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Essay / Commercialization - 643
The commercialization of education has made education a business. The student-teacher relationship becomes the same as that of a service provider who offers you his services in exchange for money. This has led students at public institutes to believe that teachers are obligated to provide customer service to students. The author gives us three arguments: the reason for commercialization, why it is important, and why (or how) it should be stopped. The need for commercialization argument states that due to declining public funding, rising costs, increased student expectations for housing has led to a commercialization of education. If colleges or universities move away from corporate culture, there will be job and program cuts and, in corporate terms, there will be downsizing. Students generate revenue for colleges, and in return, colleges must provide services to them. In exchange for their money, students expect better services like faster grading, fewer courses, more courses, more preparation, clearer grading standards, etc. This has led to the commercialization and/or corporatization of education. The argument is strong, but it only takes into account the job losses associated with the lack of commercialization. The argument that commercialization or business-like management of universities should not be done is asserted by giving us the following arguments. According to the author, if instructors are asked to change their attitude to treat students as customers, which essentially means following the golden rule of sales that the customer is always right, then instructors will have to work to improve the lives of their students. The author believes that a change in attitude on the part of teachers or students will lead to a decline in the quality of teaching. Neither argument is strong. If the author adds more reasons to the arguments why it is important and why it should be stopped and fills the gap it currently has, the article could be a strong message to the institutes. I support the author's argument that the commercialization of education is bad. and must be stopped. The author's reasoning is weak. While the commercialization of education is a good thing as it empowers the student, this does not mean that the teacher should also control the students. The author forgets to mention the feedback and feedback form that helps teachers know their bad actions and improve each year. The argument also doesn't talk about making the course intuitive enough to give every student the opportunity to understand the subject./145363