The role of education is to provide all people with an opportunity to gain the necessary baggage of knowledge and develop personal skills in a variety of methods. Individuals have to get a chance to be educated and get prepared for work in different spheres of life. Unfortunately, not all students are able to get education in time, and there are different reasons of such inabilities.
Still, the conditions under which students have to study and teachers have to educate have to be investigated in order to understand better the peculiarities of the process of education and the challenges people may face. In this paper, the attendance policy for De Anza College classes will be analyzed. As a rule, attendance policy is predetermined by a variety of factors; still, the college budget undergoes a number of changes which lead to both positive and negative outcomes.
The budget is usually allocated to the vast majority of campus programs and influences considerably the conditions under which students have to study.
Even though economical difficulties like budget cuts may deprive students of the possibilities to get proper education and be provided with the comfortable conditions for education, such challenges may have positive impact on education as they can improve the attendance policy of De Anza College and define the students who are ready to solve problems and prove their rights to be the students of the chosen institution.
De Anza College provided many Californian students with the most successful opportunity to get their education and rely on the existing budget of more than 1 million dollars for a long period of time. Students from different schools could attend the chosen classes of the college and follow the set of norms identified. Unfortunately, certain problems with budget cuts made many students change their plans within a short period of time.
The official bodies admit that they face a number of problems and cannot “accommodate the sheer mass of students who are coming to use with the funds that we have… The state will recognize that we need growth dollars in order to lighten our deficit” (Sterling). There are so many students who cannot get education because they just cannot pay for it.
Although books and campus fees require certain money to be spent by students who have to miss classes in order to earn money, it is very important to make the government solve the existing challenges, prevent economic fall, and deprive of the necessity to miss classed by earn for education. College students are not children already.
They are free to make decisions and define the priorities in their lives. This is why it is obligatory for the representatives of the financial aid office to evaluate all applicants’ messages within a short period of time and define the urgency of their demands to improve the conditions of the attendance policy.
Another important reason of why budget cuts have to be regulated is the weakness of the conditions under which college education is offered. There are many credible sources by means of which it is stated that the number of seats and classes offered do not correspond to the number of students who are eager to study. “Student enrollment at De Anza College has increased more than 10 percent for this spring quarter” (Copeland and Pereira).
Without any doubts, budget cut dictates the conditions under which students have to study. It is impossible for any educational institution to solve its financial problems independently. Governmental assistance is urgent. Nowadays the vast majority of people realize that it is very important to get an appropriate degree to be able to find a good job. People of different age try to enter solid colleges and work hard to get the required degrees.
Unfortunately, due to the economic crisis, the colleges like De Anza College are not ready to accept so many students. There are also the students who do not manage to register before a quarter begins, and many classes have to be cancelled. Faculty does not have the right to add students after the registration is over. However, there are some exceptions as a result of which the sections that should consist of 50 students have more than 60 students.
Tutors are not always able to cooperate with many students, as a result of which the quality of education is not as high as it is expected to be. Even though students are able to get their degrees under the conditions mentioned above, not all of them are able to achieve their main purposes and find a good job as their level of knowledge is not as high as it is required.
However, it is also possible to define one positive factor of budget cuts and the challenges which appear. Any academic challenge is a good stimulus for students to evaluate their possibilities and goals and make the right decisions. The truth is that some students enter the college just in order to do something and follow the orders of their parents. Not all students find it obligatory to attend classes and participate in campus activities. They do not even want to appreciate a chance to be a college student.
They accept this fact as something ordinary in their lives. This is why certain economic challenges and the necessity to fight for the place in the college seems to be a good possibility for tutors and students to check whether all of them are in the right positions. Though it seems to be unfair that hard-working students have to solve such financial problems and pass through the numerous tests in order prove their rights and abilities, such idea will help to define whose positions are more or less stable.
Every academic institution should have special controlling bodies with the help of which it is possible to define the level of knowledge gained, future implication of theoretical knowledge, and the worth of abilities available for college students. Education is the chance to improve life, and each person should have an access to such opportunity having sincere intentions to achieve the best results.
Is it possible to create perfect conditions for education? The representatives of De Anza College prove that certain improvements are possible still some changes are required. The question of budget cuts is still a serious challenge for many college students and tutors and an important factor of attendance policy. Budget cuts influence the conditions under which people have to work, live, and study. Any new financial challenge influences the process of education.
In case the budget is cut, students are not always able to buy special books and pay for their education. And tutors cannot provide students with new material as they are deprived of the necessary educative tools.
Though students who are eager to get their education and special degrees should be ready to prove their intentions, it is not fair to challenge such students too often. This is why financial problems have to be solved as soon as they appear because education is the process that defines the quality of future life and human readiness to live in accordance with the rules set.
Works Cited
Copeland, Isis and Pereira, Ed. “Too Many Students, not enough Classes.” La Voz Weekly. 2009. Web.
Sterling, Terell. “What’s in De Anza’s Wallet?: Simply the Best, at Simply the Worst Economic Time.” La Voz Weekly. 2009. Web.