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The Impact of Increasing Student Numbers in Higher Education: Pros and Cons

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of the rising trend in student enrollment in higher education worldwide, discussing the implications on economies, social mobility, academic standards, and individual students’ debts.

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The Impact of Increasing Student Numbers in Higher Education: Pros and Cons

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  1. Planning Essays

  2. Commonstructuresused in essays:Time organizationstructure

  3. Commonstructuresused in essays:Comparisonorganizationstructure

  4. Commonstructuresused in essays:ForandAgainstorganizationstructure

  5. Example • Outlinethedevelopment of the modern touristindustry: • A) Introduction: Currentsituation: growingdemand/curerntproblems, e.g. Pollution • B) Main Body • i) masstourismbegan in 1960s withdevelopment of jet aircraft • İi) packageholidayshelpedtopopularizeforeigntravel • İi) constantdemandfornewdestinationsandnewtypes of holiday • İii) danger of damagingenvironmentthroughgrowth of visitors c) Conclusion Industry has growntapidly but facesvariety of threats

  6. Whichstructurewould be themostsuitableforthefollowingtitles? • A) Prisonsmakecriminalsworse, andshould be abolished.Discuss. • B) Inthe UK, radio is gainingaudiencewhile TV is losingviewers. Considerpossiblereasons. • C) Tracethedevelopment of massproductionandevaluateits main benefits. • D) Examinations can never be fair: Towhatextent is thistrue? • E) The internet willmakebooksredundant in twentyyears. Discuss.

  7. Whichstructurewould be themostsuitableforthefollowingtitles? • A) Prisonsmakecriminalsworse, andshould be abolished.Discuss. • Forandagainst • B) Inthe UK, radio is gainingaudiencewhile TV is losingviewers. Considerpossiblereasons. • Comparison • C) Tracethedevelopment of massproductionandevaluateits main benefits. • Time • D) Examinations can never be fair: Towhatextent is thistrue? • Forandagainst • E) The internet willmakebooksredundant in twentyyears. Discuss. • Comparison

  8. Exercise 7: Planning longeressays • Task: Usethenotestowrite a plan forthetitle: • Title: Studentnumbers in highereducationarerising in mostcountries. Is it desirabletokeepincreasingthenumbers of youngpeopletotake a degree?

  9. Possibleanswer • Introduction • In 1985 12% of youngpeoplewenttouniversity in the UK. Nowthefigure is over 30%. Similargrowth has beenexperienced in manycountries, developedanddeveloping. • Outline of essay: benefitsanddrawbacks of expansion

  10. Possibleanswer • Main Body • 1. Benefits of expansion • Modern economiesarebased on knowledge. Thereforeeverycountryneedstoeducateitsworkforce as highly as possibletocompetewithothereconomies. • Universityeducationmayhelpstudentsfrompoorercountriestomoveinto a highersocialposition.

  11. Possibleanswer • Main Body • 2. Drawbacks of expansion • As studentnumbersrise, standardsfall. Classroomsbecomemorecrowded, andoverworkedteachersarelessabletogivestudentspersonalattention. • Becauseincreasingnumbers of youngpeoplearegaining a firstdegree, theirdegreesareworthless. It is nownecessarytohave a seconddegreetocompete in thelabour market. • Recentresearchshowsthatremployersarelookingforpersonalskillsratherthaneducationalqualifications. • Theaveragestudents in Britain nowleavesuniversitywithdebts of £15,000.

  12. Possibleanswer • Discussion • Highereducationdoes not benefiteveryone. Advantageshaveto be balancedagainst time andmoneyinvested. • Conclusion • Not clearthatnumbers in highereducation can be expandedindefinitely.

  13. Organizingparagraphs Paragraphs- Buildingblocks of articles. A collection of sentencesthatdealwithonesubject Allparagraphscontaintopicsentences Introductoryparagraphs – definitions Descriptiveparagraphs – information Othersentences – examples – reasons - restatements

  14. Analysis of paragraphs

  15. Organizingthe main body:descriptiondevelopment

  16. Organizingthe main body:forandagainst

  17. Organizingthe main body:forandagainst

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