La Trobe University

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…

While there have been many documented cases of universities engaging in institutional betrayal, it is not only limited to collegiate settings. Another environment that seems particularly prone to institutional betrayal concerning sexual assault claims is the United States military. Military Sexual Trauma…

Last a Lifetime Students need to consider many factors when deciding whether to attend a university or a junior college. Most students do not know whether to go to a junior college or a university and many tend to struggle with the decision. If an individual wants to branch out and live without the guidance of parents or family, then one should choose a university. Compared to a junior college, universities offer more beneficial opportunities that drive students to excel later in life, including…

One of the biggest decisions I, along with any other high school senior, must make is where I would like to attend college. The university that I pick will have a massive impact on the way that my life shapes out over the next four years. College is a period of time where kids transition into becoming adults, and a senior must be careful to choose a school that will help them in this vulnerable time. Before I can choose which school is right for me, I must decide whether I would like to live at…

Some Universities have broken elevators ,stairs without handrails, and inaccessible bathrooms. Some of these disabled undergraduates and graduates do not have the ability to access their classroom (Adams 179). Adams states, from a different article in the chronicle of Lennard J. Davis, that “universities don 't value disability as a form of diversity, as they do race and gender”(Adams 179). These instances…

to cheat. In his essay “A Question of Honor” William M. Chase argues that universities should take a stand in reestablishing their reputation by standing up against academic dishonesty. He talks about different situations that are facing in American higher education such as decreased in finance, reduced educational quality, weakening faculty and the student population determination, student-run honor committees at universities, campus atmospheres, and data that shows proof of academic dishonesty…