Academic advising

decisions seems to be a popular trend amongst young individuals who fail to see the big picture. Making the appropriate decisions early can be the difference between great success and great failure. According to the University of Alabama center for academic success, choosing the wrong college ranks in the top 10 reasons why students do not see success. It’s easy to piece together that if you do not have success in college, that landing a stellar job that helps pay off debt will become less…

College is a big step in life and people should pay to experience it. College offers unique opportunities that can take you to higher places. Students should pay for college because if they don’t pay they will think college is a joke, there might not be enough class and dorm space because of extra student's, and lastly the teachers will be frustrated because there would be too many kids in a small area. Students should pay for college so they take college seriously and not as a joke. If the…

When did college begin to become a way of life, a necessity in most households? Most parents encourage their children to go to college from a very young age. For a lot, it’s simply a way of life. You grow up, leave high school, and then go straight into college. In Frank Bruni’s, “The Imperiled Promise of College,” he speaks about how numerous people are going to college, yet a lot of them don’t have jobs after they receive their diploma, or that their job has nothing to do with what they have…

school’s, where the teachers know your name, your story, and usually, your family. I will not simply be a number in the professors’ eyes if accepted to the Honors Program. Also, the Honors residential community creates a place where people with the same academic dedication as I can live and bond. As an only child, the concept of sharing a room remains foreign, but having a roommate that prides herself on her education, just like I do, will ease the drastic change from home life to campus life. I…

Nothing has ever been handed to me and I have been required to work for what I have accomplished. I have always been inclined toward academic success, but it is my dedication to academics that has given me the ability to maintain success. During my first semester as a Texas Tech student, I discovered to maintain academic success one must often sacrifice sleep, time with friends, and hobbies. I set a goal at the beginning of the semester to maintain a 4.0 and I adapted my schedule…

The words of a professor are always of interest to any who may hear so. Experience has taught them everything which education neglects, and from such learnings the offer their words to open ears. Brittany Bronson is one such professor, as she advocates her personal predicament in an article titled, “Your Waitress, Your Professor”. Possessing a degree in English only add to the magnitude with which Bronson obtains in the news article. Her advanced knowledge on everything from rhetorical…

Researchers in human behavior study how it affects whom we are, how we act, and asks how we get that behavior. Could this be passed on through our ancestors, our mom, or our dad? Can we change our ways in how we live life? Do we become the way we are just because we inherit the behavior or is it our surroundings? “Fences” tells the story of a Black family who are living in a rough situation. The question is if their behavior is more connected with nature or nurture. In the story “Fences”…

At the Robert Morris University Phonathon, there have been notable issues with experienced Colonial Caller performances. Colonial Callers are current undergraduate students that seek financial support for Robert Morris University. Colonial Callers primarily solicit support for the “RMU Student Fund” by personally calling alumni, parents of current students, faculty, staff members, and general friends of the university. At the Robert Morris University Phonathon, there is a lack of…

High school students are held to a high standard of honesty in their academic work. It stands to reason that teachers and principals are held to an even greater standard. This was not the case for principal Mark Stenner at West Boca Raton High School. For his commencement address to his 2015 seniors, he borrowed a speech from David McCullough, popularly known as the “You’re Not Special” speech. Stenner failed to credit his speech when he should have and openly admitted this to a Sun-Sentinel…

College is worth the cost “6.7% of the world has a college degree. During the past decade, the average rose by 0.78 year, in line with the 0.76-year average for the second half of the 20th century. People with college degrees increased to 6.7 percent of the population this year from 5.9 percent in 2000” (Bloomberg). College is worth the cost because you can get a better job with your college degree, you get payed more at your job because of your college degree, you get the college experience,…