What is the main purpose of higher education and how does it affect a community?
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Well to improve the country's economy the people there have to work and develop new things to keep it running.  Currently not enough young people are interested in science and mathmatical careers because they think it's too risky.  If no more people go into those the U.S.'s economy will go down.  For example, the U.S. is the only country(leading in economy) that hasn't built a mag lev train actually a large model.
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Higher education is important for two reasons.  First, depending on what you want to do for a career, you might need knowledge to do your job.  You can't be an engineer without some higher education.\nSecond, in college you learn whole new ways of thinking. Employers like to hire people who have gone to college because they can think in more sophisticated ways.
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Community exists within society.
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Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgment and wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation
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It encourages social interaction with other young people (and adults), and gives them goals and projects to work toward. It fosters a sense of belonging, and a sense of purpose.
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Yes.  As Aristotle wrote, the primary purpose of public education is to make good citizens.
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Education is absolutely important in communication. (Heck, you even spelled Illeterate wrong. Caps also imply screaming so tone down okay?) Sorry, I'm in a heckling mood here cos Elliot got booted!\n\nHow else is education important? Well, it enriches you. You gain knowledge, learn how the world is, learn how history was, learn the beauty of art, science, humanities. Education exists not for the sole purpose of posting profiles on line but for us to tap into. We learn basic mathematical calculations & problem solving skills. This helps us tackle issues in life with our vast store of knowledge. Real fulfillment comes from listening to a masterpiece or viewing beauty as interpreted in a painting through an artist's eye. What can beat that! It is all about balance (of ignorance vs knowledge) so learn to appreciate education and the vast opportunities it affords us to open our minds.
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good question=\n\nsome with plenty of time. \n\nsome to kill their boardram.\n\nsome to learn new things.\n\nsome to guide the people in need of knowledge and guidience.\n\nsome to assist students and reserchers.\n\nsome just for fun.
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Everyone is different first of all.  It is true that some cultures learn from the people in their community their trade or occupation.\n\nHigher education gives you many choices in life, and it opens you up to many possibilities.  Higher education is why our country is so successful.  Don't underestimate the power of knowledge.  The wisest man knows that he knows nothing!  \n\nSometimes people are unhappy with their careers, it just wasn't for them.  That doesn't mean that they regret getting an education.  And it's never too late to do what you love to do.  Our minds will last forever....knowledge is power!!
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THE EDUCATION..ACADEMIC VALUE.\nSTUDENT TRYING TO LEARN NEW THINGS..\nTEACHER TRYING TO RE-COLLECT THE THINGS ALREADY LEARNED.
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To provide an oppurtunity for men and women of all ages, races, religions, sex, and income levels to participate and earn the same advanced education to further their careers and progress in thsi world; they allow for everyone to learn at an equal level.
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Yup. It helps people learn skills they will need for higher education and the work place. It is not necessarily the work a person does but the act of discipling ones self to finish homework, and follow directions, and connect what is being taught by making a person think a little more then they would just in a classroom. Seriously, learning to study, following directions and learning to learn are necessary to maintain a job.
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excellent question. i will try to give my 2 cents\nOpen university has very flexible and relaxed curriculum that you can do using correspondence ( also online sometimes). Admission requirements are very linient too. \nBut online university basically has same requirements and standards that of a normal university but the benefit is that u can do all courses completely online.. that is from ur workplace, home etc. the downside is u don't interact(personally) with other students(yeah chats and all that are there)  or professors.\nBottomline, the open university has the purpose of providing education to people of all background and constraints.. (making more people educated even if the standards needs to be compromised a bit) but the purpose of online university is to provide all education at your doorstep without necessarily compromising in quality (not at least through course structure or grade requirements).
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College is an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. \n\nUniversity is an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
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Hi,\n\nThe purpose is two fold, the first vocational; to help you get a more rewarding job, the second, and perhaps more important, to educate you. Education is of value in itself. Without education a man can only know what he can find out by trial and error in his life, with education he, to quote Isaac Newton, sees farther because he stands upon the shoulders of giants.\n\nThere is far more which, if you study, you will discover.\n\nHope that helps. PP\n\nPS. the social life rocks too
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Your means are sufficient for providing for your basic human needs.  However, the cost of higher education, and all the ancillary expenses associated with the fulfillment of your education, exceed your current financial means. \n\nHence, the reason you seek to better yourself and the world around you, by improving your future earnings capabilities.
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Education should provide a broad base of cultural knowledge (math, politics, psychology, geography, etc.) as well as easy-to-use and easy-to-remember tools for rational analysis.\n\nThe purpose should be to produce sharp, critical and mentally flexible citizens who are capable of adapting to new situations in a global economy that changes fast.