Are There Drinking Motives for College Students Diana Carrington Argosy University Advanced General Psychology PSY 492 Dr. Marie Dubé August 03‚ 2011 Are There Drinking Motives for College Students? Studies have shown that there are drinking motives for college students (Mohr‚ Armeli‚ Temple‚ Todd‚ Clark‚ & Carney‚ 2005). Other studies have also shown multiple drinking motives such as social (you can loosen up and feel more confident)‚ enhancement (it gives you a false sense of security
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2016 Is College Preparing Student for Work? The two articles‚ “How Colleges — and Employers — Fail to Prepare Students for Work” by Wharton School on the University of Pennsylvania (2015) and “Is College Adequately Preparing Students for the Workforce?” by Rogers (2014)‚ talk about the differences and similarities between college and work. Specifically‚ both the articles talk about if colleges prepare students for work or not. Also the author of‚ “Is College Adequately Preparing Students for the
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low-income students has increased‚ scholars have realized that there are different clusters of first-generation college students. While popular media has depicted college applicants as either academically gifted or unprepared‚ the reality is that there is a diverse set of students who apply to college each year (Shaw et al.‚ 2009). Shaw et al.‚ (2009) discovered five clusters of college applicants in their research—privileged high achievers/athletes‚ disadvantaged students‚ average students needing
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Being a college student is difficult‚ to say the least. Having to juggle homework‚ extracurricular activities and job(s)‚ is a constant balancing act. College students are walking on a tightrope‚ trying to juggle all this weight and trying not to fall as well. College students use many means to make their life easier like using technology if it’s possible. One way that students use technology to better their life is when it comes to dating. The creation of dating apps comes as a blessing to
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The life of a college student can be hectic. A lot goes on which may keep the student from realizing how much they waste. College students can be very wasteful. Ponder through the life of a college student for just a moment. There are many things that can go into any students’ busy schedule; from class‚ studying‚ trying to maintain a social life‚ and likely a job. Paying attention to what and how much they throw away is not in that time schedule. Although college students have a busy schedule‚ priorities
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Social Media Is Harmful For College Students In recent years‚ social media sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Tumblr‚ Instagram‚ and MySpace have become highly popular. Many proclaim about their benefits due to their effortless way to expand communication‚ marketing‚ and networking. However‚ many fail to discuss their risks and disadvantages particularly in the youthful population specifically among college students. The overuse of these social media sites among college students has many negative effects
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College Students: Their Health Care Dilemma By: Bonnie Strother English 1520 Oakland Community College Submitted to: Professor Thomas F. Paruszkiewwicz Outline Introduction The enormous rate of students that attend college without health insurance. Colleges and Universities that offer insurance to their students. How many students are able to afford health insurance? Colleges that automatically include health insurance fees with student’s school term fees or make having health
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Throughout my entire career as a student‚ I have put into my mind that I need to do the best I can‚ so that I can be accepted into a great college and receive scholarships. I worked hard every year so that I could earn great grades to raise my GPA. I am now ranked fourth in my class. I selected challenging and advanced courses ‚ so that I could increase my GPA even more. Every year I took classes that were honors or AP. I chose not to focus on the easy elective options‚ and instead I chose to take
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aims to give information on how to handle a blind student. Being a blind person myself‚ I want to tell people that a college student with visual impairment is not very much different with their sighted counterparts. In behalf of the others‚ I want to let them know that we’re just like any ordinary person and we don’t really need special treatment or exemption to requirements. Top Issues That Need Orientation Admission Although many colleges and universities here in the Philippines had and
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Why Student Drop Out of College? Graduation rate has been decreasing in most community colleges and universities and according to the article‚ “Low Graduation Rate Drives Atlantic Cape Community College to Act” by Diane D’Amico who stated that‚ “ Nationally‚ 28 percent of full-time students graduate within three years. Almost half of them do not return at all for their second year‚ according to a report by the Center for Community Student Engagement” (par. 2). Most students dropout of college and
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