University of Pittsburgh

“(We have) more to do for the young woman in East St. Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn’t have the money to go to college (Obama, para 6).” Interestingly, he follows this statement with an attempt to dissatisfy one of the commonplace arguments against liberal policies. Mr. Obama says that these people do not ‘expect that government will solve all of their problems,’ but that they are willing to work hard in order to achieve their…

Joshua P. Hochschild, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md., points to the flaws of the current American student-loan system in the article “Welcome to Ginger and Pickles University” published March 11, 2015 in The Wall Street Journal. The article deals with the important issue of student-loans and the store like exchange America places on education. Hochschild’s article is written in response to President Obama’s signing of a “Student Aid Bill of…

Corvias Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals Corvias original mission was specifically designed for their military housing partnership, which was the companies first partnership, however over time as the company evolved, therefore the mission had to evolve. The mission had to become broader to include other branches of partnership such as campus living. The same message is conveyed in a more general statement that can be applied to each partnership Corvias has. The mission statement is; “Our…

College Anxiety: Can I do this? In the novel The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another by Rebecca D. Cox, the author argues to reclassify how the framework is organized, and how classes are instructed to better address the issues of those understudies who, 20 or 30 years back, never would have even pondered formal training after secondary school. Not only does Rebecca Cox this she also tries to reminds students that while understudy readiness is critical,…

The stories that we as a class were assigned to read both tie into each other in specific ways. In the stories “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” And “ I Just Wanna Be Average” tell a story from a student's perspective, And how a student can run into challenges. “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” is more general,and based on you as a college student. In the story“ I Just Wanna Be Average” is based around one kid who was put into a program that ultimately set him…

Opening one’s mind up can allow them to accept or try new experiences. Hunter Rawlings’ “College Is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating It Like One” explains how the importance of college has changed in recent years. In almost all cases nowadays, it is essential to have a college degree in order to get a good job. Colleges require the student to put forth the effort in order to obtain its true value. Rawlings’ explains how college is a two-way street, how the professors must inspire and create an…

The five most significant turning points in my life were when I graduated valedictorian of my class, when I received my first scholarship, when I visited The University of Texas at Austin, when I went on my post-graduation vacation to Galveston, Texas, and when I became a part of The McLennan Community Honors College. These turning points while being immensely different from one another still connect to a key theme in my life of what I find to be the most worthwhile, my education, my desire to…

Students for a Democratic Society party was formed by college students to lead protests across many colleges in an organized way. The SDS section at University of Washington had a strong base and rallied fiercely for anti-war and equal rights issues of that time. When the news arrived that the Vietnam War had been expanded to Cambodia, the students at University of Washington went on a strike on May 4th, 1970 and lasted for around two weeks (Kindig,…

Schimmel, Sam’s sixth-grade teacher. She helped him to take an examination to apply to University High School, which is one of respected high school in the Newark school system and gave him a better chance to get into a college(Davis-38). The mentor from Ms.Sandi Schimmel pushed Sam on the right path to access a good education and be more focus in what he wanted to be even. At that time, Sam didn't want to go to University High School because most of his friend will go to different School. Sam…

At one point in your life I bet you wished you were someone different, or had something someone else possessed. I know I have, I’ve wished I was richer, smarter, had their car, got to live in their house or even had their parents. Was that other person's life really any better? It may look it, but looks can be deceiving. Both David Sedaris and Andrea Roman deliberate on this topic in their stories about their childhood. In "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" by Sedaris, he…