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higher education, now known as Harvard University, was founded in the early 1600’s--a hundred and thirty years before America declared its independence from Great Britain. These institutions have changed drastically in the last three hundred years. Students no longer go to Universities to get an education; students now attend because they see college as a means to an end. They go simply to try and guarantee themselves a job after attending. Four year universities are not practical for these…

money out of any other organization on campus. Scholarships provided to athletes from a school’s financial perspective is a steal and a way to benefit from the laborers. College athletes are not allowed to make money off their name so why is the university, which already makes millions of dollars off athletes, allowed to sell merchandise with their likeness. College athletes should be paid because NCAA athletics makes more than professional sport teams, their scholarships are less than the…

every American. In the United States of America, there is a period of individuals who college degrees who do not have jobs. The graduation rates of all colleges students has increase as students are beginning to ask about career ready degrees. First-generation students should continue to be supported by having colleges and university remove barriers for all students. Lastly, as the…

workforce, but now jobs that require little to no college education are depleting and there are millions of people wanting jobs. In order to obtain jobs, one needs more than twelve years of education and money in able to pay for that education. Universities and private institutions are steadily increasing their prices causing students not to attend college due to their financial situation. Which is why, free college tuition should be enforced in America…

According to Parents Across America, “another study found substantial gains in California student scores,” on their equivalent of the STARR test we have in Texas. This study was only conducted in California, otherwise I believe that this would have the same result in all states. Everyone needs attention. Young developing minds need it even more. The Seattle Times writes, “The most persuasive class-size research in the United States comes from a large experiment in Tennessee (Project STAR) that…

In 2013 I graduated from high school and moved myself to St. George to continue my education at Dixie State University. After a year of going to school I met my wonderful husband. We got married and I had to take a year break from school to move out to California with him where he was stationed as a Marine. After my husband finished his contract with the Marine Corps we came back to DSU so I could get my associates degree. We have just recently been granted the opportunity to move to Juneau so…

thinking, “Am I going to make it out alive?” Well Chuck Liddell has, and he survived. Chuck Liddell is a professional UFC fighter. Born in December 17,1969. Born in Santa Barbara,Calif. Before Mr.Liddell became a UFC fighter he attended California Polytechnic State University. Chuck's favorite drink in college was mountain dew because it always kept him awake to study for test. He ate candy for midnight snacks. Besides Drinking mountain dew and eating candy, he did wrestling for five years of…

receive an additional $5,000, to be held in trust until they left school. An appeals court agreed with her about the cost of attendance but struck down the extra $5,000. There is now a new case before Judge Wilken, of the United States District Court in Northern California, that, if the plaintiffs win, will get the N.C.A.A. out of the compensation-setting business and allow the conferences to set their own rules for…

Students for a Democratic Society party was formed by college students to lead protests across many colleges in an organized way. The SDS section at University of Washington had a strong base and rallied fiercely for anti-war and equal rights issues of that time. When the news arrived that the Vietnam War had been expanded to Cambodia, the students at University of Washington went on a strike on May 4th, 1970 and lasted for around two weeks (Kindig,…

goal is to transfer to UCLA. Because I have a cousin who came to America in 2006. At the beginning, she was very unfamiliar with the new environment, but she studied so hard. After two years, she transferred from Sacramento City College to University of California, San Diego. Her experience gives me lots of confidence and make me believe that if I work hard, I could achieve my goal to transfer to UCLA. Being the first generation of my Chinese family to attend school in the United…