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A Quarter Back for the Quarterback College athletics have gained a large amount of popularity over the course of the last twenty years, stirring up the question of paying collegiate athletes. Intercollegiate athletics generate an excess amount of annual revenue to their universities, up to $124 million at the University of Alabama. Student-athletes are rewarded with a free college education in exchange because they are viewed as amateurs. Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, stated “They…

but a linkage to develop contacts with influencers and gatekeepers that will impact their future success into the national leagues or other areas of interest. These student athletes should not be concerned with receiving an annual salary or monthly stipend but focused on the most important component of obtaining a higher education which is to achieve academic success in a sound environment and develop professional skills to become an informed, efficient graduate and integrating those educational…

Nowadays, education has become a popular topic in our society; governments are also paying more attention to educational problems for young people. What is good education? Good education not only teaches one the essential working skills, but also prepares people’s mind to make rational, healthy and intelligent decisions in any situation. As a potential result, it may make one a better person in all aspects of one’s life. Governments that provide a good education for youths may help the poor to…

The United States of America’s largest employment industry is the health care field (Shi & Singh, 2013, p. 79). The health care industry employees include physicians, technologists, and secretarial workers (Shi & Singh, 2013, p. 79). The fundamental employee that creates other positions in the health care industry is the physician. There are physicians who specialize in a certain field of health care or physicians that go into the family practice side of health care. In the United States of…

The Policy Explained The policy being proposed is that an unemployed adult should receive a monthly stipend (“the dole”) from the government that is equal to 60% of the state or federal poverty level (whichever is higher). Indefinitely. To understand the finer points of the policy, certain parts have to be clearly defined. First, would be unemployment, how does the government define being unemployed? The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015), says that “people who are jobless, looking for a job, and…

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was a woman who pioneered nursing as a profession due to her passion for nursing. During the Crimean War, the British government discovered that they needed someone to assist with those who were injured. In 1854, they appointed Florence Nightingale as the superintendant of the nursing staff due to her ability to provide nursing services (Hood, 2014). Florence Nightingale changed the way healthcare would be given to soldiers during the Crimean War.…

spheres, such as government and the police forces, adding even more strength to their organizations and making it extremely hard to take any actions against them, as many government officials and members of the police force could be payed off, or given stipends of the annual profits from the various illegal business´s they helped to shield. This corruption that pervaded the American system coupled with the drunken crimes and actions taken by the people being affected by the amazingly available…

As current political discourse moves closer to the subject of free collegiate education, it becomes more important to define what measures, if any, should be taken in this direction. Some may advocate merely for free or extremely discounted community college or two-year degrees, while others may argue for full free undergraduate collegiate education. Although, it is obvious that some form of free college must be adopted, on the grounds that it will allow many that would not normally receive a…

jobs. Student athletes are working non-stop day in and day out to not only meet academic standards but to maintain their athletic scholarship. College athletes bring millions of dollars to universities, but in return, they only receive small monthly stipends for food. With every sporting event, each student-athlete gives their all not knowing if they will get seriously injured or not. Yes, they are students, however, they are bringing money to the universities that regular students are not. If…

Saint Peter’s University is my home. Through the relationships I’ve losted and gained, the knowledge I’ve absorbed and events I’ve experienced, I can truly say that college is a handful of joy and pain. Last year, as an incoming freshman, the fear of being in college was stronger than my excitement. I was terrified and coming from my background: 1st generation college student with a single mother of four and barely any money to our family, I felt the pressure. Sabin was my O-Team Leader…