LA TROBE VENTURE CAPITAL PROGRAM La Trobe University’s envisions itself as being one of the top 300 schools internationally. To do this, it needs to improve on some aspects of its business to get a higher score from international university ranking publishers. One of the most influential publishers is the British Quacquarelli Symonds, issuer of the QS World University Rankings. The university’s QS world rank is in a steady decline from its 205th rank in 2007 to its current rank which sits just outside the top 400 (Quacquarelli Symonds, 2014). To stop this trend, all of La Trobe’s faculties should improve in the six criteria QS use to rank universities. Two of these criteria rely heavily on the quality of graduates as perceived by employers…
Also, I am from Orange County. It’s a place where poverty is at 12.8%. I believe that you’re decisions are based from where you are from. For example, in Orange County, our educational attainment is 84.3%. There are 13.4% of scholars from 18 years to 24 years old that has an education less than high school graduate, 29.5% of scholars from 18 years to 24 years old that has an education of high school graduate, 48.3% of scholars from 18 years to 24 years old that has an education of some college…
college within 6 years? Every year, millions of students graduate from High School. For many students, pursuing higher education is their personal choice while others are attending because they are told to do so. Even so, students pursuing higher education must be realistic and exclude themselves from contributing to the millions of students who end up buried in debt. College is worth it, that is depending on each individual’s choice. Despite the ridiculous amount of debt, students need to…
Universities in the United States offer the same thing students want: a degree. Universities offer degrees in several areas while others offer degrees in certain concentrations. The degree allows students the opportunity to get a job and pay off their debt that accumulated from student loans. Tuition varies at every university and schools that ranks are high tend to have a higher cost of tuition. Tuition is always a decisive factor for students who cannot afford to attend such institution.…
When veterans return from military service, one important avenue of return to cilivan life and career is through higher education. By the year 2020, it is estimated that 5 million service members will leave the service and a large portion of them will be choosing to attend college and universities. The post 9/11 GI Bill enacted in 2009 made it much more assessable for military veterans to attend college, by enacting financial incentives that pay for tuition, textbooks and housing. Important…
William Deresiewicz published an essay called “Don’t Send Your Kids to the Ivy League” in the New Republic Journal. In this article, he criticizes the elite education in the United States, focusing exclusively in how the prestigious schools do not teach students how to think, but rather “train them in the analytic and rhetorical skills that are necessary for success in business and the professions” (Deresiewicz). The author gives examples of his previous experience working for some of these…
presidential election campaigns were heating up, the topic of access to higher education was in the media spotlight. Following student protests against undocumented students, the discussion of access to higher education became the center point at Washington State University. The institution’s president, Kirk Schulz, issued an email to all students, staff, and faculty members, followed by a press release. Washington State University’s vocal commitment to provide access to higher education to all…
Rationale, Explanation of Interest, or area of Focus The two universities under investigation are among the best institutions for higher learning in the United States. Being a student of higher learning, the two universities could be significant in the understanding of their nature as being public and private. In their websites, the intuitions are keen at explaining their various schedules and other related factors such as tuitions and their costs. Therefore, examining the two institutions could…
financial situation, and the martial situation. There are many solutions to pay for college such as, working part time in the university, applying for scholarships, making payment plans with no interest fees, private or alternative loans. Asking an extended family member for money and rethink getting a loan (Americanhonors.org 2). Most student would look at the student loans as the first options which leads to accumulated substantial amount of debts. Student must think smarter when choosing a…
article of Dian Reay focuses on the aspect of discrimination in the higher education sector due to the racial, gender and class inequality that preoccupies the society. The writer aims, through interviews of various categories of students; from middle class or working class backgrounds, to evaluate what influenced their decisions concerning higher education. What she discovered through her research was that working class experiences differ from those of “their more privileged middle-class…