Pennsylvania State University

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 (MST) is positively linked to suicidal ideation (Monteith et al., 2016). From the documentary we watched…

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…

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…