Utah State University due to this year’s drastic influx of over 6,000 new students (Source 1 USU). As a result of this, class sizes have grown and class availability has become scarce. USU along with most US colleges will need to meet the growing demand for higher education. One solution that has
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Why do students attend universities? Though there is some variation between responses to this question, if you ask any recent high school graduate the typical response would be something along the lines of “I want to go so I can get a good job, and then make money, so I can support myself/family”. This explanation is a result of the cultural perception of education adopted by our modern age. Education is perceived now as nothing more than a means to an end. It wasn’t always this way, and because of this, the question is begged: Why should students attend universities? The role of the university has been and is still formally is to create educated persons. An educated person is not an individual who has gained vast knowledge of a subject, nor are they simply well read, rather, an educated person is someone who possesses broad knowledge encompassing multiple areas of scholastic of study, and who has acquired a well-rounded set of interpersonal and professional skills. Evidence of this role is shown through the general course requirements posited by universities nationwide. Often these general courses are taken grudgingly. The art major who can’t comprehend the
Why do students attend universities? Though there is some variation between responses to this question, if you ask any recent high school graduate the typical response would be something along the lines of “I want to go so I can get a good job, and then make money, so I can support myself/family”. This explanation is a result of the cultural perception of education adopted by our modern age. Education is perceived now as nothing more than a means to an end. It wasn’t always this way, and because of this, the question is begged: Why should students attend universities? The role of the university has been and is still formally is to create educated persons. An educated person is not an individual who has gained vast knowledge of a subject, nor are they simply well read, rather, an educated person is someone who possesses broad knowledge encompassing multiple areas of scholastic of study, and who has acquired a well-rounded set of interpersonal and professional skills. Evidence of this role is shown through the general course requirements posited by universities nationwide. Often these general courses are taken grudgingly. The art major who can’t comprehend the