New Universities

I would like to transfer because I am currently attending a two-year institution. Being enrolled in, and graduating from, a traditional four-year university will help me reach my goals more effectively than pursuing a two-year degree. Some goals I plan to attain are: to obtain a valuable education as a path to a fulfilling career; to further my personal development; and, moreover, to show children from different backgrounds that an education is always within their grasp. Achieving at least a…

“Is College Doomed?” Graeme Wood proposed this rhetorical question comparing online schooling and traditional education; ironically, Wood depicts college and universities as expensive and adequate, but the online schooling, Minerva he proposes in his essay is quite basic. There are no buildings, students move yearly, and there are no clubs, organizations, or athletic teams. Founder of Minerva, Ben Nelson, suggests that his online schooling offers a more sophisticated education, but the students…

The U.S. University Strategy to Ensure that International Students Succeed The majority of international student, who study abroad, encounter a variety of academic and personal issues when start learning a new culture and learning in a new culture. Today, more than ever U.S universities are attractive education environment for international students. Although, they still face frequent challenges to adjusting to university life. In (International Students: Challenges of Adjustment to…

global education becomes more prevalent among universities. Clarke (2004) states that with the world growing smaller, the necessity for an intercultural education is more prevalent. However, much of the college student population today appears to be indifferent or ignorant towards international affairs. Universities have the ability to meet this demand by preparing students to be responsible global citizens. Thus, to gain a competitive advantage in the new global market, many students are…

Years Are Better Than Four” by Liz Addison, was published in the New York Times Magazine’s College Essay Contest. Throughout this essay, the author follows a fictional, yet symbolic character; Rick Perlstein. Through this character, Addison expresses her thoughts on the American Higher Education System. Consequently, she manages to highlight the importance of community colleges and the stark contrasts community colleges and universities share with each other all through the usage of reasoning…

and clubs the cost to stay current and build new infrastructure factuality salary the money paid to teachers to compensate for their excellent work and to ensure the school runs well colleges hire administration, which includes presidents, deans, and etc. every year over twenty million Americans walk through the doors of college seeking a better education and a chance at…

Marquette University Two main customers groups of Marquette University are alumni and current college students. College students want Marquette University to help them succeed in school as well as in their careers. In addition, college students want help with the transformation from student to alumni. Alumni want to feel that they are still part of the university. Both college students and Marquette alumni want to network to get to know each other. Since college student’s want to succeed in…

The Coddling of the American Mind In recent discussions about the sensitivity of college students, a controversial issue has been whether a movement involving the removal of college and university curriculums that use words, ideas, and subjects of discomfort within the college community. On The one hand, some argue that college students are being overprotected as a younger child, therefore are becoming more sensitive as they grow older. In September 2015, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote…

attention in our society today, the controversial question of “whether college student athletes should be paid?” has consequently been debated endlessly over the past few decades. Being a student of one of the biggest and most prominent sports dominant universities in the world, I can’t help but notice how impactful and fanatic sports plays in the culture of not only our school, but our entire society. In correspondence to such growth, organizations like the National Collegiate Athletic…

Keith M. Parsons, a philosopher, historian and author at the University of Houston-Clear Lake is teaching incoming college freshman in their late teens for his first time. He describes the challenges higher education professors are facing from new millennial generations who have distant priorities about college. Professor Parsons indicates they do not know how to behave because they are accustom to not working hard. Does Parsons have a particular type of favorite student? Consequently, their…