Higher Education: What’s the Big Deal? What do I want to do with my life? A common question asked by countless students between the ages of 18 and 24. A simple‚ yet tough question nonetheless. It can be frightening to think that at such a young age‚ we’re expected to know what we want to do for the rest of our life. Often‚ this question begs other tough and frightening questions. Is higher education even worth it? What if it is just a waste of time and money? While some may feel unsure about the
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION Ranjana‚ Lecturer Doaba College of Education ABSTRACT In this world of ever-growing competition‚ rapid changes of technology‚ privatization and internalization in education have led to the use of the concept of TQM in higher education. Student is nowadays considered as a customer and the system of education needs to be according to the needs of the customer (Student).In
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Internationalization of higher education- Challenges and opportunities Background Historical perspective In the last three decades‚ increased students mobility and collaborative research have occurred as part of an emerging trend towards ‘Internationalization of higher education’ (Barnett‚ 2009). However‚ global sharing of information and knowledge dates back from medieval times in Asia and Europe‚ when international scholars got the opportunity for higher learning at the host institutes. The
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THE PATH TO QUALITY TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION By Fabrice Henard and Soleine Leprince-Ringuet About the authors Fabrice Henard is an analyst at the OECD‚ for the programme Institutional Management for Higher Education (IMHE). Soleine Leprince-Ringuet is a graduate student currently pursuing a double Masters degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and from Sciences Po Paris. She was an intern at the OECD from October 2007 to June 2008. 1 ABSTRACT 1. This
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Tameeka Moody Instructor Hunt English 111‚ Section 01A 11 June 2013 The pursuit of a higher education has become a goal set by parents for our children throughout the country‚ and even the world‚ in order to help increase their chances for prosperity but in many cases‚ it is a standard that many adults fail to set for themselves. We become complacent with the ideas that we have reached the plateau of our career options or that we need to focus on our families rather than earning our degree and
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TRANSLATING EDUCATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Commissioner Nona S. Ricafort The Brundtland Commission of 1987 defined “Sustainable Development” as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable development is maintaining a delicate balance between the human need to improve lifestyles and feeling of well-being on one hand‚ and preserving natural resources and ecosystems‚ on which we and future generations
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The Higher Education Bubble‚ he writes that the costs of college is rising year after year. Many families are putting themselves into unnecessary debt in order to send their students to college. This pattern has repeated many times throughout the years and Reynolds refers to this as a higher education bubble. Students feel that because everyone else is going into debt it must be okay. In many cases‚ colleges are not helping the matter. They see that there are those desiring a higher education and
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Higher Education in Nursing Should be a Requirement When people get sick‚ they are sensitive about the quality of care they receive. Today everybody looks for advanced health care from highly educated health care professionals. Is there any reality behind it? Could it be the high- education that enables nurses to provide high quality patient care? Although general nursing program provides basic education for nurses‚ higher education will equip the nursing professionals with skills‚ knowledge and
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the students acceptance into college is a great start‚ the student themselves need to be motivated‚ determined‚ and self driven in order to make the investment worth it and become successful. Investing in higher levels of education is worth the return benefits because in the end having that education will separate an individual from others. It allows the student to stand out on an economical‚ experimental‚ social and overall well being stand point. Studies have
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SMS-BASED GRADES INQUIRY SYSTEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In INFORMATION SCIENCE ESMAEL V. MALIBERAN‚ CoE 2010 INTRODUCTION: The grade of a student is a scale which determines students who need more improvement and require more assistance which will help teachers in guiding them towards their development
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