Worcester State College

Ever since I could remember going to college was something that my parents always talked to us about. My parents wanted my siblings and I to have more opportunities than they did. Coming to the United States in 1979, my parents never realized that going to college was an option for them. The language barrier for them was hard to overcome and their main priority was to maintain themselves financially. They acquired jobs in factories, as night porters, as maintenance workers and anything else they…

sort of college degree, but what if somebody can’t afford college tuition? College classes can be very expensive and daunting, causing high school graduates to doublethink about whether or not they want to pursue a career in college. “Free college” seems to be the answer; but where will the funding for free college come from? Will more people be willing to attend college if it is “free”? Also, will people that already have their degrees be downgraded since everybody will have a college…

Introduction Throughout the past four weeks we have been working on our own action research issue. I choose to research the factors behind why there are less female students taking higher level science courses during their junior and senior years of high school. Each week we added on new elements of action research starting with the questions, research purpose and literature reviews, to methodology, data analysis and communicating our findings. This course really opened my eyes to action…

Pressuring a Master’s degree in Student Affairs and College Counseling from the University of Tennessee at Martin would allow me to work as a professional counselor within many roles in a university setting. In one of my past position as a financial Aid counselor, I enjoyed working with each student helping them with their financial planning for their 4 years of college, but the most important thing I enjoy was being able to encourage each student and having them know I was there if they had…

choose the path to become a College Recruiter. The part of a College Recruiter is going to secondary schools, speaking to the foundation at a school reasonable or group supported project, giving a data session to yard guests, creating associations with secondary school or school advisors, and directing understudy 's meetings and arrangements, talking with understudies and families via telephone. First, I shadow Lajoyce…

Every day, students across the United States and beyond prepare for the SAT. These unfortunate students spend countless hours and dollars in the hopes of maximizing their scores and their futures. The SAT was designed to test a student’s academic knowledge and performance, but fails to do so today. Its credibility as an academic benchmark should be acknowledged, but the test should not be valued so highly. The SAT is far from perfect, yet high schools and colleges place much weight on it. Many…

more time in the course of preparation of their assignments than grading late work. School districts simplify work for the students to help them along and pass, when instead teachers need to ensure that their students are ready for the work load in college and for the rest of their life. Students focus more on how many questions are going to be on the test or how it is going to be graded than the actual material or learning of the subject. Furthermore, students are unmotivated to do work and…

When people go to college you expect to have to do things on your own with little to no assistance, and that all the staff members will be a Grinch. Well I like to keep an open mind, and believe everyone, and every place is good. But I truly believe that Tarrant County College is a great school filled with faculty ready to help when they can, and good resources provided for every student when needed. During the Helpful survey, 10 percent of the students agreed that there was little to no…

1. What are your reasons for applying to Rutgers University School of Social Work? Discuss how your personal, professional, and/or community experiences and values affected your decision? The most important influence for pursing a graduate degree at Rutgers University School of Social Work is to break down barriers and obstacles that have been placed in front of me. I grew up in a non-tradition family so I never had an example of what life should be. My mother was a victim of domestic violence,…

Latina/o family can sometimes negatively impact the students voyage towards college. One theory Stern shares is that neighborhoods that Latina/o students live in prove to be an obstacle for many. Stern states that Latinos “live in neighborhoods with many fewer college-educated residents than are in African-American areas. Growing up in a neighborhood with so few college-educated people creates problems for students finding the college application process tricky” (Stern, 2009). Stern continues by…