Michigan State University

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…

The start of semester two saw the Board establish and understand LUSA’s key purpose and the reason why we do everything we do. This is to make sure students have a good time at University. This newly invigorated Board have set LUSA on a course of enhancement with students at the centre of it. This has involved a bit of policy writing, with all policies being reviewed, and some new committees being set up. A strategic plan for 2017…

you wonder, “Should they even be here.” College is only a waste of time and money if you make it a waste of time and money, but as soon as you’re finished with college it can be worth it in the long run so why not right. . Caroline Bird explicitly states her thesis in the first paragraph, “A great majority of our nine million college students are not in school because they want to be or because they want to learn. They are there because it has become the thing to do or because college is a…

As a result I passed with a good score of 74.54% from the prestigious Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formerly known as Uttar Pradesh Technical University). I was in the top 15 students in my batch comprising of around 100 students. Within these four years I realized the huge potential that the field of mechanical engineering holds and fathom them as per our comprehensive university curriculum as well as beyond it. Apart from the academics, I participated in various…

barriers. I hope to encourage students to grow and develop to bridge connections from their academic and personal learning experiences to find a fulfilling path. I also anticipate engaging in a broad range of learning experiences offered by the University of…

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. When I was in high school in the 1980’s, college was for the very academic students most of my high school classmates went on to a vo-tech school and trained to be mechanics, beauticians, plumbers, carpenters, electricians or joined the military. I was a good student and I was accepted into a college. I began college not having a clue what I wanted to study nor…

uses several strategies to appeal to her reader’s emotions. The first strategy Whelan uses is putting the words of a student in her argument. This strategy involves the words of a first-year student describing his motivation. To illustrate, Whelan states, “Dennis, a first-year student in one of my sociology classes, wrote in a paper: ‘Motivation for me used to be found in others, never in myself. I always needed to be yelled at or pushed to do something’” (258). This quote is appealing the…

students see this as a free passing grade for a university level course because they are enlisted in the dual credit programs. Even though they are privileged to take this program, they still have to do the same amount of work and effort as much as a full-time college student. College has its differences compared to high school and vice versa. College is considered to be a life path choice after the adolescence years of a human. However, attending to a university or technical school could be…

Is education a burden or a stepping-stone? Through good experiences, I was able to cultivate myself into a better student. Through those good experiences, there were bad experiences that caused me to have a setback and doubt my ability. While others strived in reading and writing, it was very challenging to feel confident in subjects I did not understand. Through those challenging times, to be motivated a growth mindset was needed to improve. Intelligence was thought to be set at birth and…

In the world we live in today, it is hard to deny the shootings happening all over the united states of America’s college campuses. Music is so easy to access now. Anyone at any age can get access to it. Most people would use YouTube to stream music, app stores, TV, and radio to listen to music. No one can really control the violence that has been spreading through the music. In a result of excessive exposure to violent music we see school shooting and mass shootings too. According to Gretchen…