Problems in higher education Project instruction Problems in higher education

Problems in higher education Some fields of study in humanity such as history, literature, museum, are no longer popular in universities, a lot of universities are closing down these departments as fewer and fewer students choose to study them. What do you think about it? What is the point of studying humanity? Is it the main purpose of a university to support their students to find a job? If not, what is the main purpose of a university? Or what is the main purpose to go to university? What is the consequence of the comercialisation of the higher education system in a country? What is the problem of students’ evaluation of the university teaching?

Questions to be answered What should be the main function of a university? Why the higher education quality is declining in develeped countries such as the U.S.? increasing fee 2/3 students take out loans ranking of the universities includes almost everything but the quality of the graduates (hard to evaluate) The literacy of the graduates declined from 1992-2003. the corporatization of higher education and systematic disinvestment that are transforming higher education into a private good

Essay question Can you discover a significant problem in our higher education system? Describe it and support your argument with evidence.

Usefull recources http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21567373-american-universities-represent-declining-value-money-their-students-not-what-it http://www.aaup.org/article/president-why-us-higher-education-decline#.Vk6Q4faS3IU