Essays on Scholarship

My years in high school were a dramatic pint in my life. With all the raging hormones of adolescence and the identity crisis of teenage years, it was quite a rollercoaster. Peer pressure was a daily part of my life. I was always under the constant pressure to fit in. My activities were always full of mischief and a lot of misdemeanor. I joined a group of indiscipline students, and all we could do was to cause trouble to other students as well as our teachers. We never followed the rules we were very notorious for the destruction of ...

Introduction

The KASP is a Saudi Government-funded scholarship program initiated in 2005 under King Abdullah ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"; "Patent Program"). KASP has been launched in response to Saudi Arabia's increasing need for more qualified human capital, particularly in light of Kingdom's dependency on foreign labor (al-Shayea). The first KASP cycle was launched after late King Abdullah's and former U.S. President George W. Bush's agreement to increase numbers of Saudi students in U.S. ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). The Saudi Government invested SR7 billion and awarded 9,252 male and female students U.S. scholarships in first phase ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). ...

Description of the Social Problem: Student Debt in America:

The total outstanding amount of student loan debt in the US amounts to $ 1.2 Trillion. This is an astoundingly high amount of debt that not only directly affects the indebted students, but also has an effect on the economy of the country as whole, as well as the soundness of the fiscal system. There were around 37 million student credit borrowers with exceptional understudy advances in 2013. By Federal Reserve Bank of New York accounts, remarkable student debt obligation in the United States lies between $900 Billion and $1 Trillion with around $850 Billion in Federal understudy advance debt. ...

Disruptive Business Models

Disruptive innovation model, which explains why the world’s largest companies fail with the advent of new technologies, was named one of the most important for modern business. The author of this concept, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who wrote the book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (originally published in 1997), led Thinkers50 rating of the most notable business thinkers in 2011 and 2013 (Thinkers50, 2013). According to Christensen’s model, at the time the new technology occurs in the market, it is still very flawed, and by most of the ...

Consider, for example, college basketball, one of the most popular college sports and a sport that nearly every college whether coeducational or single-gender participates in competitively. Every year, in January the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) hosts the men’s college basketball championship tournament, commonly known as “March Madness”. This is a month long tournament the begins with 68 teams all competing to be the best. In 2013, the NCAA generated nearly U.S. $1 billion in total revenue. However, a breakdown of where that revenue was generated would reveal approximately U.S. $800 million of that revenue or about 84 ...

Based on the intense training involved in sports at the high school level, students often regret the interference that sports training have on the amount of time they spend on academics. Apaak and Sarpong suggest that “student-athletes must typically balance the roles of being full-time student and at the same time being athletes” (Apaak & Sarpong, p. 1). Nonetheless, the dual roles can compound the psychological and emotional challenges that can impact personal development in the average teenager. With this in mind students, who are athletically inclined, regret playing sports because sporting activities often impinge on the time that should ...

ZARA Case

We are living in the time when everything is changing faster than we can adapt to. New technologies, events, researches are emerging almost every day leaving behind those that were created yesterday. We are looking forward new solutions to the issues of our lives and want everything to be up-to-date. Companies are inventing new ways to attract the clients, reducing the price, improving advertising and making their production highly competitive. In this case disruptive business models occur.

Disruptive Business Models

Disruptive business model uses innovative technologies that offer new versions of existing products. They are easy to use, cheap and do not ...

This is a student scholarship essay for a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant Practitioner program. In this essay, I outline my goals, background, abilities and competencies as well as how the scholarship will add up to all these things to make me a useful person in my generation. This essay demonstrates how the scholarship award will assist me to reach my educational and career objectives. My ultimate goal of being a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant is to help to provide the highest quality of surgical services to those who need it. I hope to provide this service through a high standard of ...

