Finding a Voice
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Why is the Degree Important?
Briercrest graduation is a week from Saturday: dozens of students will cross the stage to receive diplomas for Bachelor's degrees and other sorts of certificates.
Other students are trying to decide whether to finish their Bachelor's degrees. Below is a helpful excerpt from a document on the Council for Higher Education Accreditation website:
Education for the degree is education for
• developing and deepening the capacity to think;
• obtaining knowledge on which preparation for the future depends;
• acquiring a fuller understanding of cultures;
• strengthening the foundation for informed citizenship, participation in community life and public leadership; and,
• sustaining vocational roles and career goals.
The degree represents the efforts of educators and students to organize the learning experience in pursuit of these critical purposes. As the capstone of higher education, the degree is intended to foster lifelong learning and useful involvement in the world around us. By its confirmation of skill development, the degree signifies that the student has acquired some mastery of general education and preparation for career or profession. The degree indicates that a course of study has been completed and that the student is positioned to continue to learn, work, and function productively in pertinent communities.
Other students are trying to decide whether to finish their Bachelor's degrees. Below is a helpful excerpt from a document on the Council for Higher Education Accreditation website:
Education for the degree is education for
• developing and deepening the capacity to think;
• obtaining knowledge on which preparation for the future depends;
• acquiring a fuller understanding of cultures;
• strengthening the foundation for informed citizenship, participation in community life and public leadership; and,
• sustaining vocational roles and career goals.
The degree represents the efforts of educators and students to organize the learning experience in pursuit of these critical purposes. As the capstone of higher education, the degree is intended to foster lifelong learning and useful involvement in the world around us. By its confirmation of skill development, the degree signifies that the student has acquired some mastery of general education and preparation for career or profession. The degree indicates that a course of study has been completed and that the student is positioned to continue to learn, work, and function productively in pertinent communities.
posted by Colleen McCubbin at 10:06 AM
2 Comments:
I got three degrees... and said I was done, but some days I'd still like to go on to do a little more education.
Degrees do not really matter to me. I am a very curious person by nature and I just want to know. . . stuff. . . what ever that may be.
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