Abstract
This paper discusses the factors that lead to a successful college student. It contends that factors that cause a student to do well are all controllable by the student. The author explains the importance of effective study habits, focus and the ability to get along well with others, among other factors.

From the Paper
"The factors that cause a college student to do well in school are virtually all controllable by the student. The first is the choice of college, it should be one that offers the types of classes and level of intensity ..."

Tags:college, student, studies

Abstract
The paper discusses how many high school graduates cannot afford to go to college, but most high school students are eligible to obtain Federal Student Loans and are able to attend college to obtain a degree that will increase their ability to obtain better employment. The paper examines how many parents who live in poverty are not able to send their children to college. The paper describes how student loans are a form of financial aid that allows poor or monetarily troubled students to gain the same education as those who can afford college have.

From the Paper
""Persons with lower levels of educational attainment were more likely to be unemployed than those who had higher levels of educational attainment" (Digest of Education 2006). However, many high school students are eligible to obtain Federal Student Loans and are able to attend college to obtain a degree that will increase theirs ability to obtain better employment. "Of the 2.8 million youth who graduated from high school between October 2003 and October 2004, 1.8 million (66.7 percent) were attending college in October 2004" (College Enrollment and Work Activity 2006)."

Tags:student, loans, importance

Abstract
This paper argues that college students, like all people, consistently should be improving and maintaining their health by incorporating some sort of physical activity several hours a week; however, studies show that student physical activity levels decline from high school to college. Next, the author presents the reasons why mandatory physical education in college is important and why students argue against this. The paper concludes that physical education should be a requirement all over the United States because this would eliminate numerous obstacles to health care and obesity by establishing a strong foundation not only for the present society but also for future generations.

Table of Contents:
Outline
Introduction
Thesis
Extent Physical Education Needed
Definition
Examples
Outsides Sources
Viewpoints
Introduction to the Bahagavd-Gita
Relevance to Thesis
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Relation to Thesis
Specific Examples
Opposition to Thesis
Outside source
Exemption of Athletes
Personal Experience
Stress and Responsibilities of College Student
Specific Experience of Working Out
How Affects You
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In addition, students may argue they should only be taking courses directly to their major and they have no interest in being fit. Well this is nonsense because you can never learn too much. We are young adults and should be retaining as much information as we can. Staying physically fit also helps keep us more focused during class because we are getting rid of stress that can otherwise affect our performance in the classroom. Working out helps refresh the mind and clear more space to enable us to retain information."

Tags:sources, stress, lifestyles, meditation, misconception

Abstract
The paper discusses how Jensen (2003) indicates that 40 million Americans have "chronic sleep disorders" and that by 2010 it is believed that 79 million Americans will suffer from some type of sleep related issues (p. 25). Additionally, Jensen (2003) states that this must be a concern within society because of the negative resulting factors associated with low sleep, including a risk to safety, a risk to health and the ability to function effectively (Jensen, 2003, p. 25). The paper looks at how Jensen (2003) states that for college students there is a high rate of dissatisfaction in sleeping patterns, exceeding 71% (p. 25), and this is in comparison to a 24% dissatisfaction rate in 1978 (Jensen, 2003, p. 25). The paper reveals that on average, modern college students sleep 6 hours or less, as compared to college students in the 70s that slept for 7.5 or more hours (Jensen, 2003, p. 25). The paper also looks at how Jensen (2003) claims that only 6% of college students attending institutions of higher learning have planned periods of sleep (p. 25).

From the Paper
"Jensen (2003) indicates that 40 million Americans have "chronic sleep disorders" and that by 2010 it is believed that 79 million Americans will suffer from some type of sleep related issues (p. 25). Additionally, Jensen (2003) states that this must be a concern within society because of the negative resulting factors associated with low sleep, including a risk to safety, a risk to health and the ability to function effectively (Jensen, 2003, p. 25). Jensen (2003) states that for college students..."

Tags:college, students, sleep

Abstract
This paper is a research proposal for a correlational research design to assess for relationships between coping, hardiness and burnout in a sample of college students. The purpose, rationale, and significance of the study are delineated, and all of the methods and procedures that will be used in both data collection and data analysis are specified and justified.

From the Paper
" Purpose of the Study: The proposed study will be a partial replication of research conducted by Rowe which explored for systematic relationships between hardiness, stress, temperament, coping and burnout in a sample of healthcare professions. The proposed research will examine for systematic relationships between hardiness, coping and burnout in a sample of university students at exam time using different assessment instruments than those that were used in Rowe's research. Rationale According to Goodwin one..."

Tags:coping, college, students, burnout, hardiness

Abstract
This paper explores test anxiety in college students. the paper discusses how some use anxiety to improve grades but most find that it harms their concentration.

