Abstract
HIGHER EDUCATION, WHY AND HOW: A GLANCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
In this study, the contentedness of students with their universities and departments, their expectations from the university and the department, and their general perspective of education were tried to be identified. With the data collected it is aimed to identify the reasons of students to study at a higher education institute and receiving education in general and how much the aims of the higher education and the aims of the students coincide. This is a qualitative, descriptive survey study. It is designed as a phenomological study. As the sampling technique, purposive sampling was used. The study group for this study consists of 87 voluntary students who study at preparatory classes of a state university in Aegean region in Turkey in the academic year 2014-2015. In the analysis of the data, of the qualitative analysis methods, content analysis was used.
Keywords
: Higher education, Education, Objectives of education, Objectives of higher education, University s
