What are the three general missions of modern higher education institutions. Discuss each mission and provide examples of the tensions existing within each mission. 

 

College education or higher education is the last major form of formal education that an individual would go through prior to breaking out as an independent person. University education such as doctorate or masters' degree focuses more on research and they are widely demanded by everyone. Higher education institutions are guided by three the major missions. 

One of the missions is helping students achieve maturity in an emotional sense. Higher education seeks to help one tell what is right and wrong while being able to focus on the best course of action. With higher education, every student is able to admit his or her mistakes and get a solution to them. The existing tension here is how to design a learning course fit for every student. The second mission is preparing students for their chosen profession. Getting a certificate is not the ultimate goals of the higher education, it seeks to help a student identify and pursue his or her best profession career. One of the tensions here is identifying the interest of every student. The third mission is to create a substantive change in every learner. This mission is based on the principles of general trust, self-evident, and easily verifiable in individual experience. The tension here is identifying the best way of approaching every student and creating change.