American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Without his efforts, public education would not have made such a big improvement. William Torrey Harris was originally the chief administrator of the St. Louis Public Schools between 1868 and 1880. Later in his career, he served as the United States Commissioner of Education from 1889 to 1906. Harris believed in free common public schools. This would mean that he wanted as many kids to go to school as possible. One of the ways he improved the schools themselves was by making the library a common…

of Americans. The majority of college students are burdened with lifelong debt in suit of pursuing their childhood career aspirations and often detracting from other pecuniary objectives such as vehicle or property ownership. At the beginning the writers use 2 individuals from separate walks of life as a model examples of the catch 22 that has become a finical crisis topic of recent years affecting all social classes by significantly decreasing turnover ratio following investing in a college…

the black power movement since she was an African American women . so ,being african American had affected many people’s education during the black power.so race and enthinity plays an important role in the way is education is absorbed. African americans’s education got affected negatively by their ethinivity. Howeve,r their level of educaton today is much more better than what they have faced in the past. For a long period of time African americans have moved from Africa to the USA used to…

When seeking a career as a veterinarian, a person should look at aspect such as one’s responsibilities, necessary, skills, work conditions, salary, and its prospects, but even more important is to prepare oneself properly by attending the university of florida college of veterinary medicine that will offer the best training possible. A veterinarian has many responsibilities. For example veterinarians must know the signs that animals make, because unlike humans they don’t vocalize symptoms…

Susan Brownell Anthony (Feb. 20, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and a feminist who played an important role in the woman’s suffrage movement. She began to collect anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and herself founded the New York Women’s State Temperance Society after Anthony was not allowed to speak at a temperance conference because she was a woman. She began the movement to equality in women, although we are still looked at as minorities,…

Dear University of Texas, Austin Office of Admissions, I write this letter to you in regards to your race-based affirmative action program that has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as of 2013. Just a few years ago, a woman by the name of Abigail Fisher challenged your affirmative action program created to increase the enrollment of minority students. The Supreme Court decided in favor of this program, and by doing so, upheld the use of race-based affirmative action in higher education,…

It has been often said that finishing college does not produce the most intelligent graduates but rather the most disciplined of them. Yet, when considering nationwide graduation and retention rates of community colleges it appears students often decide college is not of great value to them or they simply cannot maintain stability between academics and making a living. In light of President Obama’s ambitious proposal to make community college tuition free, the talk about two year institutions…

Sanford Ungar argues the importance that a liberal arts degree holds today in America to those who are skeptic in his article, “The New Liberal Arts.” There are several points Ungar disproves. Ungar states that the job market was tough to crack into among all majors. Liberal arts have nothing to do with politics and can’t be related to democratic ideology according to Ungar. Several institutions that provide secondary education have liberal arts degrees which gives several opportunities for…

school. The person should know well before graduating high school that he or she wants to enter the veterinary career. With only 28 veterinary medicine schools in 26 of the United States grades need to be excellent and high. But grades aren't the only thing a student needs to be focus on, as veterinary colleges and universities also look at the persons extra activities, experience with animals, and background in biology, science,…

What Americans refer to as soccer is called football in other parts of the world. In America, soccer and football are viewed as two different sports. Soccer and football have some similarities, but also have some differences. While soccer is not as popular in the United States, it is a favorite sport for the rest of the world. Over two-hundred and forty million people around the globe participate in soccer frequently according to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). What…