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In the book, “They Say, I Say” chapter fourteen discusses the necessity for tertiary education. The fundamental focus of chapter fourteen is to determine whether or not higher education offers the bang for your buck. The chapter initiates disputes beginning with the article, “Are Colleges Worth The Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. This article conveys a controversial issue of the rising cost of admissions and the descending quality of college education. With the…

projects with which the student has worked. For many years, this has been the ground scholarships were awarded on, but now this process may be endangered. Today, colleges are concerned with making sure every person is able to attend an institution of higher education. Therefore, many institutions are using…

Reflect on Exploring PowerPoint to Create Professional Presentations It is an interesting time for higher education in today’s society. There are questions about the value and effectiveness of online learning, including the overall economic practicality of the traditional brick and mortar university campus. Universities are under a continuous microscope and constant pressure to continuously position themselves for the future. Whether working in an academic setting or an administrative department…

contrasted. The admission requirement is game changer to many student when one is deciding to stay at home in study at a community college or go away to study in a university. Typically a university will have higher admission requirements because student tend have the opportunity to obtain a higher degree than at a community college. Many student are forced to attend to community college because the requirements are usually lower. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if you wish to attend…

these children for the rest of their life, measuring their success. Over time, these children became some of the most successful individuals within the United States. In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell concludes Termin's study by claiming, "the higher your score, the more education you'll get, the more money you're likely to make, and - believe it or not -…

Symbols and Rituals in Higher Education: Davidson County Community College How do leaders use symbols and rituals to influence organizational culture on your campus? To begin the discussion of symbols and rituals in higher education and formulate an analysis of how they impact organizational culture, the reader must understand the working definition of that culture. As noted in the readings, many definitions exist, consequently for the scope of this paper we will take the lead of Kuh and…

Student loans and student loan defaults are a major issue in America that is not getting any better. Higher education is pushed at all levels of life as a way to get a better and higher paying job, and subsequently have a more fulfilling life. The problem is, that it is great in theory, but not always applicable to real-world experience. More and more for-profit colleges and trade schools have been created due to the amount of money to be made by individuals having the availability of getting…

[7] Some proponents of the DREAM Act argue that barring undocumented students from higher education is a violation to equal protection. The precedent case of Plyler v. Doe is argued on the grounds of Equal Protection Clause, which only applies to primary and secondary education. Particularly, the Court heightened its scrutiny in that case because of the subject group’s “young age” and “lack of culpability” (Manuel, 2014). It also established that children “can affect neither their parents’…

Students in their senior year of High School most likely already have plans for life after free education. Many plan to continue their studies and go to college, while others plan to go straight into the work force. Most people go to college to get a degree to help their chances of getting a good career. In the article “Why the decline in college attendance is good news,” the author, Max Ehrenfreund explains how less people are going to school and back to work, the author claims that going back…

About the Ground of Morality In the controversy of the general foundation of morality, Hume insists that sentiment is the ground of morality, and Kant holds that reason is the foundation of morality. In my opinion, although reasons play a role in morality, it is sentiment that ultimately determine what is morally good or evil. In this essay, I will explain both Hume and Kant’s arguments, elaborate on an objection to Kant’s argument with explanation, and finally provide the potential objection to…