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the focus of many institutions. This push for retention has made many institutions assess how they retain students and has prompted new initiatives to aid them. When looking at retention it raises two main questions. Who is the most at risk students and what is necessary to retain them. Review of Literature Literature is available in different facets in regards to retention of college students. In focusing my research on the retention of First time in college…

When thinking about campus resources students might need to help transition to college, one might come up with academic advisors and orientation activities. However, for international students, needs typically range from figuring out their student visa to learning about what celebrating Thanksgiving entails. In the Fall of 2015, there were 5,531 international students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, representing 124 countries, according to enrolment facts published by the…

Student movements have been part of revolutionary changes throughout history. This year another student movement took place which will be a part of the revolution. This revolution began on the second of November, which was an action day for all students in Canada, in a campaign to protest the rising of tuition fees called Fight the fees. Eight thousand students gathered around the country in major cities, in important political spaces to raise awareness about the high-rising tuition fees. A…

needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Tatar by nationality, I grew up and studied in the technical university in Russia surrounded by cultures different from my own and learning to identify and value both the similarities and differences of people. My travel experiences in Europe and Central Asia taught me lessons of respect, patience, and understanding. Moving later to USA, I honed my design skills in CA studying side by side with international students that shaped my worldview…

In “College Students Need to Toughen Up,” Robert Scheslinger writes about the expectation of present day collge students and their belive that they should be graded primarily upon their effort rather than the quality of work and knowledge of the subject. Throughout the article Schelsinger references professors and unniversity officials suhc as a Univwersity of Maryland professor who has alwasy told her students that if they do what’s expected of them they will earn a c. James Hogge, a university…

to HCC-Southwest Students, Charles Tolden, Southwest Student Government President The HCC Southwest Student Government Association (SGA) is comprised of the student body, and there are different roles within the SGA. Some students prefer to simply come to class then leave, but then you have students who have found one of the outstanding student organizations the Southwest colleges has to offer, and who make a choice to take part in one or multiple clubs, or you have the student who dares to be…

feedback was provided to individual students and/or the group as a whole (refer the reviewer to any feedback written directly on submitted student work samples)? How and why do your approaches to feedback support students’ further learning? In what ways does your feedback address individual students’ needs and learning goals? Cite specific examples of oral or written feedback, and reference the three student work samples to support your explanation. Each student receives basic feedback…

from my lesson on introducing Commedia dell’Arte historical context and theatrical conventions through student-led learning, is my one-on-one teacher-student interactions. My mentor’s feedback consistently commends me for my strength in one-on-one teacher-student interactions, as my exchanges are always positive and reinforcing. Conferencing with a student one-on-one allows me to interact with students on a more personal level, allowing me to very directly address their individual learning needs…

Students have absolutely absurd amounts of homework. It is not just an opinion, it is a fact. Students get very stressed from homework, and most homework assignments are just a complete waste of time. So, it is easy to put the clues together. If educators assigned less homework, then students would have less stress. Since most homework is just assigned for students to “do work” and “practice study habits”, teachers could easily cut down the list of assignments for their students to do, as most…

Misbehaving Students. If we keep suspending for for misbehaving the we will need to help them with their problems not just punish them for their mistakes, we need to tell them what their doing wrong and help them as best as we can. You can't just teach kids how to be good if all your do is kick them out of school for an good amount of time you have to make them want to come back. Every day hundreds…