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    Academic Success among College Athletes Do student athletes make the most of their opportunity to obtain a post-secondary education? Do they have the same academic success as those students that are not athletes? Are student athletes just “dumb jocks?” The answers to these questions might surprise you. Much research has been done to dispel the myth that athletes going to college are only there to play sports with little regard to their education. Programs have been created to assure that colleges

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    Kaitlyn Paul Ani Govjian English 105 2 October 2012 Creatine and Improved Athletic Performance: Benefits‚ Risks‚ and Regulation Abstract Creatine‚ being a natural building block in fast twitch muscle energy supply‚ can also be used by athletes as a supplement to increase muscular performance. It can be classified by many athletic associations as a muscle building supplement‚ much like anabolic steroids‚ and these associations take that into account when generating use policies for competition

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    Nathan Ridenour ENG 101 2:00 Professor Taber 2/26/13 Athletic sponsors need to support fair play When I was younger I wanted so badly to be a professional athlete. I desired the fame and the enjoyment of being able to play a sport for a job instead of being in the everyday workforce. If I were to find out that the people I looked up to had cheated and were being dishonest about how they got to where they were‚ and the success they achieved‚ it would have crushed me. Lance Armstrong is a world

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    THE PARTS & STRUCTURE OF THE ACADEMIC ESSAY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 An academic essay has the following parts: An introductory paragraph of two sub-parts - general to specific statements leading to the specific topic‚ and the thesis statement. Body paragraphs‚ which either present (1) information in a logical sequence‚ or (2) a supported argument to convince the reader of your opinion or answer to the essay question. A concluding paragraph of two sub-parts - either a conclusion or summary of

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    the internet access. The detailed account of review of related literature pertaining to variables under study‚ namely academic achievement‚ parental encouragement‚ achievement motivation and intelligence is presented here under. 2.1 STUDIES RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Krishnan (1977) conducted a study on non-intellectual factors and their influence on academic achievement. The sample comprised of 180 students of sixth to ninth class studying in central school Tirupati and was divided

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    The True Cost of Academic Dishonesty Sims (1993)‚ a major researcher in the area of academic dishonestly‚ defines academic dishonesty as any act that gives any person an unfair or unearned advantage in an academic setting. While means such as cheating‚ plagiarism‚ fabrication‚ and bribery may raise a students grades‚ the consequences are concerning. An investigation of studies shows that academic dishonesty limits educational intuitions and negatively influences an individual’s future behaviour

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    INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The academic performance of any child cannot be separated from the home background in which the child grows up. A healthy home background offers emotional security to a child.  Agholor (2005)‚ This investigation that has adopted refined measure of family‚ influences have tended to show that they are related more strongly to academic outcome‚ than global measure of family background. The impact of family background on the academic achievement in school is today receiving

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    Student Rights in Academic Dismissal In 1787‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote “Above all things‚ I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty” (Tanner & Tanner‚ 1995‚ p. 4). Jefferson theorized that indifference to education puts liberty and self-governance in peril. Education could provide each individual the opportunity to gain knowledge in order to promote self-governing

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    The Academic Essay: Rough Draft Sitting down and thinking about how to write an academic essay? This essay will discuss all the things one should know in regard to writing an academic essay. Firstly this essay will discuss how to conduct research for an academic essay‚ and explain in detail what research should be considered. Secondly this essay will also discuss the planning and drafting of an academic essay‚ the exact format will be assessed. Thirdly this essay will also discuss plagiarism and

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    Academic Honesty In this technologically advanced era distance learning is common among students and colleges. Distance learning is more common than regular classrooms. There always has been pressure on students to excel in their academic studies. Students were taught early in their academic lives that lying‚ stealing‚ and cheating were bad and there were serious consequences for these actions. Engraving academic honesty in students’ brains by the time they make it to college started at an

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