Introduction and Problem Statement

In the year 2007, Hope Blooms was launched by Jessie Jollymore with the aim of providing people with healthy food and empowering the local youth. In May 2014, Hope Blooms became a registered charity that aims to grow their business and protect the youth through their charitable programs. The two fundamental problems that Hope Blooms faces are; firstly, making their retail operations stable employment for their youth members and, secondly, increasing the revenues of the charity and increase its revenues.

Analysis

Hope Blooms have achieved their founding objectives of helping people eat healthy food and helping the local youth through ...

There have been a few instances throughout my life where I have experienced problems with school. One in particular was when I made a transition from my former self, to the person I am today. The transition was forced upon me by an undesirable chain of events, one that I would not wish on anybody. However, through the circumstances set before me, I was able to see the changes I needed to make and become a different person. Unfortunately, throughout the transition from me old self to my new self I experienced a tumultuous time concerning my education. Formerly, ...

Letter to a Healthcare Organization

I am writing in regard to a family that has devoted their life to the healthcare industry and is now in need of assistance. The mother, Dianna, is a nurse at a long time care facility. As you know, this is a helping profession and, while her devotion to the job is top notch, the pay is not. On top of this, she has roughly $47,000 in outstanding student loan debt. At the same time, Dianna and her husband have been working hard to provide their five children with educational opportunities that they were not afforded early in ...

1. What techniques/training will the scholarship provide? The scholarship will train people on the aspects that relate to the testing and culturing of samples used in research. Testing hypothesis will be made possible through the project. The hypothesis testing skills are needed to test the hypothesis in the study. The study will base on the ability to take records and measure outcome. The project will offer training on how to test hypothesis and measure outcome. On the other hand, the scholarship will train clients on how to collect samples, record and interpret scientific data. When the project is done, ...

International Law and Global Inequality

The simple basic definition of international law is a group of rules that countries observe when interacting with each other. There are three distinct legal directions in the international law and they are: Public International Law that involves the relationship between sovereign nations and international legal entities as the International Court; Private International Law which deals with questions when jurisdictions are in conflict and Supranational Law like treaties, conventions, etc., that the states adopt in a voluntary and collective way. Logically, three more questions are outlined as: is the International law a real law like the national laws; where ...

Abstract

The writing delves deep into the structure known as Borobudur. The historical, cultural and religious significance of this architectural structure is explored in the course of the writing so as to comprehend how the temple complex is important even in the present times. In relation to the theoretical concept of flaneur as explicated by the famous theorist Walter Benjamin, the images of the structures present inside the temple complex of Borobudur are explored. (Benjamin, 1929) It is further explored how Borobudur could have in reality been a city. Indeed, this place was the focus of Buddhist worship and scholarship ...

Part I: A Problem Exists

In the past few decades, the debate regarding payment for college athletes has become a pressing issue for higher education, necessitating a deeper look into the consequences of paying college athletes such high amounts for their playing. Currently, the NCAA’s rules and regulations regarding student athletes’ compensation include a no-pay rule; NCAA member colleges are forbidden from sharing revenue with athletes, leaving the payment and budget to go to coaches and faculty (Edelman, 2014). However, the possibility of paying student athletes raises many different arguments. Some argue that the emphasis on athletics in the higher education experience has left other departments ...

Cao, Wei. (Sep. 2011). “StudyAbroad: Lessons Learned on the Road.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 13 [Special Issue – September 2011]. Available at: http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_1_No_13_Special_Issue_September_2011/10.pdf

This journal paper discusses the increase in study abroad programs undertaken by U.S. students and the consequent need for the development of “diverse and high quality programs.” The paper discusses study abroad from the perspective of an insider, including the pitfalls involved.

Donald, James. (26 Nov. 2008). “Studying Abroad: The Benefits.” Quacquarelli Symonds: Top Universities. Available at: http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/studying-abroad/studying-abroad-benefits

In this article James Donald seeks the opinions of international ...

