Student

Empathy with students and the struggles they may experience in specific units of study and/or their transition to university study As a first year student the daunting experience of transitioning from high school to university is fresh in my mind. Being one of only two students to select Sydney University from my high school I can easily recall the vortex of mixed emotions I felt during O’Week. Whilst I was committed and ready for a paradigm shift, I was simultaneously dreading the uncertainty…

International students face a variety of adjustments while studying in the United States. Researchers have provided an understanding of the kinds of adjustments international students have while adapting to university life, and one of the most discussed adjustments international student face is with social adjustment. Social adjustment is an effort made by an individual to cope with standards, values and needs of a society to be accepted. It can be defined as a psychological process. In this…

nontraditional students. Traditional students are the student who goes to class in the university, taking classes with the professor, have daily required attendance, buying the cost of textbooks and transportation. While as with non-traditional students, they have the comfort of doing the class everywhere which makes it comfortable. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the traditional student with the nontraditional student. The Cons of Traditional students…

international student studying in the United States, it is reasonable that I be curious about the foreign student policies of the country, and how they have changed over the years if at all. Since the Immigration Act of 1924, and with persuasions from the Institute of International Education (IIE), the U.S. government created a new category of nonimmigrant student visas, bypassing post-war quotas set by the Immigration Act of 1921. This new student visa category expressly permitted foreign…

Students attending college are now exposed to the real world of being responsible for their attendance in classes. College life is more diverse than high school, because students now have the ability to make their own life choices and College students have more freedom than high school students do. Being able to take the classes they want, need, and also paying for their own courses. College students have to be committed to do well in their classes, but also have their own decision making if…

this process. This essay will describe challenges during the transition to university such as student learning and teaching education. Furthermore, it will identify the different approaches that support student effectible transition at an institutional level, like support for all students. Moreover, it will determine the support available in the university of Westminster. Finally, it will explain students’ strategies and actions to be efficient at university. In the first place, academic…

mental health issues and student debt on the rise, what are students really receiving? Once these issues are classified, it becomes easier to understand what is really happening. The course loads many students face, are not only time consuming, but induce incredible amounts of stress with what is expected of them. The high demands each class poses, mentally taxes the students at an astonishing rate. Add to this, the ever rising costs of college, it is no wonder students are reporting constant…

people who are unable to receive its benefits, namely international students. As a result of this, many of them do not come to the United States for school, because it appears too daunting to pay. It is obvious that there would be a number of ramifications that would happen if the government lent money to every person who needed it for school, the answer to this problem, however, can be much simpler. Portraits of international students can be seen in the hallways of the first and second floor of…

becomes a struggle between student athletes having life “made” and a normal student. Student athletes face missing class due to sporting events, juggling homework and practice and dealing with the fatigue that comes with practicing often. A normal student is faced with the stress of being away from home for an extended amount of time, challenges brought on by classes, and balancing new social roles that emerge. A student athlete has to deal with the issues that the normal student is faced with…

that my students become more engaged in their learning as well as meet or exceed grade level expectations. To measure these two goals, I will first inventory my students’ current performance and dispositions towards learning. This will encompass gather assessment data, speaking with previous teachers, surveying my new students, and being a good listener of their daily class interactions during the first weeks of school. Once I have built of repository of information on where my students are…