There has been a dramatic growth in the number of people studying at universities in the last few decades. While some people see this as a positive trend which raises the general level of education within the community, others fear that it is lowering the quality of education.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the increase in student numbers at university?
Over the last century, tertiary education has become available to numerous people than ever before. Although this can be beneficial for individuals and for society as a whole, some people argue that the growth in student numbers is having a negative impact on the standard of education.
The worldwide expansion of tertiary education has been a positive trend for those involved. It has enabled more people to realise their capabilities, gain a qualification and pursue a career that interests them. Furthermore, jobs that require a tertiary education are often well-paid and thus allow those people to enjoy a higher quality of life. This in turn assists to raise the standard of living of society through economic growth.
However, the growing availability of further education also has some drawbacks. A growth in student numbers has at times led to much larger classes. As a result, students are less likely to experience difficulties due to the lack of the attention by their teachers. There is an evidence that this may cause a drop in standards, and even could make it easier for students to pass; therefore, universities are in danger of being seen as “degree factories” in which the quantity of students rates as high as the quality of education.
In conclusion, a university education can be a significant and positive step in a person’s life and should therefore be available to everyone. However, universities will need to ensure that the quality of education delivered is not compromised by the growth in student numbers.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, furthermore, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, well, in conclusion, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1298.0 1615.20841683 80% => OK
No of words: 252.0 315.596192385 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15079365079 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.20363070211 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95422582741 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 176.041082164 81% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.563492063492 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 423.0 506.74238477 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.6938221131 49.4020404114 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.166666667 106.682146367 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 7.06120827912 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.237449601096 0.244688304435 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0835668593608 0.084324248473 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0363850148977 0.0667982634062 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.140244458884 0.151304729494 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0366804376277 0.056905535591 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.0946893788 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.4159519038 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 78.4519038076 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.