The world of numbers has served as my playground for years now and I can proudly mention that I enjoyed analyzing business, finance and trends. After I earned my degree in accounting last 2011 from King Saud University I immediately felt the desire to pursue graduate studies since I believe that I can still stretch my potentialities in my field of choice. Pursuing higher studies will not only expose me to more complex accounting theories and techniques, but it will undoubtedly help me become more competitive and knowledgeable in the field.

I look at accounting as a profession that ...

We are all brought up to think about what we want to be when we grow up, and what college we want to attend. Starting in high school our parents, teachers and guidance counselors begin grooming us for college decisions. The reality of the cost of college is one that, as children, we are unprepared for. While we dream of a college education, we fail to understand the financial implications of receiving one. Many of us expect our parents to help with college costs. There is debate as to whether parents should be responsible for their children’s college tuition ...

Introduction

Nursing is a dynamic profession that calls for proper preparations and planning during practice. Realizing the best nursing outcomes requires the nurse to apply evidence-based practices, collaborate with their peers (Anne-Marie, Ann, Jens and Lars, 2013), engage in critical thinking to make sound clinical decisions (Edelson, 2012) and be an effective nursing manager to spearhead the healthcare delivery process and achieve optimal healthcare outcomes for the patients (Harris and Roussel, 2010). In this paper, I will explore my future goals as a hospice nurse, my plans to achieve them, sources of ne knowledge, and future scholarly aspirations in the field. I ...

Classical Arab poetry usually covers the period beginning with the earliest traceable Arabic poems. The earliest form Arabian poetry dates back from the 6th century to the consolidation of the High abbasid court poetry. To its foundations lies a very rich oral traditional comprising of pre-Islamic tribal and court poetry which are presented in preeminent Arabic poetic form (Polythematic qasida or ode) ( Hoyland 41).

This kind of poetry usually expressed and preserved the values the traditional warrior in its full tripartite form. It consisted of nasib, rahil (desert journey), praise of madih,fahkar, personal and tribal boast. Ancient Arabic ...

As an outstanding professional and a student, I am applying for a scholarship for the Doctor of Pharmacy, in order to realize my full potential and to join an academic school as a teaching staff after graduation. Being a hard working student with excellent academic credentials and a respectable performance throughout the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree program, and the Master in Diabetes Care and Education, with GPA 3.240 and MGPA 3.12, I expect to be the right candidate for the honorable Pharmacy Scholarship. Currently being enrolled in my Postgraduate studies at the University of Dundee, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, I meticulously continue ...

Manning, Marable, Dispatches From the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience, New York, Columbia University Press, 2000-written by manning Marable.

Manning -one of the leading scholars of African American history is a professor of political science and history at Columbia University in New York City where he also holds the position of director in the institute for research in Africa American studies. He is considered as one of the America’s most widely convert and influential scholars. Manning has brought together insightful minds who display a willingness to be outspoken in their criticisms, yet who are without a ...

General Purpose: To persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates studying abroad has many negative effects. Organizational Pattern: Problem-Solution Introduction

I. Attention Getting Device (Narrative): I received a call in the middle of the night from my cousin the last week. She was in tears and was in need of help. Staying away from home, in a milieu that is totally alien to her has taken a huge toll on her. She wanted to leave her studies in the midway in come back. I tried to console her, but all went in vain.

II. Adaptation (Relating topic to audience): The ...

Introduction

The duty herein is to assess and evaluate the speech presentations given. The paper covers those speeches given at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, for the year 2014. Professor Bill Cunliffe is the key speaker, representing the Music Department at California State University at Fullerton (CSUF) and has delivered the longest speech presentation (taking up approximately half of the video) brief comments on the other three speakers shall be included. As a key academic field, speech communications empowers people to prepare for careers in many areas. For example, ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research paper is to give a clear explanations on how the amendments or improvements of Chinese higher education in 1990s has positively impacted on the employment and job market. It is through enrollment expansion of colleges and universities. The Chinese reform in higher education in 1990s was made due to failures of the soviet- style system which was criticized because it was centralized and did not nurture top-notched talents and did not support production of quality manpower. The paper will discuss on the Chinese higher education has influenced the economy that is, employment and ...

