Spread the loveThe purpose of public universities is to serve the needs of their communities. However, some members of the community believe that many public universities are ignoring their mission. Those who study colleges and universities say that today’s public universities and faculty members are almost entirely focused on research. As a result, teaching assistants assist professors as instructors or grade essays. Students are being left behind as university leadership focuses on fundraising rather than working with faculty. Some argue that by leaning toward privatization, encouraging non-residents to matriculate, and becoming more business-like, public universities have forgotten their missions. Privatization … Continue reading Is Higher Education Forgetting Its Purpose?