From the Paper
"Test anxiety is such a universal phenomenon that it hardly requires a general definition. Test anxiety is characterized by a fear of negative evaluation, specifically in academic domains. Anticipated performance on a test can impact negatively on the test-taker, lowering results. A student's performance on tests determines whether he or she will need to retake courses and whether he or she ultimately will graduate. Furthermore, test performance(s) and its effect on grades will affect students' admittance to graduate school and future employment, thus defining a career path and ultimately the context of one's life."

Tags:test, anxiety, college students

Abstract
This paper examines the results of an independent survey that questioned just how prevalent designer drug use was on campus. The paper explains that club drugs, also known as designer drugs, have hit the party scenes for many college students. The paper contends that these drugs became famous in the late 1990s because they were often taken at nightclubs and parties called raves. Raves were popular because they were considered alcohol-free.

From the Paper
"The media has since rumored that these new designer drugs were so big on campuses around the nation that they could be considered the latest campus fad. This report may not be able to verify if the media claims that all young adults away from home for the first time are prone to try designer drugs, but it can verify through sampling if the drug is a regular thing on campus. It seems outlandish considering that I am not a designer drug user and most likely never will be, but why wouldn't a student stressed by tests and boredom try a drug that appears to enhance one's senses by creating an illusion of self-confidence, energy and relaxation. I wonder if students care if these drugs are dangerous or that they cause long-term damage to neurons in the brain which eventually equates to brain-damage."

Tags:campus, abuse, mind, altering

Abstract
This paper discusses and analyzes the topic of drinking among college students. Specifically, it discusses how a health care professional should give advice on the negative consequences of excessive drinking in the student population and how to stem this problem.

From the Paper
"Underage drinking is a huge problem on college campuses across the nation, and it even reaches into high schools and junior high schools. Healthcare professionals are one group attempting to find a way to stem this excessive drinking among students, but the problem is so widespread, it is quite difficult to stop it, or even slow it down. As one expert on the topic notes, "No matter what the barriers are, if underage drinkers want to drink, they will always find a supplier of some sort" (Rosenblat, 2003). There is much truth to this statement, but there are still things healthcare professionals and others can do to help combat excessive drinking on and off campus."

Tags:campus, alchohol, drunk

Abstract
This paper looks at how commerce on the Internet is conducted almost entirely with credit cards or with Internet accounts established with credit cards and how, for many, particularly young people for whom cash has never been a necessity, it is easy to give in to the urge for instant gratification, even when there are no funds available to support this gratification. It shows how, in particular, college students may fall victim to this trap, since they may not see a credit card purchase as spending with real money, they have little or no experience with credit cards or loans, and they are new to living independently from parents who have advised them not to buy things in the past. It examines the how, increasingly, student debt upon graduation is a crippling burden upon the student. It explores how the potential solution is to educate college students how to use their credit cards wisely and how to structure student loans and career plans with an eye toward the future, both of which can be accomplished by attending personal finance classes and by beginning with smaller credit card lines.

From the Paper
"The problem of student debt is twofold, and therefore, managing student debt should employ a double-barreled approach. Credit card/consumer debt is only one facet of the student debt issue, but students need to be able to distinguish between their necessary federally-funded student loan debt and their self-imposed credit card debt. In recent years, it has become common practice for credit card vendors to set up shop on college and university campuses, usually near the school bookstore (Fisher). Once established on campus, credit card companies attempt to lure students into signing up for credit cards by offering free incentives such as tee shirts or water bottles (Fisher). It is all too easy for students to succumb to the temptation for and the ease of obtaining credit cards when these credit lines are pushed so forcefully toward the often nave college student cohort."

Tags:debt, ecommerce, internet, funding, money

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This paper examines the issue of the display of the Confederate flag, an intermittent source of debate in the US for many years. The paper takes a particular look at one case in the late 1990s when controversy over the display of the flag on top of the South Carolina State House in Columbia led to a nationwide boycott instigated by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the state. The paper then makes the argument that individuals ought to be allowed to wear or display symbols containing the Confederate flag motif as a simple matter of their free speech rights, both on and off school campuses, or in any other venue.

From the Paper
"In 2006, the Southern Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit civil rights group, filed suit to permit several students at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee to wear Confederate flag images on clothing. Racial tensions at the school nearly resulted in violent altercations at one point, resulting in a temporary lockdown. The students involved in the suit complained that black students were permitted to wear images of Malcolm X and related symbols without undergoing the same restrictions as the white students, thus raising the familiar argument of the double standard (Watson.) The Southern Legal Resource Center, which focuses on such cases, is also involved in a similar case in Texas, where several students at a high school near Dallas sued for the right to carry purses with the Confederate flag symbol on them, after they had been banned by administration officials. It seem clear that the dispute between administration policies and student rights is a heated one, and has implications beyond that of one particular symbol which some may find offensive. If students are in fact to be prepared for assuming the full rights and responsibilities of adulthood, as has often been argued, it seems reasonable to respect their rights on such a seemingly trivial matter."

Tags:Dixie icon south, free speech, campus college student expression NAACP