Students come to college expecting a life changing experience to happen. A commitment to higher education is a big step in discovering their potential as a person. College can be the beginning of many things, including a first taste of adult life for many incoming freshmen. But, the way a university operates hasn’t changed since the foundation of such institutions. Since Minerva doesn’t use traditional lectures to teach their students, it will be better able to spark creative thinking skills in their students. Therefore, Minerva will succeed and inspire an enormous amount of businessmen and create a new category of higher education on an innovative online platform (Wood, 509). “Lectures, gone. Tenure, gone. Gothic architecture, football, …show more content…
But, you could spend a semester in Europe and get involved in a new culture, connecting with new people as an extra-curricular activity, without losing precious time by not attending a university but still be pursuing your educational dreams while traveling. This system is also beneficial to students by being able to offer the top professors from around the world to live wherever they want and still be able to teach as long as they have Wi-Fi (Wood, 508). This offers professors the ability to live a normal life outside of the class, especially if they were stuck teaching in a college town such as Gainesville, Florida. I hope to travel the world as much as I can, and it would be awesome to spend a year in a different city around the world every year. There are certain things you can only learn from traveling and it would certainly increase student creativity by being exposed to different environments, rather than just a
The multiple choices students have today in college have made the university a party environment, resulting in complacent students. Mark Edmundson raises important questions and makes valid points in this essay that are worth thinking about. If people don’t take a look at our present college system and start thinking outside the box, the college education system will continue on its downward spiral of consumerism. It is fun to graduate high school and go to college to party and to have a comedic professor, but there is so much more to college then having fun. People need to realize that by challenging student, students can then start to recognize their own potential end become better for it. Learning and utilizing the information that is being taught in college is essential. “Everyone is born with their own mind, all that is left to do is break out of the stereotypical college student mold, and use
The University of the Ozarks considers students as something more than a number. Even though the college has done several changes to improve the students’ experience and learning, there are still areas that can be improved. However, by using Hacker and Dreifus’ factors as a guide, the University of the Ozarks is doing a great job giving a good level of education. Ultimately, the support given through professors, new learning tools, and economic aid make worth the price of attending this
After having begun their argument with much criticism of the higher level education system, Hacker and Dreifus, construct blueprints for how the system can be repaired. Engaging students with universal enrollment is where they begin, but with that must come an effort from professors to teach well and
Many species are part of the endangered animals, and steppe eagle is no different. Any endangered animals suffers HIPPO (Habitat Destruction, Invasive Species, Population, Pollution, and Overharvesting.), and like other flying species suffers electrocution. This eagle can’t be found in United States, but they are located outside of Europe to Central Asia. There are about 800-1200 pairs of steppe eagle. I choose steppe eagle because I believe steppe eagles should not be harmed by power lines and their destruction of their habitat. Unfortunately there hasn’t been a favorable or a specific solution for this eagle. I will propose to you one of my suggestions to help steppe eagles free from being endangered.
The collection of the Athena Acropolis reliefs are mainly all working to depict the same message and all have the same style. As opposed to the other set of reliefs that are also located at the parthenon called the Parthenon Frieze. One of the main things that set apart The Athena Acropolis carvings and the carvings from The Parthenon Frieze is that the frieze carvings are typically larger scale narratives that focus on scenes of war or preparing for war. Many of the carvings that I saw at the museum were all very unified, because of the excessive amounts of fabric draping over them, which seems to be the main focus in this whole collection. Although it may seem like the heavy fabric is overbearing on their bodies, it is still very easy to
At traditional colleges today, students live on campus at some point of their academic career and one physically attends lectures. In “The Future of College?”, Graeme Wood reports Minerva College as an alternative to traditional colleges that eliminates the problems in higher education. Minerva is a revolutionary college that challenges the traditional way of learning by operating online and minimizing the traditional campus size. In “Why We Should Fear University Inc.,” Fredrik De Boer discusses the way colleges are mismanaged and has led to students feeling entitled to avoid discussions due to their feelings. He also points out the continuous competition, to keep the appearance of institutions updated, is being funded by the costly of tuition. The Minerva College experience could replicate the traditional college student experience at FAU because although it is online, students are forced to interact with teachers and one another. Also, the tuition is less costly than at traditional colleges and guarantees diversification.