Abstract:

The ever-increasing demand for health care services and the decreasing workforce number has made it possible to recognize the services of nursing practitioners. NP’s are individuals licensed under Australian law to conduct advanced assessment of patients, prescribe medications, order diagnostic tests, and as well refer the patients to other health care practitioners. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC, 2006) requires NP’s to undertake further training to gain accreditation for a minimum of three years after being registered. The work of a NP also includes working in a collaborative capacity and a wide range of other health professionals to achieve positive ...

Communication

Latest communication and technological developments facilitated communication industry. Innovation and new inventions created new dimensions in the communication world. Social media is a dynamic form of communication in today’s world. Social media is a set of websites collected along with their services and practices to support participation, exchange, and sharing etcetera among its users, giving birth to communities. Social media especially Facebook, Twitter, MySpace etcetera have become an integral part among the young generations (Junco & Mastrodicasa 2007). Most of the high school and college students use social media to connect and share with their friends.

Significance

However, the frequency of ...

- Introduction:

The feudal system of land tenure was introduced in Ireland by Normans. In this regard, the feudal system primarily worked on the principle that the ownership of all land eventually lied with the crown. This principle was base on the presumption that private bodies could not directly own land. The feudal system of tenancy completely disregarded and did not recognize the modern relationship between the landlord and tenants. To this end, grants of land over a period of years were regarded as creating personal contracts only. Nevertheless, it did contain certain characteristics of modern landlord-tenant relationship. The land ownership structure ...

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Clark, Rebecca, Culver, and Lisa Allison-Jones. "Investing In Human Capital: An Academic Service Partnership To Address The Nursing Shortage." Nursing Education Perspectives 32.1 (2011): 18-21.

The article explains why the current nursing education programs are challenged to increase student enrollment since many of the college universities are faced with problems such as limited financial infrastructure, lack of qualified faculty, and difficulty establishing clinical sites needed to support additional students. As a result, many of the qualified students have been turned down.

The article discussed why the national strategies that were implemented in order to improve the nursing workforce ...

Blindness also known as visual impairment is a term used to define a condition when one’s central visual acuity is less in his/her better eye. It is the condition of low or poor visual perception. The condition can occur in partial of full state. Some of the common causes of blindness are cataracts, trachoma, and glaucoma amongst others. A person with blindness can still learn through the sense of touch or even sound. We are going to review some of the literature with regard to teaching of the blind and visually impaired in the section below.

Annotated Bibliography

Winn, S. (2007). PRESERVICE ...

Academic challenges must be met with an open mind while remaining grounded in intense discipline and focus. In the Information Technology program I am studying the use of computer technology for the benefit of various industries. The beauty of Information Technology is the applicability it has to many areas of human endeavors including both business and art. The business side of the subject matter is designed to generate efficiency in industry and ultimately generate money by driving production at dizzying speeds. The artistic side of information technology seeks to tell stories of human significance to an ever-wider audience, and ...

Identity in the play the short story One Friday Morning

Identity refers to the state of maintaining one’s character under different conditions. Identity therefore relates to social situations such as gender, color, class, and community. In African American literature, identity can be experienced in social circumstances that are largely discriminatory. Discriminatory aspects that affect the blacks largely relate to oppression. This aspect molds the manner in which African Americans are confronted with dilemmas regarding their place within the white-dominated society. Ideally, the reality of the blacks cannot be separated in the American society because color provides an inherent phenomenon of identity that manifest in different races.

The aspect ...

There are different reasons that a government has when it decides to send some students abroad for further studies. Most governments always have the aim of improving the quality of education that its students receive and in most cases its most exceptional students who portray exceptional abilities in studies are sent abroad to receive the said education. The destinations where the students receive the education are directly dependent on the progress the destination country has made both educationally as well as economically. However, there are a few disadvantages that are experienced in internationalization of education. There are countries where the educational ...

