From my first blog I currently have taken on a new direction. My prior research topic idea did not focus on the issues of higher education so I decided to change it. Rather than looking into the affects music has on students capability to learn, I plan on researching how college students become balanced. Their understanding and learning comes from the professor, a true "master" of the respected topic. The problems facing higher education all turn back towards money do they not? The success of students depends on the teacher. Their ability to teach "is also a dynamic endeavor involving all the analogies, metaphors, and images that build bridges between the teacher's understanding and the student's learning" (Boyer, Ernest). In regards to higher education it would be interesting to note on how many students received scholarships. My questions then: Where is this money coming from? Why can't this money go towards important resources needed by the university? College students gain an opportunity for future growth as an individual. Why do they necessarily need to receive full rides to school? They should technically become successful enough in their class to continue to teach themselves. That is if Higher Education is getting it's moneys worth when hiring new professors. After searching Google Scholar for some articles I came across Ernest Boyer's "The Scholarship of Teaching". I found it rather interesting what he had to say in regards to higher education and started to make me think. Students who succeed without receiving initial scholarships presumably make money. Is that gain of wealth a scholarship in itself? It then comes to mind what becoming a scholar necessarily mean.
Sources: http://www.jstor.org/pss/27558441
http://scholar.google.com/
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