Essays on Higher Education Page 2

In the United States of America, nearly all high schoolers are exhorted to attend a college or university. Acquiring a post-secondary education is vital to a person’s success in the modern world of advanced technology and a competitive economy. However, for many young Americans, this is simply not feasible, and many bright-minded and ambitious teens…

Malcolm X stated that “education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today” (Black Past, 2017). Over the years, college/university attendance has been on the rise. However, low-income youth, especially those experiencing homeless or within the foster care system, “are less likely to attend college” and if…

According to Amogelang Mbatha South Africa will introduce free tertiary schooling for undergraduates from homes where the annual income is $27,600 or less. There is no budget for it and the beneficiary will have to come up with ways to find cash, which leads to spending cuts and tax increases. This plan started in 2018,…

For this period of time in the education system, there are a sufficient number of problems that require urgent solutions. Indeed, the quality of our education, unfortunately, wishes for the best, if we recall the education system in Soviet times when Russia was in second place among the most reading countries, and all because in…

Higher education in non-Western cultures is faceted and rich with multiculturalism. The diversity of higher education around the world can be seen in the integration of American higher education, as we know it today. Northern Native Americans have a prolific non-Western culture of education and we have seen this modernized by Tribal Colleges – notably…

Throughout the course of advanced study, individuals who are working towards being scholar-practitioners have a variety of sources to consider. Understanding the value of being a scholar practitioner requires having the desire and commitment for the continued success of the research. Just as with other professions, practicing scholars must also adhere to ethical standards to…

The idea of social construct affects the way we live our lives as it plays an important role on the way society has been constructed throughout our time. Social construct refers to the idea that a certain group of people have created or have built social constructs for them to organize their thoughts and actions…

One of the main factors that indicate the quality of education as well as the economic and social development in every country is knowledge. Higher education system is the knowledge indicator for each country, it shows whether it is high or low (Salmi, 2010). Consequently, for ensuring a sustainable growth economy and obtaining a high…

The topic of funding university education has gained prominence as governments grapple with allocating funds for universities, sparking extensive discussions on the optimal financing approach and the potential for free education. It is crucial to comprehend the origins of tuition fees. The concept arose from the labour party manifesto in 1997, which placed a strong…

Determining the ultimate goals and objectives of higher education is a difficult task to accomplish considering its broad compass and the cornucopia of categories that are necessary to compartmentalize it. For instance, the quintessence, the significance, and the aims of higher education differ under various settings or circumstances. This thought may be represented by the…