Ways to Improve College Education

"Ways To Improve College Education"! !!!

Why College education is so important? America's colleges and universities are in crisis.

They cost far too much: America spends thousands more per post-secondary student than any

other OECD nation. For all that money, we achieve outcomes: 42 percent of students who enter a

four-year institution fail to leave that school with a degree within six years, and studies find that

many students' improvement in thinking skills is insignificant or nonexistent. Graduates typically

leave with mountains of debt and struggle to find work.In a trend that would have been

unthinkable ten years ago, Americans are expressing skepticism about higher education--not just

with their voices, but also with their pocketbooks and their time. At all but the most elite schools,

application numbers are down, and students are increasingly choosing less-expensive schools,

starting at community colleges, or otherwise seeking to control costs.Colleges are feeling the

pinch. Specially college tuition has become a major issue for the middle class family. It was too

high for them, but the education system of college is the same like it was 50 years ago. There are

three ways we can make it right. Require a core curriculum, Improve the technology , and,

Reform the college accreditation System. These three things can really change the college

education.

A core curriculum should be mandatory for each college students. It used to be common

for students to begin their college careers with a general education program made up of core

courses in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and a few other subjects. Often these

courses introduced students to great works and ideas; at their best, such courses provided

students in disparate fields with a common intellectual experience and turned them into a

community of learners. And in any event they leave all students with a common grounding in

basic knowledge.Today, however, only a few schools maintain such curricula, and many college

graduates lack even basic knowledge of western culture and the world in which they

live.American Council of Trustees and Alumni's (ACTA) "What Will They Learn?" project

studies the curricula of more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Students' ignorance reflects

their poor curricula. A recent ACTA survey found that large majorities of recent college

graduates were unable to answer correctly many questions about American history and

government--such as identifying George Washington as the General at Yorktown, or the terms of

office for Senators and Members of Congress.Each campus constituency has work to do in

changing the culture of ignorance. Faculty can build centers on campus