Thus, instructors who require mandatory attendance in their classroom are building student responsibility - something they will need in the future when students graduate and head off into the "real" world of employment and families. The argument against this of student responsibility is just as compelling. Many people feel that if the professors control the students throughout their university experience, they will not feel responsible or take responsibility, and this will follow them into their careers, too. Experts Hassel and Lourey continue, "Attendance should not be compulsory because students must feel in control of their education and personally motivated for it to be effective; by requiring attendance, students are robbed of this valuable feeling of control" (Hassel and Lourey). The debate is complicated, and both sides have compelling arguments, however, if a student is ever going to develop a sense of responsibility and dedication to their studies and their career, they must be treated as adults and...
Mandatory class attendance creates the opposite experience, and takes away the student's responsibility for his or her own actions.
Finally, as adults, students must begin to make decisions and take actions that will follow them throughout their lives and careers. If they are unable to make their own decisions about classroom attendance, they may be unable to make important decisions later, when they really count. Student accountability is important, but so is the ability to take responsibility for ones' own actions. Without that ability, students can never soar and succeed, and mandatory college class attendance takes away that ability.
Technology in Higher Education Why use Technology in a College Classroom? Author Linda B. Nilson does not posit that technology suits all student needs nor does she assert that technology is helpful to all types of students. But in a survey involving 882 college students (from Texas, North Carolina, and New York State), 99% had a cell phone, 90% owned a laptop computer, and 83% owned an MP3 player (Baker, et al.,
University Students Engaged in Paid Employment APA- 6th Edition For various reasons, there has been an increase in employment in university students. One reason for this shift is a change in the demographics of university students. No longer are university students primarily composed of young adults who transition immediately from primary education to the university setting. Instead, many university students are non-traditional students. Many of them are older, have families, and have
Even today, the image of the over-sexualized college girl persists, in images of girls on 'spring break' who have 'gone wild,' to cheerleaders. Also, although they have dimmed so much, the question as to how to balance work and family life remains for women in a way that it does not for men, harkening back to the idea that women, unlike men, must choose between being either bodies or
To some, that suggests that college is a more viable alternative for many of those who would otherwise have sought jobs in the manufacturing sector previously. However, there are at least two reasons that such a conclusion may be invalid. First, while many manufacturing jobs have disappeared, many other types of technical jobs opportunities have emerged from numerous new technologies (Klein, 2012). Many of them require vocational degrees and certifications
Program Attendance Policy Proposal and Analysis As we are nearing the end of the third school year of the P.A.S.S. program it is beneficial to evaluate the standards and practices which have been set forth through the past three years and determine the efficacy of them. In accordance with the Pennsylvania Standards for Elementary and secondary education school principals (January 2001), data driven assessment of the policies is due. The need
Mandatory Class Attendance Mandatory attendance policies are understandably necessary in elementary, middle, and secondary school, mainly because school attendance itself is mandatory, at least through the age of 16. Adolescents, in particular, are not usually capable of making responsible decisions where responsibilities and obligations conflict with short-term desires. The consequences of allowing high school students to decide for themselves whether or not to attend class would be disastrous for many