EXPOSURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

A student is responsible for his or her education in any higher education setting. However exposure is of the greatest importance. And access to good materials is another necessity. The quality of professors is fourth. The requirements are 5th. Expectations by students (and family) are first and Expectations by the school are 6th. Financial support and environmental support (Family, infrastructure etc..). Motivation is 7th. Challenges are 8th. Rewards are 9th. Integration and actualization of knowledge with applications are 10th. Progress Status is 11th. Recognition is 12th.

From the impromptu Carl Nicolas scale :) here, one can see that if a student means business, being "place bound" is not a great handicap. One's previous preparation can be. Even though great opportunities can be tapped into at Elite Universities. Social exposure might be more challenging at Elite universities also.

One has to admit though that some schools can bring you down, not only because of the limitations of resources, but also because of the policies in place or lack thereof. The limitations of professors can limit the exposure of students to great resources of knowledge. Even though we live in a time of democratization of knowledge, general acess etc, one needs to be guided, this is not to say that self learning is impossible. And also the whole system at a college or university may keep you busy with irrelevant endeavors and sink you into a mechanical superstructure of educational processes, where the orientation of students may be skewed toward relatively small achievements, like it is frequently the case at small community colleges.

Community colleges should be abolished. Either you have remedial colleges or colleges. The idea of teaching student the same classes at a substandard level is not appealing to me