Princeton University

The vast history and prestige of Ivy League colleges put a lot of pressure on the universities to be ahead of society in all aspects. Many Ivies were open to social change, but Princeton University was not. In Lawrence Graham’s “Member of the Club,” Graham tells the story of his time as a black student at Princeton in the early 1980s. This paper will look at Larry’s college years at princeton through several, widely accepted sociological perspectives. Functionalism is a sociological perspective…

article to the other group members. Describe the article and explain how this might make a good project idea. Basically, this article summarizes a tragedy happened in Rutgers University in February 1988. James Callahan, a 19-year-old freshman, died from alcohol abuse after attending a fraternity party. The whole university was in mourning and the authority had to suspend all social activities planned by fraternity and sonority. However, Callahan’s death did not stop the growing trend of alcohol…

hundred percent. I was surprised by their responses because of how difficult the exam was for me. I had no idea how often hundreds or A’s are given to students each year in colleges and universities in America. In the past 55 years, there have been many indications of grade inflation affecting colleges and universities in the United States. Grades first started to rise in the 1960s, flattened in the 1970s, and rose again in the 1980s (Rojstaczer 68).…

showing the top ten colleges that has the richest alumnus. From the list we can see that Harvard is the first place, with 2964 multi-millionaires and a total wealth added up to $622 billion, and then comes the University of Pennsylvania, the Columbia University, Yale, Connell and Princeton. Six out of eight Ivy League colleges has the top 10 richest alumni in the world. However, how they manage to generate so many millionaires? The answer to this question is mainly two kinds: first, the Ivy…

such as public or private? large or small? Ivy League or HBCU? This research project will observe, compare, and contrast the differences between the advantages and disadvantages of attending Ivy League schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs). The research and its conclusions will help give insight into which type of higher education is better than the other and give future students the tools they need to make good decisions to help their paths to success. The results…

Karabel’s article, “The legacy of legacies,” one can see how unfair our school systems are jut base solemnly on the information that some prestigious universities use when making an admission decision about a student. In this article it mainly focuses on how universities such as Yale, Princeton and Harvard used a family legacy or involvement with the university to make decisions on a student’s admission application. One example given here is the one of former president George Bush. He was a…

which is date rape. Hirsch’s article provides a brief background on her experience when stepping onto the grounds at an all-male lunch at Princeton University, to have an educational session about date rape. In her, article Hirsch states that after 140 sexual violence programs, almost none were an impact. Hirsch is faced with void trying to find just one university to start devoting their considerable research capacities to finding out what works. This article is a valuable resource for my…

director in the Sociology of Education program at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Anthony Chen is the associate professor in the Sociology and Institute for Policy Research program at Northwestern University. His interest in American political development was what prompted him to co-write an article on affirmative action with Stulberg. The article appeared in the American Sociology Association and was issued by SAGE Publication, a publication…

schools, high schools, and most important at the collegiate level. The author Nathan Heller works at the University of Harvard, one of the most highly academic schools in the country. Even though we see Harvard as the prestigious five-star university that it is. Heller announces an insider that outsiders would never know. MOOCs, this is a online course that is used widely now at the University of Harvard. Nathan Heller breaks down the actually meaning of what MOOCs stands for. Massive, online,…

vy League, by definition, is a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. Schools of this much stature are except to hold and create the most intelligent. So, isn’t it ironic that a majority of students attending these “prestige” schools are culprits of grade inflation. Whether it is in movies like, “Legally Blonde” or “Gilmore Girls,” Ivy League schools are perceived to be better academically successful. Therefore, when the…