English Article Essay
ENGL 1010/ 02 HananMonday Essay 19/22/14
Katopes' Essay
I disagree with the argument used in Peter Katopes' article, which gives his opinion on how a "Business Model" used in colleges is a wrong model, because this would decrease the enrollment rates and make colleges less satisfying to it's customers. Katopes strongly stresses that "the business model, which prizes 'customer satisfaction' or 'efficiency' above all else, has led in higher education to an imbalance in the relation between student and institution." His opinion is highly valid, but could very well lead to a downfall in student enrollment rates in general. Many universities are chosen by students for opportunities to take part in unique extracurricular activities provided, and even for a great time and bragging rights from the schools reputation. Also, with a strictly educational based model, which includes "teaching them to live and serve within a context of responsibility, prudence, and care" that Katopes believes should be the only primary focus for colleges, may dampen the students interests in the entire college experience itself.
For society to come, student enrollment rates are very important to ensure experience and knowledge in all areas of expertise. With colleges across the nation functioning only on an educational model, stress reliving activities, entities and hobbies would be eliminated, resulting in less attendance, and more dropping out from the constant focus on study and lecture . Instead of eliminating "unnecessary" campus luxuries, it may be more beneficial to collect feedback from the college students themselves regarding ways to bump enrollment and graduation rates up as best as possible. This feedback from the many students themselves should be reliable to go along with what executives of academic affairs have come up with. Also, for each individual area of study, activities could be created in order to improve the educational experience.
We are all humans in need of some
Katopes' Essay
I disagree with the argument used in Peter Katopes' article, which gives his opinion on how a "Business Model" used in colleges is a wrong model, because this would decrease the enrollment rates and make colleges less satisfying to it's customers. Katopes strongly stresses that "the business model, which prizes 'customer satisfaction' or 'efficiency' above all else, has led in higher education to an imbalance in the relation between student and institution." His opinion is highly valid, but could very well lead to a downfall in student enrollment rates in general. Many universities are chosen by students for opportunities to take part in unique extracurricular activities provided, and even for a great time and bragging rights from the schools reputation. Also, with a strictly educational based model, which includes "teaching them to live and serve within a context of responsibility, prudence, and care" that Katopes believes should be the only primary focus for colleges, may dampen the students interests in the entire college experience itself.
For society to come, student enrollment rates are very important to ensure experience and knowledge in all areas of expertise. With colleges across the nation functioning only on an educational model, stress reliving activities, entities and hobbies would be eliminated, resulting in less attendance, and more dropping out from the constant focus on study and lecture . Instead of eliminating "unnecessary" campus luxuries, it may be more beneficial to collect feedback from the college students themselves regarding ways to bump enrollment and graduation rates up as best as possible. This feedback from the many students themselves should be reliable to go along with what executives of academic affairs have come up with. Also, for each individual area of study, activities could be created in order to improve the educational experience.
We are all humans in need of some