Immature kids.What is most concerning to me is the lack of recognition that enrollment increases at IHEs are going to have an inverse relationship A inverse or negative relationship is a mathematical relationship in which one variable decreases as another increases. For example, there is an inverse relationship between education and unemployment — that is, as education increases, the rate of unemployment with graduation rates if academic standards are to be held constant. Whereas in the past, let's say 40 years ago, the graduation rate at many colleges would have been higher, we also must understand that the demographics of the students enrolling in these schools was very different. They were better prepared educationally (and perhaps emotionally), wealthier, and less focused on the pre-professional function of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. ; they were also more male and white. The focus today by American society forces students to see higher education straight out of high school as the only alternative, whether they are personally prepared for it or not. This does not even begin to address the need for a broader commitment by parents to preparing their families for the realities that will come when their children reach college age. Few families have saved any money for paying for college, thus compelling their students to work during school (one factor which research has shown negatively affects retention). Additionally, parents often Lack the discipline and wisdom required to help their students choose the proper IHE IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise IHE Institutions of Higher Education IHE International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (historical acronym only, replaced by: IHE Delft, the Foundation) for them. Instead, they allow immature kids who may have had little supervision at home during high school to wander far from home, where their latent inhibitions Latent inhibition is a process by which exposure to a stimulus, of little or no consequence, prevents conditioned associations with that stimulus being formed. The ability to disregard or even inhibit formation of memory, by preventing associative learning of observed stimuli, is will be erased and they flounder flounder: see flatfish. flounder Any of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface. in "fun," while largely ignoring the classroom. None of this denies the important work that IHEs must do to address proper recruiting methods and retention efforts. However, University Business (like many politicians) needs to move beyond the superficial and recognize that the issues are deep and complicated and that the beneficial outcomes might just include Little Johnny leaving college to work for a few years. J. SCOTT WRIGHT Scott Wright (born 2 October 1974) is a British actor, best known for his two year stay in ITV1's Coronation Street, playing Sam Kingston from 2000 to 2002, who famously stripped in the Rovers Return. , Director of Admissions University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX IT'S TIME It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a TO SPEAK YOUR MIND! University Business magazine encourages feedback from readers, and publishes a cross section of letters in most issues. Please send your insights and comments to: editorial@universitybusiness.com |
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