Paper Topic:

Evening Degree Students

SEMANTICS AND CRITICAL THINKING - GROUP PROJECT

PART I : FINAL ARGUMENT SUMMARY

Evening degree students are treated with less regard than day time students which causes undue levels of stress , frustration and disappointment , which impedes evening degree students ' successful completion of the program

ISSUE : Evening degree students (EDS ) experience undue levels of stress frustration , and disappointment because the University of the Pacific (UOP ) does not deliver the same services extended to day time students nor does UOP attend to the concerns of EDS

PROBLEM : Evening degree students are unable to maximize the

resources that comes with program that they enrolled for , since access to facilities and accommodations are insufficient , the inadequate and inefficient delivery of services regarding pertinent needs of EDS (including recording of grades , financial records , and transcript requirements ) showing UOP 's lack of concern towards EDS

DEFINITIONS

Evening Degree Students (EDS ) refer to graduate students , mostly professional adults , who complete their academic programs with evening schedules

Treated with less regard pertains to the attention given to evening degree students as less as compared to day time students in matters of accommodations , facilities , and delivery of services

PREMISES

Basic accommodations like the dining hall and the book store are closed during the evening , rendering these resources and their services inaccessible to EDS

Classrooms available for EDS are not conducive to learning , as necessary equipment are not available (like overhead projectors , whiteboards ) and seats are fit for grade school students , not adults

Communication between EDS and UOP is inefficient and insufficient

OBJECTIONS

1 . The University of the Pacific is a small privately-funded university , and as such , maintaining and keeping all the services such as the book store and the dining hall open after 5 PM is cost effective considering that the majority of the university population will not be able to use these resources . EDS are free to make use of services and facilities from 8 AM to 5 PM

2 . The classrooms all over the university are similarly structured and equipped with the basic usable desks and chairs for the students Classrooms are scheduled for classes in accordance with routine procedures , and any special requirements such as projectors should be requested as per procedure as well

3 . It is true that the university is small compared to other universities , but the fact remains that it caters to several thousand students and their concerns on a daily basis addressing administrative issues and requests . Further , several communication channels are made available to the students to ensure that adequate attention can be given to various concerns . Students can contact the university personnel in person , through the telephone , by mail , or via the internet

REBUTTAL OF OBJECTIONS

During the information meetings held for the program , EDS were informed student services and amenities are available to both day time and evening degree students . However , this claim did not specify that the student services and amenities will only be available to EDS during the time that these are available to day time students . EDS have special...

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