the ‘Typical’ College Student” by Tressie McMillan Cottom. A writer for Slate and PhD candidate in sociology at Emory College. Tressie argues that higher education reforms should reflect nontraditional students more because they are older with more responsibilities and obligations. The article is discussing Obama’s affordability plan and how it is not beneficial to most students attending college. A nontraditional college student is typically a student who is older and attending college years after
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Xinyu Zhang Mr. Horner ENGL 1301. 321 Feb‚ 21‚ 2013 Today’s college student College students have changed a lot over the past decade‚ the most obvious change is that teaching equipments of college‚ it has changed the way of students learn. The multi-media education makes college curriculum schedule flexible‚ thus the age distributions of college students become older. However the new problem is the degree credential seem to be rapidly losing their value. First of all‚ it is an undeniable fact
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Electronic Research Assignment College Students and Depression College Students and Depression College students face many adversities as they transcend their collegiate careers. Depression is a major factor that haunts students since the first day they walk into their first lecture. It is extremely alarming that in 2009‚ the American College Health Association found that 9.2 percent of college students at all types of institutions reported being diagnosed with depression‚ and 9.4 percent with
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correspondence to Todd R. Stinebrickner Dept. of Economics The Social Science Centre The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada n6a 5c2 trstineb@julian.uwo.ca phone 519 679-2111 ext. 5293 fax 519 661-3666 Unique new data from a college with a mandatory work-study program are used to examine the relationship between working during school and academic performance. Particular attention is paid to the importance of biases that are potentially present because the number of hours
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College Students and Alcohol College student drunkenness is far from new and neither are college and university efforts to control it. What is new‚ however‚ is the potential to make real progress on this age-old problem based on scientific research results. New research-based information about the consequences of high-risk college drinking and how to reduce it can empower colleges and universities‚ communities‚ and other interested organizations to take effective action. Hazardous drinking among
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levels of incoming college freshmen are at an all time high. College counselors have agreed that these polls are a reflection of what they see daily in their offices. Many students are depressed‚ under stress‚ and using psychiatric medication that are prescribed during their high school years. With college tuition fees increase each year‚ Brian Van Brunt believes that the great financial burden on students is one of the main stressor. Though statistics still show that students are better off going
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Rodriguez Professor Fouquette English 60 MW 2 April 15‚ 2013 Community College Often times‚ community college students are depicted by the public and the media as “not smart enough” or “not capable.” For example‚ just recently I was at Barnes and Noble and as I was looking for a book the sales associate approached me. She asked me if I needed help then asked me what school I attended‚ when I told her that I go to Fullerton College her attitude changed. She asked me if I didn’t go to a four year university
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Cheating Culture In today’s society the needs and means to cheat certainly seem readily available. The controversy surrounding the use of SAT and ACT test scores probably has been questioned since they were first administered and certainly is still today. Especially‚ with all the stories one reads of student cheating to obtain the high scores needed on the SAT in order to be admitted to a university. David Callahan ’s Cheating Culture websites contained an article about the other side of cheating
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Forthcoming WHY DO COLLEGE STUDENTS CHEAT? Mark G. Simkin Accounting & Information Systems University of Nevada‚ Reno simkin@unr.edu Alexander McLeod Accounting & Information Systems University of Nevada‚ Reno amcleod@unr.edu ABSTRACT. More is known about the pervasiveness of college cheating than reasons why students cheat. This paper reports the results of a study that applied the theory of reasoned action and partial least squares methodology to analyze the responses of 144 students to a survey on
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Brent Mullins Dr. Lageman Research Paper March 27‚2008 Sex and College Students The purpose of this paper is to identify the circumstances associated with casual sex encounters. I found that casual sex is a common occurrence related to early sexual transition‚ engaging in first sex with a casual sex partner‚ drug use‚ and alcohol consumption. Casual sex occurred more often between "friends" than with strangers. The transition to adulthood is a time of exploration and experimentation
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