Academic Freedom For A Bachelor 's Degree Computer Science

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” These are words spoken by Nelson Mandela that I strongly agree with.

Education is very important to human development and it always has been. Through the years, education has always been relatively the same. Many well-educated authors believe that education needs to be changed, from Rabindranath Tagore, who was alive in the early nineteen hundreds, to Martha Nussbaum who is still alive to this day. Tagore was a very important Indian literary figure,who wrote “To Teachers.” In this piece he discussed how education should be more involved with nature rather than the prison that it is now.“Education for Profit, Education for Democracy,” was written by the American philosopher, Martha Nussbaum. In this chapter Nussbaum discusses how our current education system focuses on career training and does not prepare students to be good citizens of a democracy. Tagore and Nussbaum describe two different models, that contain many similarities, of how they believe education should be.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Mandela). In discussions of education, Newman argues that there should be a common shared knowledge between people. According to statistics, there are 70% of Americans who do not hold a college degree. Newman’s ideas revolve around the belief that everyone should go to college and pursue a higher education. If Newman’s ideas are implemented in today’s society, there will not only be short term difficulties like a greater demand for teachers and supplies but also long term difficulties with America’s economy. Although Newman’s system sounds like it would create a better world in the surface, it would be one which is hard to apply in today’s American society.

Martin Luther King is quoted as saying: “Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of true education.” As I continue to develop as a person and meaningful and flourishing part of society, I aspire to attend a university that represents academic excellence, diversity and leadership in transformation. Nelson Mandela was once quoted as saying: “Education is the most powerful weapon which

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Mandela, N (n.d.)

When in the course of life events the amount of work we are given by the teachers in school needs to become independent from the student. This is described to why they deserve to be independent. It’s essential, as students, to come up with our own Declaration of Independence and why we will be independent from the work that is given from the AP teachers.

When people learn that an education can give oneself freedom, power, and knowledge oneself can conquer any problem that comes its way. It is oneself responsibility to take advantage of its free education that I and everyone is given here in the United States. It seems people that are restricted from receiving an education are the ones that are determined to do whatever it takes to get an education so oneself can improve one’s life.

Consequently, knowledge is power; higher education’s primary role and contribution to economic development remains in its traditional obligation: creating an educated society. In addition to that, the current economy has caused the conventional academic mission to be extremely significant (Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2010). The paradigm shift in the twenty-first century is more knowledge

“It is not the job of a university to be a harbor for social or political change, considering that requires taking a hard stance on what constitutes good social or political change in the first place. It is a university's job first and foremost to educate, to expand student's pool of knowledge, and to provide an environment which makes it's students strong and prepared to take on the world with all their intellectual capacity.”

In so doing, many universities have manufactured artificial utopias based on a philosophy of avoiding, not confronting, unpopular ideas, and of pacifying, not empowering, students in the pursuit of knowledge. In this way, some universities have become equivalent to the anxiety-riddled parent who shelters a child from the evils of the world, only to find out years later that the child is woefully unprepared for life’s challenges. The same result occurs when

Our education system is a strong and mighty machine composed of standards for greater knowledge and understanding. This holds true for the California State University of Fullerton as it is a very selective public institution. However, in recent events, it has come into the crosshairs for a battle often fought by professors and academic freedom. Associate Professor Alain Bourget had an issue with the math class he was teaching. The math book was way too expensive and hardly relevant to the needs of the students. Bourget decided to use a much cheaper and more relevant math book for his class. In doing so, he ended up with a written reprimand and was threatened with dismissal. Now the university and its

At colleges around the U.S, protesting is a major act. Students have taken protesting to a whole new level, and are intimidating faculty into silence. They are taking advantage of their rights and are abusing their freedom of speech. The right to freedom of speech does not include the right to steal others of their expression.

When it comes to the educational history of sub-Sahara Africa, it can be divided into three eras: the pre-colonial period; the colonial period; and the period after independence. African children in pre-colonial period, learnt how to survive life through experiences and instructions from their elders. Indigenous forms of education served the needs of the community as a whole, meaning African children, during that period learnt what they lived. Indigenous education systems also varied from one place to another, as different African cultures were present. Director Aïcha Bah-Diallo of the United

Academic freedom has been at the forefront of debate when dealing with Free Speech on public colleges campuses. Through a series of cases, the Supreme Court has ruled on numerous cases recognizing student and faculty rights to academic freedom (354 U.S. 234). In a series of cases the Court has acknowledge Tinker as applying to both public schools as well as public colleges, as well as defining academic freedom and a recognizing student and faculty rights to free expression of ideas, teachings, and other writing pertaining to scholarship and ideals (385 U.S. 589) (408 U.S. 169). Though broad, the Court has laid the ground work to student free speech rights pertaining to the First Amendment.

Last week, while having my morning coffee, I overheard a conversation between a college lecturer and a well-known secretary in The Ministry of Finance. I was about to return upstairs in my office when I observed the secretary pushed forward, looking the lecturer directly in her eyes emphatically and aggressively said, “You academics just don’t get it…the government aint gat no money to take care no university.” I relaxed in my seat as the conversation between the two raged on. This same discussion is but a fragment of a national discussion that has been ongoing in this country for many years, and the debate is whether or not The Bahamas is economically, financially and socially developed enough to maintaina university. This situation has become a “worrying problem” indeed.According to her article, “We Do Not Need A University”, Ms. Pam Burnside discusses the issue of The Bahamas being a small independent nation who wants to ameliorate its tertiary level institution with inadequate financial resources. She further explains that the Bahamas is “too greedy” and is ashamed of the College that we already have in existence. In addition, she argues that The Bahamas does not need a university and simply cannot afford it. In response to Burnside’s arguments, I most certainly agree with her. The College of The Bahamas is not well equipped to become a university as it lacks a few vital components that need to be addressed urgently: Financial resources,Infrastructure and Staffing.