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boyfriend back home I’ve been telling you about?” and I replied “Yes, the one you stalk that works at old navy?” She laughed and said “Well that boyfriend is a girl”. Pause. I think back to this moment a lot, and to my transition when I first moved from California to Texas to be a Hall Director. I think about my transition to an area that is not as progressive from where I grew up. I think about some of the issues faced by Resident advisors I supervised, and the religious presence that resides…

four-year university might change while attending a community college. The purpose of this research is to find out the reasons why people’s aspirations of attending a four-year university change after attending community college. I decided to pursue this topic because I personally know many people who attend community colleges and never end up attending a four-year university for various reasons and wanted to see if there was a common trend as to why people never went on to a four-year…

things a college considers when they receive an application is the student's SAT, GPA, extracurriculars, and community service. But within that priority pie of factors for admission, are race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Over the years, universities have adopted affirmative action while others have banned it. However, even though banning affirmative action may improve dropout rates and graduation percentages, it does not help the bigger problem: lack of diversity. Colleges should take…

displays. James Turrell was born on May 6, 1943. He lived in Los Angeles for most of his life and went to Pasadena High School and graduated in 1961. He attended Pomona College and received a B.A. in Psychology in 1965. He went onto the University of California for Art graduate studies. He also attended Irvine and Claremont Graduate School and earned an M.A. in art. Turrell has been…

I am currently Enrolled in a junior college. The school has a partnership with California State University system and gives students a better opportunity to enroll in those schools. I am going to graduate with enough units to transfer so I would have a better chance of getting into CSULB. I want to go to Cal State long beach because out of all of the schools in the CSU or UC system it is the best local school for what I want to do. When I am accepted…

In 1991 state governments paid 75% of tuition fees with students/their family paying 25%, now it hovers around 50/50 between state governments and students (Fillion). With the number of students going to college increasing, it becomes imperative that student aid funds increase too, so why haven’t they? How come the majority of countries in Europe offer tuition free higher level education, but in America students end up paying $10, $20, to even $50 thousand a year? In the United States,…

After graduating high school, many students ask themselves the same question, “Should I go to a four year university, or can I get away with going to a community college, but still have the same opportunities offered as a university student?” The answer to this question can vary depending on what the student is looking for out of the college experience. College can be a difficult and stressful time because for many students it can be the stepping stones to shaping the rest of your life. These…

accounts John L. Hennessy was assigned the tenth President of the University in October 2000. besides, him the school has augmented. In February 2012, Stanford pronounced the completion of the Stanford Challenge. In a period of five years, Stanford raised $6.2 billion, surpassing its fundamental goal by $2 billion, making it the best school gathering vows campaign ever. The advantages will go towards 103 new supplied workforce courses of action, 360 graduate understudy research participations,…

Where should we live in America? In a small state or in the big state? This question is really hard to get the accurate answer because it depends on what you need for your life in the future. For me, I always think " The grass is alway greener on the other side", while live and studying in California, I'd choose to live in New York city, located in the same name New York state in the future. To a 16 years old boy want to be a lawyer like me, there are a lot of reasons for this option. Judging by…

Kohn states that grades tend to reduce the students’ interests in learning itself. He initially cites his own 1993 New York Times article, For Best Results, Forget the Bonus, stating that “the more people are rewarded for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to do to get the reward” (Kohn, 1993). He then states that shifting the focus from learning to a reward or a consequence causes the…