Higher education: it's good for you (and society)
[2024-01-27 17:18:02]
According to the data contained in research papers published by the Department of Commerce Innovation & Skills on 1 November they also voted, voluntarily had higher tolerance, and education than children other than alumni There is a tendency to do. .
Utilizing existing research on broader social benefits of higher education, this paper is titled "Benefits of higher education participating in individuals and society: main findings and reports".
Subtitles "quadrant", various benefits are divided into advantages of being classified as non-market, along with many benefits to support individuals, markets, society, and a few such functions .
"The report does not attempt to conduct a detailed review of the evidence supporting each identified benefit," he said.
"Instead, we emphasize a small amount of clear findings for everyone and brief information about the studies they procure in order to provide as quantitative results as possible," the report adds It was.
This document was issued by David Willetts of the University and Science Minister in order to discuss the remaining issues of the 1963 Robbins report published last week and detailed on the expansion of the social benefits of university education in increasing student numbers It is done.
The new report provides evidence that participation in higher education can enhance social cohesion, social mobility, social capital and political stability.
Broader benefits beyond prominent individual markets include higher likelihood of voting, longer life expectancy, higher life satisfaction, better overall health and lower obesity incidence
Economic benefits to society include tax hikes, acceleration of economic growth, technological innovation and improved labor market flexibility, but individuals benefit from higher incomes, lower unemployment rates, and higher productivity receive.
The problem is not that there are many outstanding devoted people in higher education institutions, it is a mainstream institutional culture that no longer believes in higher education. The premise of higher education is that human beings have a soul, the soul itself desires beauty, truth, and freedom, the soul is created by imagining these eternal things, returning to the country. This relationship between the individual and the eternal truth, this noble blend of God and man was always the essence of Western culture originating from ancient Greece. It is the basis of the relationship between Athena and Odysseus, meditation on Plato's virtue, the personal subjectivity of the core of Augustine's confession, the New Testament, the attractive theological poetics of Dante, the scientific method, and the scientific method . Human dignity and freedom should be defined in the United States and other modern democracies
In our culture today, people place great emphasis on education, especially higher education. Society basically tells you that the higher your education, the better you will be. This is true if you are living a social life. Education, especially college education, is not a new idea, even if there are fundamental concepts that people should pursue after adulthood. In some cases, it is sometimes called a wizard, a pastor, a professor, a doctor, a mechanic, a blacksmith or an artist. For all of these occupations, some form of higher education is necessary. It may come from an apprenticeship or strict private research, or it may take the form of formal higher education. Regardless of format, the meanings are the same, use knowledge gained knowledge