University of Pennsylvania

What is higher education anyway? According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, higher education is “education beyond the secondary level; especially education provided by a college or university.” Today, the argument is whether this higher education should be focused on a more liberal education or a more utilitarian education. A liberal education is often defined as one that is broad and provides knowledge of a variety of subjects. Martin Luther King Jr. was in favor of a liberal education, saying…

“Wow. That semester of college came as a shock.” This is what I thought at the end of my first semester of college. “I was not prepared at all and it ended up being one of my worst semesters of school.” There was no turning back; it was over with. Gone. I had no chance at going back and redoing what had happened. The only thing to do was to learn from the mistakes and move on; improve for the next semesters to come. The first semester, is a big wake-up call, it changes students in many ways; by…

Robert M. Emerson categorized responses to conflict between college roommates in his article Responding to Roommate Troubles: Reconsidering Informal Dyadic Control. Emerson organized each response by placing it into one of three separate groups: managerial responses, dyadic complaints, and distancing and punitive responses. In addition to defining each response type, he also provided real life examples of each. The conditions in which each response would normally be utilized and the…

Being a college student is not an easy task. Balancing finals with work, friends, and other activities may seem to be impossible. People are paying thousands and thousands of dollars to attend a school where they plan on getting a high quality education and a good paying job once they graduate. Now, imagine doing all of those plus a sport. Imagine competing at a higher level than they have ever competed at, while under the pressure to succeed. Imagine the amount of stress they will compile over…

Over the past couple decades, college athletics have increased their popularity tremendously. The increase in popularity has led to a surplus of revenue brought to each of the Universities and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Last year Oregon had a revenue of $196,030,398 and not a single player was compensated for the work they did on those sports teams (Berkowitz para. 1). The fact that these sports have been the cause of the increase in revenue has raised the question…

Technology is an important part of education in today 's world. However, many public school students do not have the ability to access these technologies to complete assignments that require internet access. Public school students are not equipped to accessing digital technologies. It would be a good idea if the government built a computer lab that will assist students with their assignments and projects, so that they do not have to worry about not finishing on time. Public school students (has)…

about the genuine purpose of education in university. What’s the definition of uni? Our schoolmaster Mr. 戚万学 had talked about his own understanding of university in this year’s welcoming ceremony speech. He said, the word university is formed by 2 characters in Chinese, the first Chinese character大 reveals spreading thoughts, powerful rationality and wide concern for others, and the second character学 interprets acquiring healthy…

Mapping once was the guidelines to just about each and everything in destination making upon the thought of traveling. One could consider have postal mail delivered by someone whom has bought the mailed item and /or items to the receiver by way of horseback, as well as had to have their journey planned by some sought of guided route, that reference mapping by directional route to complete their delivery to the intended person and/or persons. Today devices could precisely place you there before…

These authors composed a study that gave an in depth look into factors such as volunteer setting, motives for volunteering, and factors related to current volunteering and how these specific factors relate to college students volunteering. Volunteering can be considered a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking or a person who performs a service willingly and without pay. Furthermore, in addition to this study providing an in depth view into what factors…

should partake of it. This paper will show why college athletes should remain unpaid while still playing sports at the collegiate level. The amounts of money athletics bring to their universities and the NCAA is unreal. The…