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two ways. The first way is the origin of each entity. Meaning, that the background on the problem or the conditions that had led to the establishment of the entity. For example, Lincoln University Archives has preserved the Civil War Flag of the Colored Infantry Solider. Another example is the Lincoln University school charter. The second way is the substantive program of each entity. Meaning, that the documents that had or have development and execution of some major programs. One example, is…

a step in the right direction. Once you have established the cost of education, you can now start to determine the value of it all. According to Tony Woodall, author of Making sense of higher education: students as consumers and the value of the university experience, concluded that “determining factors is necessary to maximize the understanding of the relationship between student and value.”. His research found Heskett, Sasser and Schlesinger’s (1997) formula to be the most accurate…

The inclusions of the research will be interviews with a university student in the United States and the United Kingdom, case studies, a survey and an evaluation of documents. All of these combined will compose the research I have conducted in order to answer the research question of ‘How does the tuition cost of…

Dogs have been used to help people with disabilities get around, calm anxiety attacks, and even predict when different medical attacks are about to occur. With dogs being so helpful, many universities have incorporated play time with animals into their campus activities and even their curriculum. Auburn University is one of the amazing campuses that allow students the time and the access to play with animals, particularly dogs (Recchio, 2015). These classes allow students to have an hour of what…

Health, Education, and Welfare, determines whether universities have the ability to properly engage in equal opportunity activities that embraces the idea of bringing equality to the underrepresented gender. Through the Title IX regulation, an institution who sponsors an athletic program, must provide equal opportunities and accommodations for both men and women. The three-part test associated with Title IX essentially determines whether a university is compliant with its ideology and…

Sports have been an integral part of leisure time for America since the early 1900s, when listening to sports, especially baseball, on the radio was a beloved pastime for many families. Lately, college sports, primarily men’s basketball and football, have become more popular. Now that college sports have grown to such a high popularity level, people are asking, “Should these kids get paid?” Though many believe these athletes should be paid, I do not. Collegiate athletes should not be paid…

“Why do I even have to take this stupid test?” I told myself after having to take the ACT for the third time with no luck of improving my score. My parents kept telling me to retake it because the higher the score, the better it will look when applying for colleges. Why do they look at this test so closely? This question crept through my mind through the years I would have to put up with the ACT. I clearly wasn’t good at taking standardized tests. Wasn’t my high school transcript enough? I…

catalogues. Talking to people at the colleges or universities could also help incoming freshmen obtain advice. College is such a large community so if you ever need advice or motivation, and you did not want to use the sources previously listed then you could just talk to another student! It will probably benefit you better if you talked with other students, because they are experiencing some of the same things you are! Someone that works with the university could help you as well, but I think…

Education is described to be a form of being taught something, and/or receiving instruction. This one word is considered to be a luxury to those that don 't have the proper resources to learn and become adequate participants in society. According to FastWeb.com, student debt has increased by 300% in the past eight years and student loan debt exceeded the one trillion mark in March of 2012. (Hoyt, Shocking Student debt Statistics) The overbearing thought of student debt can be overwhelming to…

I am one of them. Santa Monica College was my first stop after high-school, almost 20 years ago. Growing up it seemed that I was always marginalized. I was the “darker skinned kid” who didn’t speak English and whose parents had funny accents. I recall being 7 years old and being cornered by a bunch of kids my age, and being told that my skin color was not liked by “God”. I realized early on that I was different. This difference, for an immigrant, is a hard pill to swallow. My high school…