Making a decision for the future can be hard, but it can be even harder when people are torn between their passions and meeting other’s expectations. In today’s generation, most students are expected to have their career chosen by the time they are out of High School. They are trained to plan and map out their entire lives. Yet, college students still end up having an undecided major by the time they start their freshman year in college. A huge issue that is present in today’s society is that college students chose their major for the wrong reasons. Parents pressure students to pursue careers in business, medicine, politics, and law; however, unless practiced with passion, those careers are pointless.
With the rapid advances in technology, many of today’s jobs now require more than a high school education or trade skills. Success in the workforce is increasingly defined by the ability to think critically, manipulate a computer, and to work collaboratively in a team environment. Today’s college education develops these abilities, providing the individual with the needed business and knowledge, as well as opening a door to a better career opportunity with an increased earning power. A lot of people in today’s society view higher education as an investment that will pay off in the long run. But others would tell you that it is a waste of both time, and money. Going to college is supposed to be something that is beneficial to us because it offers one a better future. A future that provides the individual with an excellent paying job in the near future with nice living arrangements. But with today’s job market and the cost of going to college, is it worth it? Laurence Shatkin, an author and specialist in career information as well as a senior product developer who wrote the article, “Education Pays But Perhaps Less Than You Thought”. In the article, Shatkin establishes the importance of education, and also informs the
Since we are at the pet store buying a new pet the obvious choice is a hamster. I would want a little fuzzball running around than a scaly slithery creature. I really want a hamster. I would cuddle the hamster,and take pictures of it and talk to it. No one in my family has bad allergy issues.
In my solemn imagination, I truly ponder what a conversation with the great Maya Angelou would be like in an attempt to define and describe ‘Love’. In the initiation of the dialogue, she would probably retract one of her greatest assertions and exclaim that “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” In reply, I would say that love is patient, love overcomes and it’s funny how you say love will basically do any and everything to reach the destination of hope, but in light of this political warfare over LBGT rights through President Trump’s planned executive order of “religious liberty”, it is as if love is not apparent. Under this potential executive order, it would
Imagine a world where there are no animals anywhere. There are still the ordinary cows, pigs, cats, dogs, but there is not a single tiger or rhinoceros. People all around the world have been killing animals for thousands of years and they need to stop and obey the laws. Make your voice heard for the animals; they can’t speak for themselves so we need to do it for them. Other reasons on why animals are getting put on the endangered species list and or going extinct: habitat intrusion, pet trade, climate change, and disease. Please help to save the animals or they won’t be here any longer.
In the article, “The Professor’s Big Stage,” published in the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman, is enthusiastic about MOOCs and has raised many question, about the difference between online learning and a fifty thousand dollar education as they both result in a piece of paper. He states that institutions must move from a model of “time served” to a model of “stuff learned,” as the world only cares about what you can do with what you know. Friedman believes that MOOCs will be creating a competition that will force every professor to improve their pedagogy and that universities will have to nurture unique blended experiences to improve education outcomes in measurable ways at lower costs. Ultimately, Friedman encourages his readers, Americans
It is no secret that in recent years, the United States education system has been drastically compared to other leading countries such as China, Russia, and Europe. According to the USA Study Abroad program through the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State, studying abroad gives you the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in the 21st century. (“Why Study Abroad?”, USA Study Abroad, 2016)
Online education is a process of learning using electronic media and information and communication technology. The origin of online education began in 1960s with the introduction of personal computers. At the beginning online courses were considered as failure projects by many universities and professors because participation of students for online courses offered by those universities was really low. But in the past decade, online education has significantly increased in popularity among students all over the world. Presently 6.1 million students seeking for online degrees and online education is a $34 billion worth industry today. This is mainly because taking courses at online schools and universities offers clear benefits over taking courses at conventional educational facilities.
In the undergraduate educational setting, student proficiency and comfort with technology are stressed, but the essential mission of most undergraduate institutions (especially, liberal arts institutions such as Dartmouth) is on the development of the individual. The nurturing and supportive environment of most undergraduate institutions helps students mature and develop. The rave and fad of online undergraduate learning causes students to miss out on too many intangibles of an on-campus education. Our current theory on education hasn’t adequately dealt with the intricacies of a web-based education, and therefore the effectiveness of such is highly questionable.