Student Affairs

Attention and its effect on College Students Learning is the process of memorization, integration, and application of new information and concepts. All of us, at one point in our lives have been told to “pay attention”. But distractions easily divert our focus, taking our concentration to conversations across the room, or to a passing train out the window, or to a spot on a speaker’s collar. Attention effects the way we learn and effects the life’s of college students in the United States. It…

3:30 - 4:45 Date: November/13/2017 Name of the assignment: John Taylor Gatto: Against School John Taylor Gatto: Against School The success of a student from any learning institution is always based on the final school grades. Therefore, the best students graduate with the highest marks while the academically weak end up with the lowest grades. The students who qualify with the best grades (k-12) find their opportunity to study in the best schools. However, with the current state of technology,…

question asked by liberals and conservatives. Do students who are attending college universities have the right to protest on campus? Right off the bat, Glaude categorizes conservatives as those who are against freedom of speech. This is the first small yet obvious piece of bias- bagging on conservatives. By placing them in this category, students now look at all conservatives as people who are not only against their protest, but against any ideas the students may be protesting. Glaude does a…

that employers aren’t looking for a backstory on where you came from or the type of work that you have done, employers are more looking for what you are capable of and how you can strive at their company. Some employers are looking for experienced student who have worked under tough conditions whether it was on your own or in a group environment. Employers look specifically for communications majors who can work with others in the…

simultaneously, students are becoming less prepared, less motivated, and more entitled feeling. In the article “Preparing Students For The New Reality” written by both Donald S. Miller and Thomas E. Slocombe, both authors effectively argue that students are inadequately prepared to face the hypercompetitive new reality of the global marketplace by providing credible sources to augment their argument, and providing mentors…

Summary: “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?” In “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?”, Kevin Davis argues students going to college may face the choice of changing into someone new, to join a discourse community, or select one more aligned with their beliefs and values. Davis uses his experience with an unsuccessful attempt to join the English discourse community as a basis for his argument. Initially, Davis “felt like an outsider” (80) when starting his studies as…

On October 23 of this year, I went to my first cultural event in my college career. Not expecting too much, I went in with an open mind and an open heart, ready to be challenged with information I may not have heard or seen presented before. The event/presentation was just one of many during fashion week here at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. I, among many others, went to it as it was easily accessible, right in a lecture room in Centennial Hall. I have heard of #BlackLivesMatter,…

necessarily a negative thing, as arguments are a way for people to express their thoughts an issue attempting to persuade the other side to accept their opinion as a superior. The students at All Souls College had a discussion on the topic of ‘No-Platformers’, and whether it is a “legitimate activism tool” as argued by the students in support of ‘No-Platforming’ being used for certain events. With free speech being a corner stone of our modern society, there is a great deal of backlash to…

Immigration Beyond Ellis Island Kazi I. Hossain Kazi Hossain is a professor in the Education department at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. The major focus of the text is that teaching aimed at developing an appropriate awareness of the immigration process is essential in K-12. The reading was assigned to give us an updated discussion on immigration, one that centers on the legal process and experiences of a modern day American immigrant. The text was a good source of immigration…

In the stories, What the Best College Students Do by Ken Bain, The Allegory of the Cave by Plato, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass, and The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely, the authors convey the importance of the freedom of learning and the different approaches to learning. Each author has a unique way of getting their point across; some through violence and some through experiments. The connection made between these stories is…