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    changed to “The Enrollment Controversy” due to negative discourse caused by the name. The article, written by Stephanie Findlay and Nicholas Köhler, states that the universities in Canada, including the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, are ‘too Asian’ and have a negative impact on the overall culture of the universities.…

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    My Midterm Experience

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    considering the low participation of my school experience, I applied for the guide of my university and I only show people the routes from David Center to Student Life Center, which I was so familiar that I can finished this “trip” via closing my eyes. During this event, I met a second-year biology and science student, B, who came from Indian. He told me that is the 10 + time to do volunteering in university and he was interested in it, by the way, he attended the previous one as well. In other…

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    ever, the majority of the unemployed in the US had attended college (Shedlock). With more and more parents pushing their children towards college and university education, is obtaining a degree no longer a stepping stone towards employment? It seems now that a higher education won 't necessarily lead to a better life. With the increase in university educated individuals, there are consequences. The job market is flooded, there 's an increase in student debt, and participation in trades is at an…

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    In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

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    observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

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    According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the universities” by T. Friedman (2013), he explains how MOOCs will revolutionize the method of education in the next few years. This will create an easy access/low cost method of delivering education to students around the world. With some of the best universities already offering courses thru this platform, soon we…

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    The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…

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    Hardwork. Dedication. No reward One of these doesn’t seem to connect with the others. If you are a working hard and dedicated to what you do, shouldn’t you receive a reward. That thought goes through the heads of college athletes, everyday. They live this story, putting in hard work and time into playing for their school, yet they receive nothing. All these athletes play for the organization known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA for short. The NCAA is a…

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    Resume Their Educational Pursuits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by authors Theresa Philips and Barber Herlihy a “student departure from higher education is a major phenomenon that has many implications for students as well as colleges and universities” (Philips,…

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    out of 10 students receive financial assistance through scholarships. Reasoning behind the large number of students here receiving scholarship money is due to K-State’s strong alumni which donate millions of dollars a year and invest back into our university. Thus making us above the national average on received scholarships. Therefore, we don’t feel as much financial burden as other students at other…

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