Higher education – The expansion of higher education has its necessity for existence from many – Studocu
W
a
y of Expansion of Higher Educa
tion
It
is
univer
sally
acknowledged
that
the
expanding
of
higher
educa
tion
is
working
in
most
countries
including
Hong
Kong.
The
expansion
of
higher
educati
on
has
its
necessity
for
exist
ence
from
many
perspectives
and
turns
out
to
be
an
irresistible
trend.
However
,
we
have
to
confro
nt
with
the
troubles
following
the
phenomenon.
In
this
essay
,
the
incident
will
be
dis
cusses
in
both
sides.
In
line
with
the
globaliza
tion
trend,
the
aim
of
education
has
changing
from
pref
erring
academic
to
contribution
to
economics.
The
education
has
to
k
eep
“maintaining
its
relevance
to
socio-economic
needs
in
the
age
of
globalization
when
mark
et
forc
es
and
competitions
are
the
core v
alues(M. Lee, Hong Kong T
eachers’ Centr
e Journal,2014 , Vo
lume 13 ,Issue 1
,Pag
es 15-33
)”
.
In
Hong
Kong,
the
core
industry
depends
a
lot
on
commerce,
tr
avel
and
shipping,
which
are
all
fragile tertiary
industry
but
plays a
pillar
role
in
tax rev
enue
and
Hong
Kong
’
s
developmen
t.
So
in
Hong
Kong
it
is
reasonable
to
broaden
educational
channel
in
order
to
improve
the
quality
of
work
ers.
And
the
governmen
t
po
licy
did
so
complying
with
the
trend.
Priva
te
colleges
emerged,
for e
xample in 2008 when
Shue Y
an College was eventually gr
anted univer
sity
sta
tus and
for
mally
upgra
ded
to
be
the
fir
st
private
uni
ver
sity
(
M.
Lee,
Hong
Kong
T
eacher
s’
Cent
re
Journal,2014
,
V
olume 13 ,Issue 1 ,Pages 15-33).
Educa
tion
is
not
only
a
choice
of
citiz
ens
but
also
a
symbol
of
equity
for
everyone
to
improve
their life, pointing to the foc
us on
“
democrati
zation of education and the social justice agenda (D.
Hornsby
and
R.
O
sman,Higher
Educati
on
,2
014
,
V
o
lume
67
,Issue
6
,Page
s
711-719
)”
.
In
the
process
of
hi
gher
educati
on,
lines
between
classes
are
diluted,
economic
inequalities
are
balanced,
political
decisions
are
diverse.
These
benefit
bo
th
the
intere
sts
of
individuals
and
the
society as a whole.
However
,
there
are
quantities
of
problems
to
be
solved
during
the
period
of
practice
and
some
of
them
cont
ain
conundrums.
The
first
one
is
the
recog
nition
of
education.
The
sources
for
education
are
limited,
lik
e
the
help
from
UGC
funded
institutions
in
Hong
Kong,
but
the
population is
enlarging, the
need
of education is
booming. If
the
scope of
higher education is
not
expanded
in
moderatio
n,
it
will
lead
to
de
gree
inflation,
making
advanced
degree
worthless.
For
insta
nce, in
Hong Kong the value of sub-degrees for employmen
t has
yet to be clearly esta
blished
and
it
does
not
become
r
egar
ded
as
a
qualificatio
n
for
employment
as
argued
by
J.
Jung
and
G.
Po
stiglione (massification t
owar
ds the post
-massification of higher e
ducation in Hong Kon
g, 2015)
There
fore,
it might be no use for acqu
iring a degree with an ambiguous quality
.
The expansion
of higher
educati
on will
lead
to difficulties in
teaching. First of all, the
sy
stem may
be changed into large classes model
and “
class size matter
s in
relati
on to
education goals and the
quality of
the educatio
nal experience (D. Hornsby and R. Osman,
Higher Educa
tion, 2014, Vo
lume
67,Issue
6,P
ages
711-719)”
.
The
large
classes
will
change
the
method
of
teaching
to
a
more
univer
sal
accepted
way
but
maybe
not
suitable
to
all
the
studen
ts.
Secondly
,
the
diversity
of
students
and
their
abilities
will
streng
then
the
difficulties
in
teaching
as
well.
“Both
types
of
envir
onments
struggle
to
dea
l
with
diver
sity
in
student
approaches
to
learning,
and
how
to
promot
e
stu
dent
eng
agement
and
higher
order
cognitive
skills
such
as
critical
thinking
(D
.
Hornsby and R. Osman, Higher E
ducation, 2014, V
olume 67, Issue 6, P
ages 711-719)”
In
conclusion,
the
expansion
of
hi
gher
education
is
necessary
and
useful
for
individuals
and
society
,
but
we
hav
e
to
k
eep
it
in
a
reasonable
range
fo
r
the
he
alth
of
its
developmen
t.
Only
by
this wa
y can educati
on contribut
es well to our peace and pr
osp
ect.
