Bowen (1986) discussed that students today are concerns more about how can they gain a degree and how much money they can make out of it. Only one quarter of them see college is a place to become a more thoughtful citizen. Carnegie President Ernest L. Boyer, (n.d. as cided in Browen), author of “The Undergraduate Experience in America”, points out that graduates in business studies are more easier to get employment than those from English and literature studies in the past decade. Some schools have dropped English and literature studies and emphasizing business specialties to attract more students and to meet the society needs. Many schools fail to provide quality education, they are becoming "trade schools; trading tuition fees with bachelor’s degree certificates". Undergraduates’ and educators’ qualities are dropping. As solution, Boyer argues that colleges should set the perquisites of the college higher and upgrade language proficiency of the students throughout the years of studies in college. Schools should emphasize on the whole development of the students especially on the mental development of students. Thus everyone will equip with essential common & professional knowledge. He also pointed out that the quality of the teachers also must be raise to bridge the gap between secondary and higher education.
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