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greater income, the average full-time college student is devoting less than the recommend study time than students in past generations. The changes in technology and university student populations have been suggested factors in causing the decline in study time. Many suspected that the decline in study time is due to the increase in technological advances. However, the decline in study time started before the advance in technology. The general four-year university population change and time has…

Should college athletes get paid? One of the hottest debates in the sports world is whether or not college athletes should receive a cut of the revenue they produce for the school. Football and men’s basketball players generate billions of dollars a year through television contracts, so why don’t they get to share in the profits? Does this mean that big time universities are exploiting their college athletes so that they can cash in on their talents? Many people are not aware that most…

Since I left the college which I attended freshman year, my relatives have been in something of a state of panic, barraging me with questions as to why I wanted to transfer elsewhere. It 's been difficult to answer them properly because, in truth, there is no single reason, but rather, a variety of reasons. Here I will lay out, as concisely as possible, these reasons. Naturally, there were practical reasons for transferring, but there were also personal reasons. My personal reasons for leaving…

In Increasing Retention Without Increasing Study Time, published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, Doug Rohrer and Harold Pashler examine how information retention is affected by both the duration of study session, as well as the optimal distribution of study periods. They also explore alternate methods of studying that prove to be effective. There is much conversation regarding academic failure and this was true in an assessment in which only half a class were able to answer…

Reflection Iowa Water Center is a prestigious organization that strives to create a better environment for Iowa State University and its community. Iowa Water center donates money for research, plans events, and so much more to help raise awareness for our local waterway systems. Every year, the Iowa Water Center hosts the Iowa Water Center Conference here at Iowa State University. Its purpose is to inform people about the sustainability and importance of our water. I created a poster to…

Since our first day of classes, and many times since then, the trolley problem and the countless possible presented solutions for it are moral dilemmas we’ve discussed over and over again throughout the course of this semester. The trolley problem discussed in the topic of this paper is a bit different than others we have had discussions over in class, but still begs the question of whether or not we should flip the infamous switch. Furthermore, the second half of the prompt asks whether or not…

This essay examines the relationship between students and teachers’ feedback on assignment in higher education and why students value feedback. In university, feedback seems very important and valuable to students as feedbacks provide teachers’ suggestions and reflect teachers’ opinion of the students. Therefore, it will be argued that nowadays many students find that feedbacks are important. Furthermore, it is argued that the reasons for students to value feedback and the effect of the negative…

In Ron Alsop article’s the" Trophy Kids’ Go to Work” that published in the book of introduction of English composition for international students. He describes how millennials make their lifestyle fit with their jobs. For instance, Millennials as feel that they are qualified to have the job that they want it. Also, they are such a reliable on their parents they even don’t care when they alter from job to job. Moreover, millennials desire their jobs and the workforce to be viable. Furthermore,…

The article that I have chosen to write this essay about is called The Once And future order. It is written by Michael J Mazarr a professor at Georgetown university. In this article he addresses the issue with keeping the Liberal international order. He starts off his introduction with the importance of order. He also states how maintaining it is the center of the United States agenda. Which begins to answer question number one. Mazarr goes into detail in his opening paragraph on how America…

“Get Football Out of Our Universities” Should football be in our universities? In “Get Football Out of Our Universities”, the author, Steven Salzburg, attempts to argue that football shouldn’t be in our colleges and universities. This is not a persuasive essay because he doesn’t try to force his opinion on you but rather to argue the facts. He states facts that might in return make you change your opinion but his sole purpose isn’t to persuade you into anything. In this article, the author uses…