Executive Summary

Recently, many hospitals worldwide have experienced some setbacks in reference to health care delivery system. This setback was primarily caused by the growing shortage in the number of experienced and competent healthcare workers, particularly nurses in the health profession. One of these hospitals is Renfrey Memorial Hospital, who is facing not major problems related to an aging nursing staff, overworked personnel and migration of able and experienced nurses to other health institutions because of the more promising professional life.

This report would identify the best practices and benchmark techniques used by differently medical facilities that have experienced similar problems. ...

Wherever I go, my cultural heritage comes with me. Since I can remember, my parents taught me to fully embrace my Hispanic identity and to be proud of whom I am. In the same time, they taught me to be friendly and to respect everybody. In their simple words, uttered to a little boy, they encapsulated the sense of cultural diversity and harmony that are the outcomes of the acceptance of others and of respecting others’ culture and way of life, of borderless friendship.

This lesson of life helped me so far in my academic experience, making me very sociable ...

In "Grades and Money,” Steven Vogel discusses the relationship between money and grades. He argues that students are only interested in getting good grades rather than learning. He says that most of the students have created a direct relationship between grades and money. They believe that good grades create opportunities to get more money than poor grades. Steven Vogel presents a great piece of work because everything follows from the central thesis. The author successfully directs the value of education from the importance of good grades to making money. It is to this regard that students strive to get ...

The University of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality Management has given me a platform to showcase artistry and creativity in the field of event planning, event designing and decoration. I have made a lot of sacrifices and compromises to achieve today where I am, and still I know I have to go a long way. To get enrolled in college, I have to leave my native land, and it was never an easy decision. However, I believe that I took the right decision for my career. Studying at Rosen College of Hospitality Management has given me the right platform for my ...

Unionization is defined as the “process of organizing the employees of a company into a labor union which will act as an intermediary between the employees of the company and its management” (BusinessDictionary.com, 2014). When a group of people lobbies for unionization, first, they must be considered as employees of the company where they would want the labor union formed. Just recently, the Northwestern University Football team won their bid to be unionized. It is agreed that student-players should be considered as employees and be allowed to vote to be unionized. This essay discusses several points to justify this argument.

In ...

Nursing has always been my passion. As a child, I saw how my mother dedicated her life to her nursing profession. She is my greatest inspiration. She is one of the reasons why I want to have a scholarship grant in nursing. I am a first year college student in nursing now, and I feel that I am few steps away from my dream to becoming a full-fledged nurse. A scholarship from (name of school) will help me fulfill this dream. A scholarship grant will help pay for my books and other expenses in school. Furthermore, I will not be a burden to my ...

In June, 1972 the law Title IX of the Education Amendments passed and signed by President Richard Nixon Congress. This milestone legislation applied to give the equal opportunities for both boys and girls in American sports and other fields. People considered this law will effects only equality in sports, but Title IX has great impact on the education system (Tompkins, 2009).

Impact of Title IX on Education

According to NFSHSA statistics in 1972 only seven percent of high school sports participants were females and these days the number has increased up to 40 percent. Title IX has also significantly enhanced learning opportunities as well as ...

CONTEXT AND COMPARISON OF

In reaction to the decadence and corruption so pervasive in the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant Reformation sought to introduce an asceticism into the artistic world of its followers. Martin Luther, as well as others who followed him, advocated the destruction of art in churches, particularly images of saints, muted color schemes for the artwork that remained, and an emphasis on images either of Jesus or of contemporary leaders and heroes of the movement. Joseph Koerner’s book The Reformation of the Image (2004) compellingly shows how visual art became indispensable to a religious movement built on words. In a time ...

Steve Bantu Biko, a spouse to Ntsiki Mashalaba was born in December 1946 in King William’s town in South Africa. He was a son of Mathew who was occupied in the police force and Alice who worked as a domestic servant at a hospital in the town. He was an Anti-apartheid activist in the country between the year 1960 and the year 1970. At the University, he was the student leader that later spearheaded the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement. It is this movement that endeavored to empower as well as mobilize much of the urban black populace in the country.

