University-preparatory school

There is the simple fact that the students are now the ones choosing to get their education, and paying for it themselves or through scholarships. Also, they are going to school for themselves, and to better their understanding in a subject that interests them and their future. Furthermore, common sense and ‘street smarts’ as Graff says, should be viewed as an asset. Most of the time, teachers ignore basic common knowledge…

and paying for a seat in a number of classrooms, textbooks still need to be purchased for those classes separately. The cost of college textbooks is approximately $1,000 annually, according to a report prepared by Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls at the University of Michigan. There is enough stress in the lives of college students. The majority of students…

Part One This study intends to address if University of North Carolina Wilmington students have positive or negative attitudes regarding people with disabilities participating in intramural sports. This study will examine which disabilities college students feel fall under the umbrella term “people with disabilities”. When determining UNCW students attitudes about people with disabilities participating in intramural sports, the study will examine if students feel differently about people with…

We have all been through this when students experienced a classroom with a good and bad professors throughout the school year. As the good professor who that inspired you to learn to accomplish things and explore what 's going to happen next in the future. And there 's the bad professor who have a boring personality or don 't care enough about making the students happy. Due to tremendous of math assignments we intend to receive in math class we find ourselves struggling a little. Whereas in…

on children in my career field. Currently, I am torn between a few different career paths, teaching at the secondary level, getting my masters and teaching at the post secondary level, or becoming an optometrist. Ideally, I want to attend optometry school and then complete a residency specializing in pediatrics. With my degree, I want to practice optometry and reach out to youth from varying economic statuses and help brighten one of the senses in their life, sight. I want to bring smiles on…

There are other efforts of creating quality universities in china apart from the top ten because of the increased number of enrollment from one million to five million with an estimate of about six million students to be graduating from Chinese universities and increasing over the years to come. More than 38% of professoriate holds a doctorial degree and most of those academics with PhD degrees hold…

Keys to College New beginnings, new people, and endless opportunities. Starting college is a whole new chapter to life that leads to the next chapter. A chance to push students to be what they have always answered to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Some students could know what they want to study and others may be unsure of what they want to study. That is the great thing about college because this is the time in a young adult 's life to have the chance to find…

Over the years, college enrollment has exponentially increased, but is this good, or bad? In 1950, there were about 2.2 million students enrolled in all types of colleges. Today, there are about 21 million students in the United States. Some people will argue that this is a good thing because we have more students who are learning new things and majoring in something that they actually care about and getting better jobs. But, on the other hand, some people think it is just better for students to…

Student Affairs Field Reflecting on my personal college experience and those of my peers, I believe that the field of Student Affairs provides a unique and even essential opportunity to help shape the experience that student’s receive within the university setting. I strongly believe that students gain more from their college experience learning and growing outside of the classroom rather than inside. Self-discovery and personal exploration through extra-curricular activities and…

Debit card of College athletes As a college student, I find it hard to balance school and part time job; most of my time is spent on work instant of homework and it is not easy to juggle both at the sometime. Being a college student is hard in itself, but being an athlete in college, maybe even harder. A college athlete has to balance school and sport, college athletes have to work hard both on and off the field, they have many advantages but overwhelming disadvantages. Some college athletes…