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that “ a man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad”. Mr. Roosevelt’s statement created a welcoming atmosphere for educators and student, but did not last. In the twenty-first century, many potential students lose chances for a better life due to limitations and pressures enforced upon these people. According to multiple surveys and studies, economic status and personal motivation are considered the main impacts…

University of Chicago and another school, I should definitely choose the other one. That is because among the Chinese student society, the University of Chicago kind of has a notorious name. Although it offers one of the best undergraduate programs in this country, it is the environment that people can go into the campus anytime they like. And those would pose threat to students’ safety. Of course, the fact that it is located in Hyde Park-South Kenwood in Chicago which is the third largest city…

Thought Paper on Student Retention According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States ranks seventh among industrialized nations for those between the ages 25-34 with a college degree (Webster & Showers, 2011). The United States has the highest attrition rate of industrialized nations, estimated between 30 to 50 percent. This statistic not only negatively impacts college revenue but “lost investment” in higher education as well. Between 2003 and 2008,…

Student Success in the Classroom Community colleges have organized themselves around the theme of ease in entrance, exit, and reentry. Having made a considerable effort to recruit students and offer them valuable learning experiences, most community college stakeholders also want to keep students enrolled, at least until degree or program objectives have been fulfilled. It is a challenge for an institution built on the theme of easy access to limit easy exit (Cohen, Chapter 7 - Student…

Unlike American students, Korean students focus on education the most during the high school years. When most high school students enter into universities, once they attain their rights in adulthood, they focus more to enjoy their freedom. Most students drink alcohol to express their freedom and it became part of the Korean universities’ culture. Due to this reason, alcohol was necessary for most of the school events such as school field trips and explorations. But I wondered why students…

What is “student services” in a typical career college? According to MDRC (2010) student services are the set of educational activities that are carried out in the university in order to help individual and collectively the student in the process of the teaching-learning. Before I say how I would organize the role of the student services on my campus, I must redefine the concept of student service. In accordance with my campus vision, student services are aimed at facilitating students’ academic…

What is a Student athlete? In this essay I will be addressing the definitional issues associated with the term student athlete. The importance of this issue is momentous because of how frequently the term is used in the wrong context. Reading my essay will resolve or cease any confusion or misconception of the term “student athlete”. A student athlete is not someone who puts their sport before any classwork. A student athlete is not someone who doesn't take any pride in doing their own work. A…

(2002), student support encompasses all measures that extend beyond the production of study material that provide support to students in the process of learning. Student support provided at universities can be differentiated into two distinct categories; academic support and non-academic support (administrative-institutional element) Simpson (2002) (Morgan, 2012; Prebble et al., 2004) McInnis (2000) suggests a discrepancy between the most important support services identified by the students…

connect with others in the class, during lectures, there is a multitude of technological devices at students’ disposal. Despite the benefits of convenience and easy access to resources, Dietz and Henrich (2014) have demonstrated that technology, specifically phones for texting, have detrimental effects on students’ final grade point average. Some professors have taken action against it forcing students to keep their phones or other devices off or stowed away during the lecture period . However,…

research will be if a student and teacher’s race similarity would increase the student's success rate. The underlying concepts that are in this topic are students have difficulty learning from teachers who are of different ethnic backgrounds, placing ethnically different teachers in non-diverse areas (such as teach for America) does not really help students, and teachers have predisposition of students who are ethnically different. Research to this topic will be important to give students of all…