Academia

Washburn National Honor Society Chapter: Statement of Purpose Regarding the Washburn Memorial Library Today, February 12, I am here to address you about the Washburn Memorial Library: I, Julia Dahlgren, Vice President and representative of the Washburn National Honor Society, am here this evening to discuss the issue of closing the Washburn town library. Our community rests upon the fragile structures of historical monuments and the atmosphere that we, as Washburn residents, have provided to our…

My plan to compensate college athletes comes from the idea of stipends. I have two potential plans to pay players through stipends. As we have discovered, athletes are already shorted by their university $2000- $3000 a year because of attending university costs. But not even this projected amount covers other expenses like travel expenses, food expenses, and clothing expenses. Athletes, like other students, require the ability to travel to class or home, but because athletes are representing the…

My acceptance into UNA’s Honor Program would be greatly appreciated and countered as a new member who is willing to go the distance in the symbiotic relationship. I will do more than my fair share as an Honors Program student. I will completely devote my time, energy, and passion to elevating this program in whatever way possible. My pursuit of acceptance into the Honors Program is matched only by my array of positive character traits, aggregation of achievements, and multitude of skills. First…

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, which was conventional in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education. The campus is known for its abundant beauty, and which is often considered as “the poor man’s Harvard” because of its low tuition and reputation for academic excellence. I am currently attending Brooklyn College; my major is biology and planning to do minor in psychology. I had no plan of coming to Brooklyn College, but suddenly I came to meet my…

Should college student athletes get paid to Play? For quite some time now, there has been a big debate about whether or not college athletes should get paid. Some people believe that a scholarship should be payment enough. After all, a scholarship can be easily worth $15,000 - $25,000 or more per year, plus a career after college that can be worth a million dollars over a lifetime. Additionally, student athletes receive all kinds…

Jocelyn: What is the Fry Scholarship? The Fry Scholarship is a military benefits program that provides educational assistance to the surviving family members of service members who died while on active duty. A Quick Introduction Fry Scholarships were created in memory of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry. They are connected with the Post-9/11 GI Bill, but only benefit the surviving spouses and children of service members who have died on active duty while serving their country after…

College athlete should be allowed to be paid by endorsements because both the college and the athletes make money and everyone benefits. Colleges all around the country are mostly benefiting from their athletes and the athletes get nothing in return except an education that they did not primarily go there to do.(Birkenes, Adele^Bagaria, Akash) There is an exception for the athletes who weren’t good enough to advance to pro ranks that were less fortunate and didn’t come from wealth and had to…

In Hidden intellectualism by Gerald Graff, Graff talks about the young person who is street smart but it's a shame that they don't apply it to their education, he goes onto question and ask is it the schools and colleges fault that they don't recognize these children and tap in and hone their street smarts into good academic work. We define intellectualism on how well you know Shakespeare and nuclear fission but we don't consider cars, video games, or TV among these things. He goes on to talk…

Leonid Fridman argues that academic achievement and intellectual abilities should be valued over social skills and physical prowess. In America Needs Its Nerds Fridman carefully and cleverly develops this argument; he first demonstrates the problem in America and ends his argument with rhetorical questions. This strategy captures the audience’s attention and coaxes them to reflect on personal values; accordingly, Fridman promotes appreciating academics in order to better America. Fridman…

Organizations and teams use process improvement as a way to stay fit (Power, 2010). The goal of team processes is to create improvements, but the most effective methods show a direct correlation between a large number of variables and accountability. The improvement and assessment of processes is a continuous one. Numerous elements are useful when attempting to monitor and improve project quality. Five elements, in particular, are useful when monitoring and improving the quality of a project.…