Academia

Academic Integrity- Rough Draft In any kind of Academia one can conclude that having Academic integrity is a key source of success and guidance. “Academic integrity means honesty and responsibility in scholarship.” (Gregory) Staying honest, keeping away from cheating, and not plagiarizing are 3 key topics that academic integrity heavily covers. Honesty is crucial in any situation but especially when covering the subject of academics. “You should always tell the truth, even when it seems…

religious institution. It was only with the decline of papal power that universities began to embrace academic freedom. The shift can be further understood in three acts, the era Church influence on medieval universities, the formation of a rift between academia and the Church, and a look at the importance of academic freedom in university life. A deep respect for Christian traditions, in both student life and academics, permeated medieval…

In his critical essay, “America Needs Its Nerds”, Leonid Fridman attacks the rampant anti-intellectualism in American pop culture through juxtaposition and rhetorical questions in order to reform the misdirected society into one that upholds “nerds” so that the country can be successful in its competition with foreign countries that already have that mindset. Furthermore, Fridman elaborates on the problem by demonstrating the derogative origin of “geek” and its unjust application to the…

you think my dissertation should be?” or “Do you think I have enough articles in my lit review?”, those in the tenure track often seek confirmation of that elusive number -- the quantity of journal articles needed to successfully achieve tenure. Academia does not operate within specifics -- each dissertation, literature review, and promotion and tenure case are different and require varying levels of production. In their 2012 presentation, “The Promotion & Tenure Process:…

or legal issues disenfranchises me. However, living a liminal stage is not of all negative since it allows me to fully embody the social issues of my community giving me a critical perspective. This perspective allows me to be a bridge between the academia and the undocumented community. Understanding their issues and because of my background I am an adequate critic of the representation of undocumented immigrants in…

resistance in order to incur change, but he does not break down for his readers how this change will happen. Students may start writing more what they are interested in, but this does not give a clear answer on how this might change the world of academia, and as such the way that students are educated throughout the system. This vagueness in combination with Beckman’s persuasive and captivating writing abilities lends the piece to be the subject of significant thought, but very little actual…

trying to let the readers recognize the universal exceptionalism. Medium: The article was published on a website called Huffpost. Huffpost is a abbreviation of Huffington Post. It is a news and opinion website dealing with politics, entertainment, and academia. Setting: The setting of this article would be social. Schuman picked this topic because universal exceptionalism is becoming a big problem in the American universities.…

There are many reasons why I need this scholarship. The biggest reason is financial. With this scholarship I can be the first in my family graduate college and the first male in my neighborhood to complete college. My parents and I don’t have the money for me to study freely and creatively. Even though my dad works every day and night as a truck driver, it is not enough to support the family. My mom doesn’t work because she takes care of my baby brother. As my family struggles my 16 year old…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Arvind Ashok on Tuesday, January 19th at Starbucks in Round Rock, Texas for about forty minutes. Throughout our conversation, he struck me as a young man who while seeming terse and systematic in his answers, was authentic in his thirst for learning inside and outside the classroom and his skill as an on point communicator was present throughout the interview. Arvind grew up in a house with books of all types, which he soon learned were fun and took them in…

could make inferences or inductions to what a symbol may indicate due to the symbol's usage and context of a given passage. And as such, one would perceive academia, the games, and the baby in Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf as having great symbolic relevance as they can be shown blurring the lines of reality and illusion. Academia symbolism is enveloped in this play has a major relevance to the setting as it establishes a context of which the characters fall under. Each of…