Universities and colleges

There are many students on college campuses all around the world who fare for themselves. Many students are able to afford a college education due to student loans and sometimes with help from family members combined. There is also a plethora of students who have been afforded luxuries in life and are able to go to college on their parents’ dime, and have nothing to worry about. Regardless of how your financial background is set up, no one finds it amusing to waste money and resources when it is…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has been an enormous part of my work and passions. As a student at the University of Michigan, a school with many white, wealthy students, I have always felt like an outsider. Being an outsider was not negative for me. I grew up in black skin, as a woman, from a low income, abusive family in a bad neighborhood and I glow with pride. I viewed my marginalized identities at my school as an asset. My perspective always added value to class discussions and when…

education with difficulties makes them have thoughts of dropping out and giving up on college. In order to move on with their education, a student must pass one of their first obstacles which is to successfully complete one or more remedial courses. In reality, many students struggle trying to complete this step. The criteria as to whether students are placed in educational courses vary within each institution. Some colleges take into consideration the following grade-point average, courses…

concepts but these ones were definitely the most important in my eyes. The work that the Sisters of Notre Dame did to make this institution is incredible. The never give up, against all odds mentality that those women had was the reason that this college is where it is today. It really gives you a sense of pride to attend Notre Dame. Now knowing that I also have a new drive to be like the Sisters and never give up, something I think will really help me out over the next four years. As I…

Introduction College athletes refer to the individuals who represent their learning institutions, particularly colleges and universities, in competitive sports such as athletics, soccer and ball games. Often the competition college students participate in is considered as non-professional since some international institutions such as Olympics Committee and IAAF do not approve them. However, the athletes participating in the college events tend to have an equal input in the sports as the…

advantage of. Sexual assaults that take place in college tend to occur more frequently within women, but any gender can be a victim. Campus Safety has been an ongoing issue in the past several years. “1 in 4 women in college today has been the victim of rape, and nearly 90% of them knew their rapist” (Warsow 13). A controversial issue has been whether or not colleges are mishandling reported campus sexual assaults. Arguments have aroused that colleges have been within violations of the…

Honors College, I have spent the past four years learning the requirements and opportunities offered from the Honors College, growing in a community full of driven people, and most importantly, testing my aptitude and fortitude in pursuance of my goals. The Honors College provided me the support and resources, while simultaneously fueling my growing interest in academia. It was with great displeasure that I viewed my next few years at the University at Buffalo apart from the Honors College,…

Fulfilling my purpose: The Next Chapter of My Life The University of Michigan is one of the top ranking public universities. The campus is very large and has many valuable resources designed for its students to be successful. For example the Shapiro Library (UGLI) and the Hatcher Library have many different types of study spaces. On the first floor of the Shapiro Library there is a large study area which is not too quiet or too loud and on the second there are smaller study rooms ideal for…

Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to request the Arizona State University to provide more core classes at the West campus. Summary: The problems that I found is the W.P. Carey School of Business does not provide enough core class for their students. According to the ASU record in 2015, the W.P. Carey had 12,009 undergraduate students on their campus. With this amount of student, the school should have more classes available for them to enroll. However, some of the core classes are not…

This article examines the affects of social anxiety on college students, what can be done to treat their anxiety, and why this disorder needs to be treated. In this article, the authors conduct surveys at their respective universities to see how the students view social anxiety. They use a web-based questioner to compile a set of results and compare the results to the most recent research. They find that social anxiety is a lot more common that most people expect and that there is a huge need…