University Comparison Two Universities: The Educations System

University Comparison

Two Universities:

The educations system in the United States is said to be, many times, unique. This education system seems to stress practically over everything else, and this is something good, but many times, other ideas may benefit from consideration by education authorities in America. This paper will thus focus upon two universities in order to see their similarities and differences, namely University of Ghana and Georgia State University, and see which, if either is better suited or a better institution in which individuals can learn.

The very first difference, from the simple names of the universities shows that one of them is a state university in the United States, and the other is a national university of a country in Africa. This, however, does not mean that there are not similarities. For example, both universities have beautifully built websites, that give a detailed history of the particular university. The "about" page of the University of Ghana, for example, describes how the university was built, and when. Furthermore, it includes statistics on its graduation and enrollment, its associations and links, and its institutional affiliations.

The other nice thing about this organization is that it provides detailed descriptions of its colleges, which include: College of Health Sciences, which has a medical, dental, allied health services, public health, and nursing school, the College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, with a school of agriculture and a research center, as well as arts, law, science, business and engineering divisions, and also describes Research Institutes. These institutes include the Institute of African Studies, the Institute of Adult Education, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, the Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and the Institute for Population Studies. Further, the about page also gives insight as to the research and learning centers, and states that it works with 17 of such learning centers or libraries.

Though both universities have an about page, the structure of these is different, as well as their content, which also proves differences between universities. For example, on Georgia State's website, the President includes a Welcome message, which is quite characteristic for a university in the United States. The website also includes a mission statement, and several other facts about Georgia State, including an overview of its structure, its schools, tuition rates, and research centers and such, the latter of which were also described by the University of Ghana, above.

There is yet another difference here with the two Universities in addition to, of course the substances of their about messages, and the differences in the schools and the division of each university. This difference is the declaration by Georgia State of its financial assets in a paragraph on the About page.

The 'about' pages above were referenced because they are quite useful in pinpointing general similarities and especially differences in the two institutions. For example, from these pages it was found that whereas Georgia State is a research university and serves around 30,000 students, the University of Ghana, though with around the same number of students, is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Africa. This, then, shows various trends with regards to Education. Though both universities have a research focus, especially on the medical field, and though both have around the same number of students, the goal and specifics of each is very different, and these range from the way things are taught, to the actual curriculum, to the various fields where emphasis is most placed (i.e. research at Georgia State, and the medical field at the University of Ghana). These statistics also show that perhaps the situation in Africa does not so much stress education, for the Georgia State research institution is truly quite small for the United States.