Castañeda August 3‚ 2011 HSC 421 Prof. Garrido Binge Drinking Among College Students With extreme rates of binge drinking among young adults‚ college students continue to be a primary focus for a range of alcohol prevention efforts. The rates of binge drinking among college students is nearly double the rates for high school students‚ which may indicate that the college environment encourages high risk drinking. Many students view heavy drinking as a rite of passage that everyone must go through
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First Year Generation Students comprise of 34% of the population at colleges and universities nationwide. McCutchen‚ L.D. 2012) the study explored the perceived barriers focus on supports related to college adjustment for first year generation college students at large colleges and university in the United States. A qualitative analysis of themes resulted in identification of various barriers and supports‚ provided a multifaceted understanding of college adjustment and highlights the importance
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I believe the greatest obstacle facing our generation is how to pay for college. The soaring costs and confusing financial aid systems are a hindrance to receiving an education‚ and it crushes those who do graduate with student loan debt that affects their life choices years after college. For most‚ higher education is the key to social mobility‚ financial stability‚ and self-actualization. Living-wage jobs are difficult to find‚ especially without an education past high school. Workers are competing
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College students are diverse in nearly every way. Students from every country of the world seek higher education. Of all the differences between college students around the world‚ they share one imperative similarity. Change is common to all students who are beginning a new path into education. This change results in many students developing a high level of stress for a variety of reasons. Stress is often the catalyst for developing mental illnesses a person is genetically predisposed to. “Up to
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study and learning habits for college students? Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant with a charge that rise energy‚ mood‚ awareness‚ concentration‚ and wakefulness. Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. Caffeine can be found in teas‚ coffee‚ energy drink and chocolate caffeine is also very popular among student‚ as a supplement and as a study aid. Drinking caffeine can have many effects‚ both positive and negative‚ on college students. In this research we will start
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Sleep and How it Affects College Students William P. Wilkerson Vanguard University of Southern California Professor Szala 5-6-15 Statement of the Problem Sleep has been a topic of great scrutiny for many years. People believe many things about sleep‚ some of it is rooted in religion‚ superstition‚ or tradition. With the spread of technology‚ bright little screens have become a major part of everyone’s lives‚ making it harder to relax and wind down for sleep. Research Questions
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The Effects of Internet in College Students Study Time Management Aniris M. Fernandez Towson University Abstract The study time management skills of college students are very poor due to the addiction teenagers are confronting with Internet and social network sites. This problem is affecting their capacity to organize themselves and as a consequence grades are dropping. Experts are analyzing and studying the way in which students are using the Internet and its social networks and many of the
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Have you ever wondered whether or not going through college was worth all the trouble of 2-4 years of extra education? There are plenty of reasons as to why young adults in high school should be pushed to go to college. Even though college isn’t for everyone‚ and there is the debate of debt after college‚ every student should get the option to go to college‚ and should be urged to make that decision earlier rather than later. Most students do it because of the fact that there is a higher chance of
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issue that a lot of college students are facing today. According to NIAAA‚ in order for something to be considered binge drinking the blood alcohol concentration has to be .08 grams percent or above. Usually‚ for most college students‚ this means consuming five or more drinks in 2 hours. The rate is extremely high among college students and according to NIAAA reports‚ two out of every five students of all ages‚ which is more than 40 percent have reported in binge drinking once during the past 2 weeks
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Rough Draft The credit card companies are using vigorous practices to entice young college students to get credit cards‚ and paired with the gaining “high social status” and self-gratification‚ students have completely bypassed the responsibility of getting an education about credit card use and how to stay out of debt. The use of free gifts and food by credit card companies has contributed to the students’ lack of concern for the importance of learning and asking questions‚ such as‚ what are
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