Higher Education in the USA ’The more you learn‚ the more you earn"‚ said the pop singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her high school diploma -- at the age of 35! Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree‚ most people don’t. In the USA today‚ about 75% of jobs require some education or technical training beyond high school. The lowest wage earners in the USA are those without high school degrees; college graduates out earn those without a college education; people with master’s degrees
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PROFESSIONALISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION Introduction In the context of globalization‚ education becomes a perquisite for the supply of highly qualified and trained manpower. Education is seen not only as a key to social cohesion but also to mitigate the consequences of globalization. The fundamental requirement for global standards of education is the trained and professionally competent teachers. That a professionally competent teacher is indispensable even in
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Education is a fundamental right for everyone and key to the future of any country. Education has its price everywhere‚ but the only thing more expensive than investing in education is not investing in education. Inadequate education produces high costs for society in terms of public spending‚ crime‚ health‚ and economic growth. No country can afford to leave too many of its children behind and not to help them achieve the competencies needed for a self-fulfilled life in economic independence. But
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Role of Higher Education in Today’s Society Our world is dramatically changing from that of a few decades or years ago. We are living in an era of globalization which is characterized by the growth of economic and social activities across the national boundaries. The driving forces have been huge increases in the speed of travel and “the technological revolution in communications‚ the internet and large‐scale computerized information systems”‚ which have resulted in the compression of time and space
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Higher Education Research and Social Policy Inequality in higher education is a contemporary example of a social problem today because of societal challenges from the past. The purpose of this paper is to identify the discriminative factors that play a role in higher education attainment and retention rates and to discuss the history of discrimination as it links to current social and racial tensions in higher education institutions and policy. This paper examines how the faculty research has addressed
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GLOBALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Name of Author : Himani Gupta Designation : Lecturer Organization : Jagannath International Management School Address : K-13 A Khirki Extention‚ Malviya Nagar‚ New Delhi-110017 E-mail ID : tinugupta76@yahoo.co.in GLOBALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION- CHALLENGES
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12/11/2012 Higher Education and its purpose Education is always one of the most important parts of society‚ since it has close relationship with the development of the next generation and the future of the country. Along with the development of society and the improvement of technology‚ the meaning of education is becoming more and more important. Currently‚ the question of the purpose of higher education has drawn the public’s attention. A many people insist that higher education should teach
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Goals of higher education‚ university of my choice Living in the modern world‚ one cannot but face with a neсessity of getting higher education. Thus‚ if you want to be a respected part of society‚ you are to have a degree. However there are a lot of people who tend to think that this kind of studies is not for them as school education is quite enough. Well‚ what are the goals of higher education? And do people really need it? To give some facts I’d like to mention that due to the statistics‚ our
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Higher education in Ukraine Ukraine today is the most interesting country among the former Soviet Union republics where one can study‚ work and rest‚ get acquainted with the history of the country. Higher education in Ukraine has always been and still preserves high quality of education. Over 18 years of independence the country has built a well-developed‚ competitive and ramified system of national education in European educational area. More and more foreign students choose Ukraine for
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The Value Higher Education A college education is known to be one of the most important aspects of a person’s life. Finishing college with a degree with help a person tremendously in the future. It can help someone get a job‚ work at a faster pace and manage their time and money. Completing college with a degree with not one hundred percent guarantee some a job‚ but there is no doubt that it will help throughout a person’s two to four years of college they will take classes to help prepare
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