Universities and colleges

(Knight, 2004, p. 11). As more and more international students are arriving on our university campuses each year, US institutions face the challenge and opportunity in providing these students a great and successful experience. As Urban & Orbe (2007) discovered, studying in the United States is considered as fulfilling a lifelong dream for many international students. These dreams create high expectations on universities to deliver. International students face four specific challenges,…

situation. Whether the economy favors the student’s work field or they just have no idea what they’d like to devote their lives to. Why do college students struggle in choosing a major? That’s the question that students have tried to answer for many years and the reason why many colleges around the United States created the ‘‘Exploratory Studies’’ program. As a college freshman and part of this program, I can ensure that the support we receive from our professors and advisors is extremely…

Updated Thesis The 2010 National College Health Assessment found that only 6% of college students consumed the recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables. College students often report consuming less than the recommended amounts of primary food groups, including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy and meats and report high intake of high-fat, high-calorie foods. A highly important time of life for food choice is when students step out independently for the first time and begin to make…

non-profit organization that provides college athletes and the coaches for the resources. This association is similar to the professional association such as: NBA, NFL, and NHL. Over the years, college sports have become very popular in the United States; more people are inclined to watch college sports than the Professional sports. Since gaining a lot of popularity amongst the people, it has resulted them into gaining revenues for the NCAA and the colleges that are participating in this program…

You U is a must-read guide for any young person who is just about to consider enrolling in any college or university. It should as well be considered as a mentoring guidebook for anyone who is already enrolled. Rachel Thompson takes a no-nonsense, non-sugar coating approach to laying out the usually untalked about truths to the collegiate experience. From picking a school that is right for you, to deciding on a Major, You U brings to the reader more than just facts and statistics, but…

students signed up for three online computer science classes that Stanford University offered at no cost (Vardi, 2012). Shortly afterwards, it became a talked about topic in higher education (Billsberry, 2013). The popularity of MOOCs (massive open online courses) has kept growing ever since (Vardi, 2012). The amount of knowledge that is now being shared with MOOCs in unprecedented (Billsberry, 2013). Prestigious colleges such as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford have partnered with course delivery…

Lehigh faces a conformity problem as I imagine most universities do. People try so hard to fit in that they do not mind if they lose their identities in the process. Greek life is possibly the biggest source of this problem. It offers many beneficial aspects to society, while also offering detrimental experiences to students. Throughout all the schools that I visited and the stories that I have heard, there is no university with a more dominating Greek life presence than Lehigh. The dominance of…

need to pay for their own college education? Will such a statement make people wonder if education is worth accumulating a large debt by the time they graduate from college? Should a college education be free? The cost of a college education is one of the most important things that we face as high school students. There are many pros and cons as to whether or not a college education should be free; but this writer believes that the pros outweigh the cons. College education should be free…

the ethics they establish for themselves. Getting students to understand that they can help and hopefully get their voices across in their community is an important aspect to get them involved in their community. There can be many ways to require college students to become more civically active in their community and they will be discussed in this review in hopes that civic engagement will be seen as a necessary part of our community. Professors can make it required for students to pass a class…

school education is usually considered compulsory in most countries but in the current century, tertiary education is also regarded to as very critical. There are many disciplines taught in universities or colleges. Despite going through career counselors before picking their study subjects in the university, most post high scholars have no idea which courses…