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1、TheTruePurposeofCollegeandHigherEducationDungNguyenWhenacademicscreatedvariouseducationalsystemslongagoinancientGreeceandChina,theydidnotdesignthesecentersoflearningforthemasses.Rather,theyweremadefortheelite:thewell・endowed,prosperouscitizen.Theseplace
2、swereconceivedwiththeideasofwisdomandenlightenmentinmind.Unfortunately,(orfortunately,dependingonone'sopinion)thisisnoIongerthecaseinmanyeducationalfacilities・IntheUnitedStates,universityandcollegesystemshavebecomemuchmoreaccessibletothepopulace.Thought
3、hereislittledoubtthatthisisagoodturnofevents,ithasalsobroughtaboutachangeinthefocusofmanyinstitutions.Universitiesseektoattractaccomplishedresearchersfromaroundtheworld,puttinglessandlessemphasisondynamiccurriculumanducredential”teachers・Insteadofmakjng
4、educationadiverseandinteractiveenvironmentwhereonechallengesknownassumptions,andprobesmysteriousrealmsofthought,ithasbecomeonewherethesametopicsaretaughtrepetitivelyeveryyear;makingstudentscynicalandunconcernedaboutreallearning.Rather,studentscaremuchmo
5、reaboutgettingannAHandgraduatingwiththeirdegreeontime.Theromanticnotionoflearningforthesakeofincreasingone'sunderstandingisnoIongerpracticed.Thisismainlyduetothemassproductionmethodsnowbeingappliedtohigherlearning.Thereareanumberoffactorsaffectingtheway
6、universitysystemsareoperated・Theseineluderaisingtuitioncostsandcontinuallyincreasingexpectationsuponstudents.Thesetwofactors,alongwiththegreatlyincreasednumberofpeopleattendinguniversities,havecauseddepreciationinthevalueofaneducationand,moreimportantly
7、,degradationintheemphasismostinstitutionsplaceoncreative,dynamiclearningprocesses・Raisingtuitionhashadtheadverseeffectofforcingstudentstorushthroughtheircollegeyears,withouttakingfulladvantageofallthediverseresourcesandexperienceslyingbeforethem・Financi
8、alpressuresmakeitnearlyimpossibleforstudentstoexploreclassesthatwouldnotfulfilltheirdegreerequirements.Beyondcompletingthebasicgeneraleducationrequirements,studentsrarelytakeclassestosimplybroadentheirhorizons.Chemistrymajorsdono
