Quality in Education

Quality in education cannot be defined by any over-arching words that encompass all students of all kinds. Quality means something different for each student who seeks education, and what is valuable inside a classroom, and at a university differs greatly. This is why there are big schools, small schools, pre-professional schools, and liberal arts schools, just to scratch the surface. For me, a quality education requires professors who care about their students. Teachers who put the well-being and success of their pupils before their own research, or anything else. I personally can only receive this in a small classroom environment; where teachers and students interact on a personal level, and the teachers understand the learning needs of the student body. A quality education comes from not only a strong classroom experience, but a large support network outside of the classroom. It comes from advisers and department heads; faculty and staff both working together to create an academic sanctuary. 

Every student has a different idea of what quality and success means to them. In order to provide a student with quality, educators must know how to meet the needs each of their students individually. This might sounds unrealistic. We need more teachers, smaller classes, more individualized educations, and educators that care about their students, not just about their own research.