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Higher education in the United States has evolved significantly from its colonial roots. Religious denominations prepared students for the clergy and civic leadership, today 's students can be found in wide variety of fields such as the sciences, arts, or social services. Higher education has also evolved in the area of access, formerly a bastion of the white male privileged elite, today 's campuses are dotted with students of varying ages and ethnic backgrounds.Higher education’s evolution in…

Growing up in the 1800’s Emily Dickinson lived in her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts her whole life. She was educated at Amherst Academy, which is now known as Amherst College, for six years. She soon enrolled in the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary where she studied for a year. She would then drop out because she thought of herself as one of the “lingering bad ones” (Dickinson, 1190). Emily Dickinson never married; she stayed locked away in her homestead with her sister who also never wedded…

Death is peaceful, death is calm, death is not hurried. A majority of people perceive death as a painful experience that causes grief and misery, but is it possible that these accusations could be wrong? Emily Dickinson, the author of “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, challenges the average thought behind the presence of death which is shown through her poem. Dickinson’s mysterious writing method, often called upon as perplexing, is formed through her secluded lifestyle, fascination with…

A poet who explored the effect grief has on people like Sheehan, was Edna St. Vincent Millay. She was a poet from Rockland, Maine. She was born on February 22, 1892 into a very female-powerful home. Her mother asked her father to leave the home and encouraged her daughters to be ambitious and self sufficient. Millay got a scholarship to Vassar for her poem “Renascence” where she wrote even more poetry. The same year she graduated, 1917, she published her first book, Renascence and Other Poems.…

"Character Studies for Les Miserables." Stuartfernie. Stuart Fernie, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2015. Stuart Fernie is one of the most famous writers, that's why I choose his article from his own website. In this article Fernie talks about the main characters, he focuses on the way of how they act, think and gives background about each one of them. He mentions many examples, and I'm interested in Valjean character because he is the most famous character in this novel. Fernie focuses on…

An Alternate Schooling Option Many parents come to a point that they start thinking of the best schooling option to take to help their child achieve academic success. Public school is the most popular option for most parents to choose due to the fact that it is the most common schooling option. Homeschooling normally pops up in this search, but is quickly dismissed due to the beliefs that they have heard. A popular belief is that students are not successful in their studies and have…

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830, Emily Dickinson was one of three children to Edward Dickinson, a successful lawyer, state representative and state senator, and his wife Emily Norcross Dickinson. Coming from a well-educated family who was prominent in the community, Dickinson was not attractive on the marriage market; and spent all of her time writing in her room and taking care of her sick mother. Writing was her vocation and her avocation. Dickinson is known as one of the greatest…

William and Mary and then continued his education at Yale University. Ellis earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale and went on to become a professor of history at prestigious universities such as the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. His strong background and clear love for history led him to become one of the most prominent scholars of American history. Ellis wrote Founding Brothers after completing…

Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson is one of America’s most well known poets. Ironically during her time, she chose to seclude herself from her family and friends towards the end of her life. She chose to live her life from within her property. Most wouldn’t have expected her to become such a well known poet. She wrote about 1800 poems throughout her lifetime. One thing we can learn from Emily Dickinson is that greatness can come from those who you would least expect. Emily Dickinson was born in…

Jimin Kim US History, AP World History Mr. William Carrigan 12/16/2014 Single Sex Education in the 1800s In the 19th century, education in America was conducted within a large scale of single-sex framework. It was due to societal views, expectations, and opportunities for each gender. Men were required formalized education in order to demonstrate their expected occupations while women were expected to attain practical skills for domestic lives rather than formalized and advanced education.…