Higher education

Education is Key Ron Lewis said, “Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations” (“Higher Education Quotes”). In the past, the minimal degree needed for a job was a high school diploma, but today jobs require a minimal of a bachelor’s degree, therefore; a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma. Pursuing a higher education is costly, but the future generations and today’s generations need to know the importance of having a post…

Leading change requires an awareness and understanding of trends achieved by remaining current on topics relevant to higher education. Professional resources and associations helps leaders build “a creative learning culture” (Buller, 2015, p.101). Professional resources highlight relevant research findings affecting specific sectors as with community colleges. Associations offer personal benefits to leaders as well as offering additional access to resources such as an affiliated professional…

the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc. and the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization (Merriam-Webster 's online dictionary, 1999). Diversity in higher education is represented by the diverse groups of faculty, staff and students that make up the college community, that include but are limited to race, ethnicity, and gender. Student affairs professionals with the guidance of executive staff, have…

experience because it is a one in a lifetime experience. College education is an important experience people should encounter at some point in their lives, but as the increase of its cost is going up, it is getting unreasonable for people to pay. Therefore the cost of higher education should be reduced to a more reasonable cost. Over the past generations the rise of college education has increased a lot. Tuition pays for the education, the professors, the books and other fees involved. In a…

enterprise as a whole, the controversy of how North American higher education has been influenced by consumerism and for-profit competition is a hot topic within university politics. The amalgamation of academic capitalism and the North American post-secondary industry threatens the publicly-minded ideals on which many believe are the defining principles of higher education. Through the discussion of the transformation of higher education within North America and implications of academic…

most powerful and persuasive forces of work within higher education around the world during the last two decades (2012).” With the effects of Internationalization, administrators of higher learning must be capable and ready to assist the “powerful influence of the global context, prepared to track and understand the broadest global trends of higher education (Deardorff, et al., 2012).” In the literature, we not only explore how higher education is perceived in the major regions of the world,…

Higher Education at a Cost College education should not be a privilege but a right to all Americans, “We are moving in exactly the wrong direction in higher education. Forty years ago, in some of the great American universities and colleges was virtually free. Today, the cost unaffordable for working class families. Higher education must be a right - not just wealthy families,” (Sanders). Getting a high school diploma was a essential to contribute into society, “since the late 1800’s, the…

to The History of Higher by Margaret McCarthy (2011), “In 1636, less than ten years after the colony of New England was settled, the Puritans established Harvard College in order to ensure a civilized society with knowledgeable leaders and an educated clergy education” (p. 11). The candidates for this education consisted of elite white males, which were the only ones educated by colleges and universities during the 1600s and 1700s. As a result of the history of higher education an unbalance…

The Cracks of Higher Education Higher Education, a place where students are allowed to continue to be pushed through challenging material. This idea has recently came under fire during times where the burden of knowledge gets pushed further and further up the education system. This transfer has cause employers to not only look for degrees but nearly require them. The cost of this change has made some sort of Higher Education mandatory for a student to partake in. Although more schooling is not…

Higher education in the United States has evolved significantly from its colonial roots. Religious denominations prepared students for the clergy and civic leadership, today 's students can be found in wide variety of fields such as the sciences, arts, or social services. Higher education has also evolved in the area of access, formerly a bastion of the white male privileged elite, today 's campuses are dotted with students of varying ages and ethnic backgrounds.Higher education’s evolution in…