Identify at least two stakeholders and explain their relevance to the issue described in the case study.

TOPIC & GUILDELINES

As a leader in education, you will need to be aware of issues that impact the work in your specialization. You will need to be well-informed about the issues and understand their potential impact in your field. As a leader, the position you take on an issue may be influential, so your position should be carefully considered and supported. The critical analysis skills you practice in this Assignment as you carefully examine a case study reflect the types of skills you will use as a leader in your field.

In Module 1, you identified three topics of interest in fields related to education. You also read case studies and selected one that was particularly relevant to you and your interests.

Review the case study that you selected as well as the resources related to analyzing issues and developing and defending positions related to those issues. Examine the information in the case study to identify stakeholders and problems related to the issue. Consider the information you need to obtain to develop a better understanding of the issue and consider how you might locate this information.

By Day 4 of Week 2

Submit a 2- to 3-page analysis of the case study in which you:

  • Identify at least two stakeholders and explain their relevance to the issue described in the case study.
  • Explain at least two problems associated with the issue.
  • Pose at least three questions that will help you gain a better understanding of the issue.
  • Explain how you would proceed to obtain the answers to your questions.

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My Case Study: Issues in Higher Education See issues on paper below (Inadequate School facilities, cost, campus violence and graduation rate)

 

Documents:

  • Case study outline.
  • Case study scenario.
  • Work force economy

I have attached the documents in question

 

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EARLIER SUNMITTED (COULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT TO PAPER)

According to William G. Brown (2015), Higher education most essential purpose is to provide education to the students. Brown added that education leads to productive lives in the community and creation of new knowledge that facilitates access to the workforce and over all productivity of the nation.

Not-withstanding the above assertion which come with education, higher education has experienced several issues in the past decades to include but not limited to cost, graduation rate, campus violence and inadequate school facilities.

The cost of education has risen so high and has had a negative impact on college access especially to the minority or poor students. College cost include tuition, housing, transportation, school supplies and food. Apart from the high cost discussed above, the graduation rate of students are falling because of students unreadiness for college and the cost of higher education. Campus violence in the form of shootings and sexual harassment are top issues that are affecting students in higher education. As we move forward on this course, the issue I will be looking critically into will be investigation the relationship of school learning facilities and students’ academic achievement.

There are several studies that have been carried out on the impact or on the relationship of school learning facilities and students’ academic experiences. More of these studies have been qualitative and the focus on 4-year universities. My study would be quantitative or mixed and the focus would be on community colleges in Contra Costa County in California.

In today’s fast-changing world, the necessity of high-quality college education is paramount. College education is vital to the accumulation of human capital, hence, the improvement of the educational outcomes within the U.S. continues to remain a focus of ongoing research (US Dept of Edu 2019). According to Han, Kakawin, Kim and Hong (2018), the classroom physical learning environment attributes have been identified by diverse authors in education as playing a vital role in the college students’ satisfactory assessment with courses. Similarly, Demir-Yilin and Tarik (2019) emphasized the impact of the physical environment of the classroom on student achievement.

The authors explained several details such as the structure, resources and/or color can play a role in determining whether that classroom is suitable for learning. Each attribute can play a major role in impacting student achievement; however, all three together can be effective in strengthening student’s ability to learn. Also, Han, Lee and Moon (2019) indicated university staff should not only enhance the quality of education, but also the physical settings that are directly or indirectly related to education.

The major elements of these physical settings according to the authors include (a) ambient conditions such as temperature, air quality, noise, music, odor: (b) spatial layout and functionality and (c) signs, symbols and artifacts. Similarly, Shalaway (2016) described the attributes of the physical environment in the classroom as color, layout, furniture/desk arrangement, space arrangement, floor, photographs/painting, temperature, quite study area), and that significantly influence students’ cognitive evaluation of the relationship between their course and satisfaction with it.

 

References

Demir-Yildiz & Tatik (2019). Impact of flexible and non-flexible classroom environments on

learning of undergraduate students’. European journal of educational research, 8, (4), 1159-1173.

Han, H., Kakawin., Kim., & Hong, J. H. (2018). Physical classroom environment and student

satisfaction with courses. Assessment and evaluation in higher education, 43, (1),

110-125.

Han, H., Moon, H., & Lee, H. (2019). Physical classroom environment affects students’

satisfaction: Attitude and quality as mediators. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 47(5), e7961.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2019). The Condition

of Education 2019 (NCES 2019-144), Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

William G Bowen (2015, Educational transformation, Higher education cost, student learning and           outcomes.