Vassar College

Mary Calkins attended several schools to further her education. Mary completed secondary school in Massachusetts and started undergrad work at Smith College. Because of the lamentable demise of her sister, Maud, Mary removed a year from Smith. Amid that year, Mary mentored two of her siblings and furthermore contemplated Greek. She came back to Smith with senior-standing and graduated with whatever remains of her class one year later. After culmination of her undergrad work with a focus in…

“In what way did organized youth or college sports play a role in your life and your relationship to sports today? How do you think those experiences would be different if you were trying to play sports in a Gilded Age? Why?” I love that we had to compare the Gilded Age to youth or college sports we played in our life and how it affected our life. I don’t think I could handle living in the Gilded age. I am not…

Juan Alba, Director of College Board Membership Mobilization and Engagement moderates the 2015-2016 Counselor Webinar Series: College Financial Planning . The seminars provide college counselors encouragement and recommendations on ways to assist families with strategies to develop long term financial plans to ensure college completion. A summary of valuable information obtained from two titles, How to Help Low-Income Students Manage College Costs and Financial Aid For Middle Income Family…

Answer,” author Catharine Hill criticizes the free tuition plan proposed by some politicians saying that the plan wouldn’t work for low- and moderate-income families. Hill, the president and professor of economics at Vassar College, provides the Department of Education’s online College Scorecard as her source, Hill declares, “...too many institutions, both in the private and public sectors are not affordable for low- and moderate-income families.” The author determines that students of…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

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 would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the…

not made any themselves other than the decision to halt their education career. Aside from a limited knowledge of higher education, my parents could not invest the time much less the money in my college search necessary for a quality college experience. Another dilemma with searching for an ideal college and career was being assisted by educators who would only be able to do so temporarily. Gear Up IV has served as the solution to all of the complications that would could eventually prevent a…

high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their post-secondary…

concerning college is choosing which school is best for them after high school. If a person wants to go on to college after high school, it should not have to be a difficult decision based on a nonexistence of monetary contributions. Unfortunately for most children in American families the lack of awareness of preparing for the future of the child or children in the home for continued education has caused many children to become stifled in the pursuit of a college degree. I being a college…

Now, I can’t go a day without it. Being a college student, technology is the way we communicate with each other and it is hard to think how things can be done efficiently without the use of a computer or handheld device. I am constantly on my cell phone and I feel lost without it. This shows how…