Scarce support resources

Abu Kamara


 Something is rotten in the state of higher education-to use Marcellus words from Hamlet. On one hand, the internationalization of higher education has increased higher education enrollments all over North America and Europe and on the other hand it has exposed a persistent problem in higher education--that is the problem of scarce support resources. It is becoming more apparent that there are more students in higher education today than there are resources to support them. Large class sizes have further confounded this issue by expanding the responsibilities of faculty members without the appropriate development and modification of support infrastructures to support their teaching. Higher Ed. may have to revisit its current student support models or even exchange them for more creative and efficient ways of supporting students.