Academia

Today, the high speed development of Internet technology allows people to obtain knowledge more conveniently than any previous age. The plentiful methods in getting knowledge cause some people to doubt the functions of the college, and claim that the college is already not the best place in nurturing intellectuals. Gerald Graff expresses the similar idea depending on his childhood’s experience in “Hidden intellectualism”, and claims the “street smarts” can provide more benefits than “book smart”…

Problem The current study investigated media multitasking habits and media multitasking beliefs, and explored the relationship of multitasking habits and nationality, specifically with Malaysian and American college students, and its effects on academic performance. It also investigated the relationship between multitasking beliefs, multitasking habits while studying and academic performance. Media multitasking has detrimental effects to academics, increases errors, and hinders creativity,…

Some argue that honor codes are unsuccessful, others argue that these codes are successful in minimizing the amount of cheating or plagiarizing. This difference can oftentimes be discovered in educational systems from elementary to college. Honor codes should be established because they decrease the act of dishonesty, they establish a more efficient and educational environment, and they are able to be established in any kind of school environment. Some people believe that honor codes wouldn't…

The full definition of academic integrity is two part because it is two words. The first, academic is “a member of an institution of learning”. While the second, integrity means “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values”. (Miriam webster). So when placed together it translates easily into; a member of an educational group who follows a moral code. While this theme is at the center of many institutions of higher education and is something we as students, should strive…

Today many students are scared to go “outside of the box” because they are worried about “fitting in.” In the excerpt “On the Uses of a Liberal Education,” written by Mark Edmundson, an English teacher who teaches at the University of Virginia, Edmundson states that both teachers and students at colleges do not value the opportunity of education rather a “customer culture.” First, Edmundon begins with a day that he does not like evaluation day. Edmundson typically receives good reviews;…

The opinions of the participants regarding their academic involvement included not being academically prepared to return to college, and to many of them, it was a challenging experience. Findings in this study revealed that forty percent of the participants were academically involved through class presentations, thirty percent utilized a tutor, twenty percent had interaction with faculty and only ten percent had no involvement at all. When asked, eight out of ten participants preferred to…

The Gap Year Plan In the 1980’s the US was introduced to an experimental semester for students leaving high school and entering college described as a “gap year”(americangap.org, 2015). The purpose is to give students the opportunity to experience life by traveling or working for one year after the conclusion of their secondary education (americangap.org, 2015). The top two reasons students take a Gap Year according to a survey by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson of Advance, N.C., co-authors of a…

Cover Letter The work that I have done this semester proves that I have met the learning outcomes even though I have had some difficulties. In the beginning I felt that I was unprepared for college level English because I didn’t know what to expect. Now we’re already at midterm I feel as if I am prepared to take on whatever comes next in this English class. In this cover letter I will talk about the learning outcomes. My evidence for this cover letter that have written will be the essays I have…

Data Collection Method and Analysis Since school culture is contributed by many aspects it is essential that data are collected to represent each aspect that influences it. The research method will use both qualitative and quantitative data assess the current status of each area. The data collected will look firstly at the school-wide characteristics or traits and secondly at the daily indicators or personality. The five major characteristics will be school norms, school beliefs, school…

The Student Motivation Organization is an organization that focuses on helping community college students that tend to lack motivation throughout their college life. The organization will be organized and fully funded by having fundraisers that the students put together. Community College Student Success: The Role of Motivation and Self-Empowerment researchers Martin, Kimberly, Richard Galentino, and Lori Townsend stated that, “Although much of the community college student population is…