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The “Freshman 15” is an epidemic that sweeps across every college in the country. The research conducted by the Indiana University and Tufts University shows that 60% of freshman did put on weight their first year in college. The women said they gained 7 ½ pounds; men about 9 pounds. I have noticed with myself just taking online classes I have put on a few extra pounds. It is easy to get in the habit of eating extra food while doing homework or just relaxing while you are between classes. The…

This investigation will show how high school students feel unprepared for college and life. Research proves that students graduate and lack experience in billing or filing taxes. Adolescence live relying on parents and guardians when students could have the opportunity to do it independently. Can these types of classes help graduating students? With qualitative and quantitative data, articles, interviews, and case studies; students can graduate with a problem solved and a better chance of being…

Porter, Eduardo. "The Promise and Failure of Community Colleges." The New York Times 17 Feb. 2015: 1-5. Web. This article touches on the downside of community colleges. Community college director, Thomas Bailey makes an argument that “Community colleges have the students with the greatest problems-yet they get the least resources.” The article also pulls in a few statistics on graduation rates between community colleges and 4 year universities. Only 22 percent of these students graduated from a…

conferences to the NCAA in the 1910 (Smith, 1987) , the 21st saw the control of collegiate athletics shift yet again in favor of the guidance and leadership of the university presidents . The power dynamic in collegiate athletics has seen both the NCAA and u niversity presidents (i.e. univ ersities) rise in power, while the college athletes they serve are left without a representative voice. The NCAA of Today What started as few schools concerned for safety of college athletes has exploded…

remaining for the SAT and seven for the ACT. According to the College Board, 1.36 million test-takers took the redesigned SAT in 2016. According to the 2016 ACT National Profile Report, 2,090,342 took the ACT test. The SAT and ACT according to PrepScholar, a well-known website created by Harvard Alums is designed to help students with college admissions, states, “....a standardized test meant to show schools how prepared you are for college by measuring key skills like reading comprehension,…

What do football players have, but don’t know they have? Power. Power can be described as the possession of a capacity or ability to direct and influence the behavior of others, and/or alter the course or outcome of situations and events. College students, specifically, athletes, are generally unaware how much power they have until opportunities put them to the test. The athletes attending the University of Missouri recently put their power to the test and found their use of power resulted in…

Going to a four-year college can be very beneficial, but sometimes college isn’t cut out for some students. Some students can not focus in a classroom environment. Students that go to college sometimes end up being underemployed or unemployed if they can not find a job in their degree. If they can not find a job in their degree of work then they are stuck with a huge debt to pay. Students in Tamaqua Area High School have an opportunity in 10th grade to go to a Vocational Technical school called…

coaches, staff, and the athletic department, but Tebow--like all college athletes--was not paid. -Adele Birkenes So the big matter is, Should college athletes be paid? We all have different perspectives ,but the answer is yes. College athletes should be paid because they bring millions of dollars in revenue to the program alone, and college athletes struggle to hold down a job. In 2013, there were two federal court cases about college athletes being featured in the Electronic Art video game…

Hello, and Goodbye, and Everything in Between is a novel by Jennifer E. Smith about a couple that are going to different colleges on two different sides of the country. The main characters are Clare, Aidan, Scotty, Riley and Stella. Clare and Aidan have been together for two years. They've survived high school together but, one thing that they don’t know that they can survive is college without each other. Clare is headed to the East Coast to New Hampshire and Aidan will be on his way to the…

greats like Larry Bird were never paid in college either. If all time greats like Bird and Jordan were never paid, why should the less talented get paid? Jordan and Bird are not the only famous college athletes that were not paid, there are many other greats that include: Magic Johnson, Christian Laettner, Bo Jackson, Lou Gehrig, and many more. If college athletes were paid salaries they would think they were better than what they really are. If college athletes were paid that would have a…