The general argument made by Megan Henry in her work, “Should Ohio keep softer high school graduation requirements,” is the question of whether or not to implement alternate pathways for students to use to graduate. Henry writes, “Faced with a host of students who might not get their diplomas, the Ohio’s state school board backed off tougher graduation requirements for this year’s high school seniors.” In this passage, Henry is suggesting that the Ohio board of education doesn’t think there is a need for higher advancements in knowledge. In conclusion, Henry’s belief is that there is a big debate on graduation requirements and it may affect upcoming seniors. In my view, the Ohio board of education is wrong on a few points, because times are
Australia adapted the national security act in 1939, which was used during world war 2. This gave the Government unprecedented power to protect the people and defend the country from the war, which had a major impact on the Australians. Censorship, rationing and conscription were all laws made during world war to: hide terrifying truth, keep the economy and living standard maintained and to get men and women to protect and defend the country. The Australian government introduced this two laws to specifically protect the ordinary Australians.
What does it mean to be a college graduate and do they really care about your career? In this essay, “We Send Too Many Students To College (2011)”, Marty Nemko’s, asserts, that colleges are a business as well as students are a cost item. Nemko supports his claim by illustrating authoritative quotes with the nationwide survey conducted by UCLA researchers. Nemko’s purpose points out the way colleges misinform high school students who are seeking a degree where sometimes employment is difficult to acquire, in order to collect billions of tax dollars with minimal accountability.
Higher education governance systems across the United States are extremely complex and vary from state to state, consequently the landscape of postsecondary organizations is just as varied, there are no two states with the same governance structure. There are many boards that have oversight and governance of higher education institutions, which comprise of single, statewide coordinating board/agency, single, statewide governing board, one or more systemwide coordinating or governing board, and administrative/service agency. Each state has a governance that relates to the decision-making processes and structures, many of which draw on long-standing historical regulatory models (Dobbins & Jungblut, 2018). Higher education governance addresses
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind Act 12 years ago, teachers are judged based on standardized tests and their students’ scores. The tests are often used as a measure for schools to determine if teachers should keep their jobs. The whole teaching profession is being shamed as inadequate. Joe Nocera, opinion columnist for the New York Times newspaper, by examining a thinker named Marc Tucker, argues for a new way to approach educational reform. To begin with, Nocera addresses reforming and reconstructing our current schools.
However, if the government cuts financial support for universities in the twenty first century, their research departments may suffer, and they may not provide students with four years degrees. Crow and Dabars write that “Public investment in high education during the twentieth century produced a level of education attainment unmatched anywhere in the world. Accessibility to our nation’s colleges and universities served as a springboard to intergenerational economic mobility and a catalyst to innovation, which in turn brought prosperity to a broad middle class.” Here, the author argues that, in the twentieth century colleges and universities used to get government support, and the support made accessible that higher education for all social classes. Since state funding has gradually declined, it has become more difficult for lower income students to get high education.
Recently, many have begun to attack and degrade higher education in the United States. In the book How College Works, authors Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs claim, “As state support has eroded, and as more students attend college in an increasingly desperate attempt to find viable jobs, the price to students of attending an institution of higher education has gone up, especially at more selective institutions” (172). So is college even worth it? Caroline Bird’s excerpt from her book Case Against College “Where College Fails Us” is an adequately written article that agrees with those who question whether college is a good investment. Bird argues that although some students would benefit from college and succeed, many fall short, wasting
The Congress consists of two institutions: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House Committee on Higher Education focuses on studying various potentials and strategies, such as new technological advances that would allow students to access and participate in higher education, and how Texas’ resources could be used to improve postsecondary education. The Senate Committee on Higher Education, on the other hand, studies present methods for general academic institutions and community colleges funding, and workforce necessities in each region of Texas, and reviews tuition, fee waivers and exemptions. The House and Senate Committees on Higher Education utilizes the influence of Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education in public opinion, in order to gain favor from the citizens. In return, the House and Senate Committees on Higher Education grants Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education access, passes policies and laws favorable to Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, and oversight.
Higher education has undoubtedly undergone immense changes throughout history. These changes are addressed in the article “Not what it used to be; Higher education,” written for The Economist. The article begins by saying that American colleges are clearly still doing well, as “more than half of the top 100 universities, and eight of the top ten, are American” in international rankings. The main point of the article, though, is how drastically the costs and debts accompanying a college education have increased throughout history. The article states that “In 1962 one cent of every dollar spent in America went on higher education,” but by 2012 this number tripled.
David Labaree’s book, A Perfect Mess, is an interesting exposure of the complexities of American higher education. However, at times he overemphasizes the market sensitivity of the system as a strength and his conclusions generalize between the public and private models of our system. While Labaree’s form is descriptive and accurate, his conclusion prescribes inaction toward the current problems in our university system. At many points throughout the book he acknowledges that the private system is better established in this market economy, but also that it is not accessible. Thus, his prescription of leaving the struggling public university alone may mean the end of publicly accessible education.
In this day and age, it is assumed that the majority of high school graduates will be attending college, whether a two year community college or a four year college or university. The problem with this expectation of young people is that college is expensive, which is why numerous people are pushing towards free college for all, not just for the academically talented. While overall publicly funded college is unrealistic, this country could slowly overcome this issue of college debt by providing more two year community colleges across the nation with the tuition of these community colleges drastically reduced. The major reason why many people are pushing towards publicly funded college is a because of the substantial rise in college debt over the last decade.
Each state is affected differently by the policies put in forth by the state and federal government. Through our readings I was able to identify the major differences on each state’s higher education system in regards to preparation, participation and completion. As it stated in the reading, “New Mexico is a high effort, low performing state.” Which means that the state is attempting to create a better structure and impact the higher education system, but the results are not positive.
Government cuts in education funding have driven tuition prices up and these government funding decisions have made college less affordable and less accessible for students. Jonathan Glater, a professor at Berkeley Law, claims, “Direct appropriations and state support of public colleges have failed to keep pace with rising institutional costs. This is due at least in part to difficult economic times that have forced state governments to make hard fiscal choices” (Glater 1573). Rising education costs have made college less affordable and has shifted education costs from the government to students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “the average tuition and fees for first-time full-time undergraduate students in academic year 2021–22 was $9,700 for public institutions, which is 6 percent higher than $9,100 in 2010– 11” (“COE”).
Autonomy and Performance in Higher Education By Taufik Mulyadin My final project is primarily aimed to contribute to the understanding of governmental control and autonomy in higher education and its impact on performance of higher education institutions (HEIs). First, it explores the meaning of autonomy within the dynamic of current policy on higher education. Second, it analyzes research studies indicating relationship between HEI autonomy and performance. Using principal-agent models as a theory in policy reform, I discuss the narrative of reform that shifts from previous beliefs in autonomy of HEI that are constructed on institutional trust and related to professional autonomy, academic freedom. Currently, autonomy has been re-defined
In Module 7, I think the most important concept is creating a climate of accountability, which is a tenet of the Prevention part of the Discipline Model. Creating a climate of accountability is so important because keeping people accountable is the follow-up; it’s the feedback. Some might argue that setting standards is the most important part, but what good is setting a standard if you’re unwilling to enforce it. Keeping people accountable is that enforcement of the standard. It’s more than just the enforcement of those frontline standards, though, that we give new Airmen that typically are the ones doing “heavy lifting”, so to speak.