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The analytical ability of a student is subject to many aspects both internal and external. I believe that the development of analytical ability is a step by step process that enables the student to move from rather simple skills to complex or rather advanced methods of analyzing things, However, the standards as set by the education department do not reflect the steps of the development of the analytical ability.

The lowest level of analyzing texts starts by understanding the text in question as well as internalizing it. By so doing, a student is able to apply the simplest analytical skills. For instance, ...

According to The Sport Journal, published by the United States Sports Academy, the NCAA revenues for the 2011-12 fiscal year were projected at $757 million, of which $452.2 went to Division I schools. (Johnson & Acquaviva, 2011). Although the organization makes a huge profit, the NCAA mindset is to contradict itself and to promote their athletes as amateurs, playing simply for a free education and the love of their sport. In one theory, this could make sense as almost all NCAA sports are non-revenue. In fact, football and basketball (mainly men’s) are the only sports capable of turning a profit for ...

My intellectual love affair with chemistry and forensic science began in my high school years. I was lucky, during this formative period of my life, to have a series of excellent chemistry instructors and classes; my enthusiasm for chemistry grew throughout these years. I became more and more interested in the discipline; in my free time, I read chemistry books and learned the history of the subject. It was clear to me that I wanted to build a career out of this interest. After I graduated high school, I was accepted into the Abu Dhabi police force academy to complete a study ...

KewalRamani, A., & National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Status and trends in educationn of racial and ethnic minorities. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. Of Education.

This is a report by the National Center for Education Statistics detailing the trends and status of education of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States of America. It examines the challenges and milestones covered by ethnic minority groups in the United States. The report details that over time; many minorities have finished high school and continued higher education in colleges across the country. These ...

For each and every human being, there comes a time when they have to make some important personal decisions in their lives. These decisions may vary from issues such as education, careers, social and political affiliations and even economic related issues. I have made many personal decisions in my life. However, the most important decision I made was to choose USA as the country where I would pursue my education. I lived in my home country during my whole childhood. I even schooled there for all my junior education until I was ready to go to college. By then, I ...

The interconnectivity between the world’s largest stock markets is based on the world’s interdependent global economy. No longer does one country exist without interaction with other countries. No longer are countries isolated from each other. Instead, countries rely on each other for everything from raw materials to the production of goods and services. This interdependence is reflected in the stock market and other facets of counties economic systems.

I believe that Japan has the most influence on the United States’ stock market. The correlation between Japan and the United States’ high market movements is high at most ...

Students who play for colleges are supposed to provide the best at the level they play, but the questions that begs answers is why despite providing the best, they are not paid for it. According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, the reason why these students do not receive payment is to ensure that they are protected from being exploited by professional and other commercial entities (Armstrong & Nick 112). The argument is that the college students are amateurs and shouldn’t be influenced by monetary incentives as is the case with professional players. However, this argument does ...

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Executive Summary Managing goodwill is an important part of any organization, be that a for-profit or a nonprofit organization. At some point managing goodwill is an important aspect of stakeholder management as the management team involved in taking care of the organization’s reputation in terms of goodwill considers the different possible reactions of the stakeholders, especially the customers and clients, whenever new changes in existing policies and regulations get set. In such situations, any decisions that may negatively affect the stakeholders’ perception about the company including its products and services would most likely be considered for re-deliberation. This is ...

Abstract

While starting a business is the dream of millions, one of the most important first steps for any potential business owner is to understand and evaluate the different types of business organizations that are possible and choose the one that would most effectively help the owner realize their business goals. The five most common types of business organizations are: sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation and a corporation. Each type has its advantages such as management control or limited liability; as well as its disadvantages, such as unlimited liability and high tax rates. Indeed, exposure to liability or ...

