Essay On Education Criminality And Race

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The ways in which our society envisions higher education, criminality and race have been an ongoing challenge throughout history. The current views on these matters have been changing as time passes by and has greatly progressed. Unfortunately, some views still remain slightly the same. These views have only been reinvented to keep up with the times. How do the views of higher education, criminality and race interrelate to my personal experience at the State University? My experience at the State University, the concept of higher education, criminality and race all contribute social justice by allowing individuals to realize their full potential. Through communication of our overall goal to improve society, we can enable more individuals to …show more content…

The nursing field must communicate to push physicians and nurses to align their goals to focus on the patients well being. Universities must converse with the student body to take into account the student’s objectives of higher education as well as revolve everyone’s goals around the idea of improving individuals and society. Humanities can also correspond with higher education institituions to show that the humanities are essential in the improvement of society and are necessary in every field of study, as shown in the health care field. If the criminal justice system communicates with prisoners to work with them instead of against, the crime system can progress, prisoners can be prevent from being re-incarcerated, and crime rates can ultimately be lowered. Change must start from within; society’s views on a particular group cannot change until the individuals within that group change the way they perceive themselves. The only way that change can spread through an organization, society, and even a whole country is through the means of communication of its …show more content…

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