ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SPONSORSHIP

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Sponsorship



Advantages and Disadvantages of Sponsorship

Introduction

Generally, Kuwaiti students have a dream about having their education in abroad. Taking an education in foreign countries seems to be very advantageous for Kuwaiti students because improved social structure and modern cities attracts their attention. Although foreign education standards seem to be attractive, they have a lot of disadvantages. The main disadvantages of study abroad for Kuwaiti students are low education standards in state universities and high education costs.

Low education standards in foreign state universities are a disadvantage for Kuwaiti students, because abroad universities can not provide adequate education standards for them. First, as a consequence of professors' unmotivated mood, Kuwaiti students can not have a chance to ask their questions about their lessons. Also, students from turkey unable to concentrate to their lectures because of lecture halls' overcrowded circumstance. So, Kuwaiti students are getting inadequate degrees. Second, Kuwaiti students have to do lots of researches in their university but, if foreign universities fails to find a sponsorship to finance their researches there will be no research, as a result of lack of money. For instance, as mentioned in the Growing pains (2002) text "New Zealand home universities and research centers lack inspiration and research funding." So, Kuwaiti students in New Zealand Universities can not learn how to use a lab or experiments about their lectures. On the other hand, In Kuwaiti universities professors can earn enough money and universities can support students' researches from their own budgets. As a result Kuwaiti students can get qualified education from their university.

High education costs forces Kuwaiti students to think about not only their education and future, but also their tuition fees and other expenses. In Turkey state universities are nearly free but in US State Universities' students have to pay $3,700 for tuition, so this difference surprises their families who are supposed to finance their children; in addition, Kuwaiti Private Universities are generally charged $10,000 per year but the top price of US private Universities can reach $30,000 per year, as a consequence study abroad concerns only rich Kuwaiti families. Another consequence is, students tried to earn money by working part-time, rarely full-time, to afford their tuition fees and share that burden, partly, from their . For example, a student who lives in Oxford has to work full-time as a waitress and parents but this affects their graduation grades. However, in Kuwaiti universities, students can attend their classes without a fear about the university payments because there have been lots of scholarship types in every university and the tuition fees are prepared according to the average income of Kuwaiti families.

Background

The United States has experienced relatively low inflation during the last 25 years; in recent years, however, average increases in college tuition have greatly exceeded the inflation rate and have made it much more difficult for the typical student to earn a college degree. Recognizing the risk posed to an America with fewer college graduates, the ...