JayB: What is your philosophy of higher education?
I am trying to write a paper for one of my classes, and am having a hard time finding information on the topic. Our prof wants us to get others philosophies of higher education and evaluate them and come up with our own. However, when I search “philosophy of higher education” all I get is info on PhD programs! So, if you are a higher ed administrator or an educator, what is your philosophy of higher education, or what is your college’s philosophy?
Also if you have any tips on where to find this information, or better ways to search, please let me know!
Thanks for your help!
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Answer by Thin King
truly higher education pushes tha limits of tha mind as tha underlying potential is brought to tha surface, it incorporates tha essential elements necessary to educate as well as bringing in new scenarios and real situations, not to mention scenarios where tha future has happened and consequence comes into play, that is what checks and balances tha human mind after all
One reason why you may not be finding anything specifically on this topic is because it is subjective and interpretive.
My opinion is that higher education is fine if it has a practical application. For instance, practicing law or becoming a doctor but there are many other professions where this could hamper the individual. From a professional aspect, the worst Engineers I have ever had on my staff or worked with me are PhD’s. Their minds are developed in such an analytical manner that they become dysfunctional. Also, this is compounded by people who achieve degrees all in the same field i.e. engineering. I think it is great from a science perspective but from management or operatability it is useless.
I would rather see an Engineer with an undergrad and MS or a MBA rather than a PhD anytime. To this day, I wont higher PhD because I have no use for them.
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