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Flaws in Higher Education Higher education is no longer an opportunity for people, students or anyone to expand their knowledge. It has become a business for schools to make more money by using students. The issues with higher education has been rapidly getting worse over the past ten years. The three biggest Issues with higher educations are: corrupt faculty, lack of student’s motivation, and marketization of amenities that distract from the focus of obtaining an education. There are…

The Evolution of Higher Education Since the Nineteenth Century At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Americans viewed higher education as a vehicle for what Geiger (2014) calls “social reproduction” (p. 540). Cultural shifts and advancement in knowledge affected university’s curricula, mission, and student life (Geiger, 2014). Many of these changes allowed for colleges to advance and begin resembling institutions in the United States today. Scientific Knowledge The growth of…

It is argued whether getting a higher education provides a person more economic opportunity or not. Evidently as the years go on, employers are looking for people who have some type of college degree. Many claim not all students are fit to pursue a college degree and still can become successful without one. They may even say that some college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed while in debt. Although this is true, obtaining a higher education does allow a person to have better…

drives education, and higher learning institutions and educators alike must be proactive in making higher education more accessible and attainable. Online Learning (OL) is a fast growing trend and it is opening doors in more ways than one for many students. Higher education through the traditional means can be difficult and costly; in contrast, OL has revolutionized the learning process, it has become the panacea to higher learning. OL is a unique alternative to conventional higher education;…

Progressing Knowledge and Ethics Through Importance of Higher Education: An Annotated Bibliography Billitteri, T. J. (2009, November 20). The Value of a College Education. CQ Researcher, 19, 981-1004. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ By the title of this article you would assume that the author, Thomas Billitteri, stands on one side of the fence on this issue, a strongly pro-college side which goes along with all the people that think you need an education to be…

Higher Learning and Learners Curriculum Curriculum at institutions of higher education during the colonial period in America (1636-1789) focused on utilitarian subjects such as the Classics (like Latin), rhetoric, and math (Marsden, 1994). These same subjects continued into the antebellum period (1789-1861). While the Yale Report defended the classical curriculum of Greek, Latin, and math, many colleges (especially women’s colleges) preferred to emphasize English and modern languages.…

Functions of Leadership in Higher Education Identifying an exact, universal definition of leadership is a conundrum plaguing researchers in higher education. The definitions are as vast as administrative responsibilities. Bolman and Gallos (2008) attempt to defined leadership as, “Leading is a social process that involves relationships of influence, learning, and exchange” (p. 10). While the responsibilities of postsecondary administrators are too infinite to list, the following will describe…

Background Scientific supervision as performed during bachelor courses is a regular role for lecturers at higher education institutions. The main aim of the thesis at the undergraduate level is to give students basic knowledge about the research process (Meeus, van Looy and Libotton 2004). According to Grant (2003) scientific supervision differs from other forms of teaching and learning in higher education in its peculiarly intense and negotiated character, as well as in its requirements for a…

Higher education has been in the new a lot recently. Steadily increasing college tuition rates have been sending many parents and potential college graduates into a quagmire. Student debt for many people are dragging them down for years or even decades after completing college degrees. This is a clear and obvious problem affecting our country, but how do we fix this? A radical yet popular opinion is to make colleges free and debtless. This idea has existed for years, but the current presidential…