Santa Monica College

Higher education has become a hot topic in the United States as of today. Many different views on the value of or need of college to be successful are arising. There are some who view education as key to both a successful life, and crucial to our economy (Tierney 1). While others may have opposite views such as the value of college has decreased significantly considering many students are taking out loans that they can’t afford to pay back even after graduation (Economist 1). There are…

schools like Premont High School, which was on the verge of closing down, and in need of immediate change. Even in her overall culmination, which is meant to bring together all the problems with high schools sports, she decides to use an example of a college. Some of the information Ripley provides is severely limited, telling only the facts that will make her argument stronger. Even further than this, issues can be seen in her very reasoning as she draws conclusions based on a cause and effect…

born and raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., and then moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where I always had plenty of activities to choose from. Coming to Union College was not something I had been planning for a long time; it was very last minute and was a difficult decision to make seeing that I had already left college in the past, partial reasoning because I was not happy in a small town: I felt trapped. Ever since the year 2012, I have moved five times living in four different…

Introduction I don’t think being on a sports team in high school is a distraction in life. I think being on a sports team actually makes you a better person and even better in life. I feel like you can use skills you learn from being on a team like discipline, being a hard worker, and working well with others in your everyday lifestyle. As a athlete myself I believe that you are at your full potential when you can use skills you learn from being on a team in your real life. Just because…

Peer leaders, or mentors, in higher education was chosen by the author due to past experience working with the first-year students. The author has served as a Peer Mentor for two years, a Peer Academic Advisor in Residence in a hall with multiple living learning communities, and an Resident Assistant working in an “Exploring” Living-Learning Community. Working closely with first-year students over the course of three years has allowed the author to see the benefits of having peer mentors aiding…

Ultimately, playing baseball is what brought me to the small town of Barbourville, Kentucky to attend Union College. My first year of college I attended Broward College in South Florida. My sophomore year I went to Frederick Community College in Frederick, Maryland. Before I attended Union College I was attending two year community colleges so the whole four year school difference really was “different”. There are many things that I didn’t get to experience at the two year schools I attended…

However, college tuition filters out those who are not willing to pay for their education and also funds universities so that they are able to function and upgrade their facilities. College should not be free because it would lead to tax raises, the value of a degree would decline, and the overall quality of the educational environment would decrease. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator and Democratic candidate, is in favor of tuition-free public colleges and universities and states that “Too…

Family’s Culture of Graduating College The relationship between my going to college and actually able to graduate from college reflects on my family 's culture because a lot of people in my family have attempted to go to college but no one has gone far enough to graduate. Graduating college is a huge issue and expectation by my culture at my home because no one in my family has graduated. There is a lot of pressure on me from my family and culture to graduate college. My family doesn’t want me…

were taught. There was little-to-none college preparatory courses. The culture of my high school was not a feeder school to higher education (McDonough 1994). The main focus of my high school was sports and retaining students to graduate high school. The only movement toward helping students attend college was that we did take the ACT test, but there was no preparatory training involved, We just simply went and took it one day. As I was growing up, college and higher education in general…

organization hosts an annual high school outreach event called Future Leaders Summit that is run by our Outreach Director and volunteers. The one-day free event is open to students of different cultures that hopes to give students a small taste of what the college experience is like and to provide workshops that would benefit them in the future. Although the purpose of the Future Leaders Summit is great and beneficial, the organization of the…