Scenario A

I would respond to my commander by saying a No to his proposal. I would not agree to give my consent and frame a plot by misquoting the facts. In the first place I would be remorseful by the fact that innocent people got killed due to a mistake from our squad. I would be brave enough to accept the failure from our end and would suggest my commander to do the same. I am completely aware that this might cost me my job and career but I would rather choose to be true to myself and my conscience. My thought process ...

I am a 23-year-old international student. I got a scholarship to study emergency medical services and I am in my senior year in college. Although I am a qualified EMT, I have not yet worked as an EMT yet. Pat Ivey’s book, EMT, beyond the lights and sirens is a very compelling read to me. I am able to relate to a number of issues raised by the author in the book. Pat Ivey worked as a cardiac technician in rural Virginia. One day, her sons got lost in the woods. It was while this search was going on that Ivey have to know ...

Conventionally, education has meant access to better personal and professional experiences. Through education students get knowledge and skills which, if used well, should make a difference in longer run. According to mainstream conceptualization of what makes a college student, she is one who is enrolled in a higher education institution, commutes to college and back home or simply lives on-campus. Interestingly, living on-campus – as part of a student's college life – could be literal. That is, given recent growing phenomenon an increasing number of students are homeless, students who do not live on campus (as in dorms, nearby housing or specific arrangements of housing ...

Despite the many gains that African-Americans and other minorities have achieved in the last fifty years as a result of the Civil Rights Movement, there are still a vast number of issues that remain incredible struggles for blacks seeking equal treatment in the United States. One of those is the issue of education; despite initiatives such as affirmative action, minority scholarships and college prep programs, there are still systemic inequalities that take place within the US educational system. Investigating the concepts and ideas behind these issues and the efforts to change them (e.g. order theory), it is clear that many steps ...

Wit was written by Margaret Edson. This one-act play has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. It is a story which deals with the medical profession as well as with the culture of education at universities. Both sides are brilliant in this story. Vivian Bearing is represents brilliant academic staff whereas, Doctor Kelekian and Dr Jason Posner represent the brilliant side of medical research. None of them have emotions when it comes to work. The only character which feels empathy for Vivian is the nurse, Susie. She is the only character who is acting humane. Whereas Vivian is strict ...

Kristen Cruz has an interesting personal and career story. Her personal and career path has been related by her in person during a friendly conversation. If anything, Cruz has a consistent personal, education and career options. Still, Cruz continues to invest in her education and professional development as she pursues her career life. Further, by emphasizing community contribution Cruz is also committed to her community as she works as Talent Advisor at HAI Group. This summary is aimed to highlight main areas of Cruz's professional career but also her personal passions and aspirations. Cruz has an extensive background of learning. ...

INTRODUCTION

The Common Core State Standards Initiative (also known by its other name, the “Common Core”) is a comprehensive list of things that students should know in language arts and mathematics only—the Common Core does not deal with science, languages, physical education, and so on (Mathis, 2010). The “Common Core” is the curriculum that an educational assembly in the United States has decided is appropriate for students of each grade level across the United States (Bomer & Maloch, 2011). The Common Core has been incredibly controversial since its inception, but has been introduced in a number of states in grades K-12. The ...

Institutions of higher learning in the United States spend millions of dollars to recruit and train college athletes. These college athletes participate in various events at the expense of their time as students. If in return for their hard work, college athletes get nothing more than a scholarship and health protection, then it is absolutely unfair. This is because everyone around them gets some benefits – from the college coach who earns a decent salary of close to $100,000 a year to the media houses that profit from adverts and the entities that advertise at these college sporting events. Therefore, there the ...

It has long been my ambition to study abroad, and to undertake my studies in an English-speaking country, as my primary objective has always been to improve my English language capabilities so that my fluency in that important global language would be increased. That would also fulfil my second objective – to obtain a Western education, which is highly valued in the world of business. So you might imagine my delight at obtaining a scholarship in my first choice of overseas country for my studies – the United States of America. A major obstacle to my dreams and those of others like me ...