1. In The Guardian, the editors are appalled by the emphasis universities place solely on technical education. The editors acknowledge the importance of technical and career education, but they imply education should go further beyond mandatory basic curriculum and also allow students to explore other avenues of study, such as the arts. This idea is elaborated on in the opening paragraph where The Guardian discusses why exactly universities are funded—STEM education, of course. A core value they are concerned with is the higher education institute’s focus on developing a basic curriculum that each student must meet. The editors see having a mandatory basis of curriculum as essentially having students operating in a machine-like fashion since
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The various issues addressed in both The Guardian and The Japan News coincide with some of the higher education policies the United States also attempts to deal with. In regards to the UK, the US educational program has basic curriculum that must be met across the board. This begins prior to the university. In the US, from elementary through high school teachers are given learning objectives their students must be taught that are usually measured by a cumulative standardized test at the end of the course that the state educational board creates. This is probably partially due to former president Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy. Universities have the same basic core curriculum—mandatory math, english, history and science courses—that students must fulfill before focusing more on their particular field of study or major, but universities decide their basic curriculum rather than the state. However, while STEM education probably has slight more of an emphasis than liberal arts education, I would argue that the US does a better job of recognizing the vitality of various fields of education and providing funding so that each can provide optimal education opportunities. This could be due to the higher amounts of workers in the US that are a part of the tertiary sector of the economy and beyond, making individuals such as lawyers and theoretists more common, and thus education in the liberal arts area essential. Also, the UK editorial mentioned the problem of expensive tuition costs and talked about a plan that would reduce tuition that would in turn be subsidized by pension tax reliefs. I have also considered the effects of growing tuition rates, which can sway which university an individual attends or rather they even go to a higher educational institute. While cheaper tuition would open more doors to individuals who are not as fiscally able than others, universities are probably hesitant to do so because then the government would gain more control over what
The various issues addressed in both The Guardian and The Japan News coincide with some of the higher education policies the United States also attempts to deal with. In regards to the UK, the US educational program has basic curriculum that must be met across the board. This begins prior to the university. In the US, from elementary through high school teachers are given learning objectives their students must be taught that are usually measured by a cumulative standardized test at the end of the course that the state educational board creates. This is probably partially due to former president Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy. Universities have the same basic core curriculum—mandatory math, english, history and science courses—that students must fulfill before focusing more on their particular field of study or major, but universities decide their basic curriculum rather than the state. However, while STEM education probably has slight more of an emphasis than liberal arts education, I would argue that the US does a better job of recognizing the vitality of various fields of education and providing funding so that each can provide optimal education opportunities. This could be due to the higher amounts of workers in the US that are a part of the tertiary sector of the economy and beyond, making individuals such as lawyers and theoretists more common, and thus education in the liberal arts area essential. Also, the UK editorial mentioned the problem of expensive tuition costs and talked about a plan that would reduce tuition that would in turn be subsidized by pension tax reliefs. I have also considered the effects of growing tuition rates, which can sway which university an individual attends or rather they even go to a higher educational institute. While cheaper tuition would open more doors to individuals who are not as fiscally able than others, universities are probably hesitant to do so because then the government would gain more control over what