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Retention of College Freshmen, 2007.
This paper describes methods of retaining college freshman in universities beyond their freshman year.
2,683 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper provides a discussion of how to bridge the gap between recruitment and retention of college students, including strategies and theories used by today's college student services professionals in easing the transition from high school to college. An examination of how educators can effectively pass the baton of responsibility is followed by a summary of the research. The author believes there are effective tools which university professionals can use to help students through the obstacles faced in their freshman year.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Bridging the Gap between Recruitment and Retention
Strategies and Theories
Transference of Responsibility
Conclusion
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"Given the importance of completing a college education in today's society, it is not surprising that there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to college student development issues in recent years (Tanaka, 2002; Deberard, Julka, & Spielmans, 2004). Indeed, there is much to be considered when entering college for the first time, but many young learners may not recognize all that is involved, or the implications of their decisions along the way. For example, according to Feldman (2005), "Every day, students make decisions that affect their ability to complete a degree. They weigh some of these choices carefully, such as which college to attend. Yet they underestimate the impact of many other choices, such as whether to drop a course or accept more hours at work, not understanding the cumulative effect these decisions might have on their likelihood of completing a degree" (p. 3). In fact, educators are acutely aware that college coursework requires a level of responsibility and maturity that some young learners may not yet have acquired, and the potential for failure is high for these students if they are not providing with the support services they need at this crucial juncture in their academic careers. ..."
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Student Retention and Persistence at Community College, 2001.
3,535 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 59 sources, $ 99.95
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This paper presents a review of the factors that drive adults to become students. The paper looks at how adults seek to satisfy that drive and how persistence and retention serve to satisfy goals and objectives. The paper also discusses the factors that influence persistence including satisfaction based on academic record, socialization and congruence of character as well as changes in technology, global economy and relationships.
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"Statistics on retention become significant as colleges compete with other channels of academic service (institutional, situational, organizational and non-institutional). Studies have divided adult education into formal, nonformal and informal learning situations. Formal learning takes place in traditional institutional settings such as universities, colleges and community colleges, leading to degrees or credit; nonformal learning is that provided by organizations such as learning networks, churches and voluntary associations and may be on an organized or ad hoc basis; informal learning refers to the experiential exposure in daily living situations . (Coombs, Prosser, and Ahmed, 1973)."
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The College Experience, 2002.
This paper explores what college freshman experience during their first year away from home.
680 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 24.95
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This paper explores the different experiences that students have while living on college campus. The paper discusses the difference in the college experience if you live at home versus living in the dormitories. It discusses such topics as study habits, social interaction, and absorption into the college system.
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"A second advantage of living on campus is actually a set of intangibles that enhance the educational impact of college. Dorm life fosters hard work: If a student lives in the dorms with other students, he is far less likely to feel alone or academically abandoned, and as a result, he is less likely to flunk out. College represents a major academic step for most students ? they coasted through high school and now suddenly they are challenged. A student living at home will not have many places to turn for support while burning the midnight oil studying for an exam, whereas a student living in a dorm can always strike up a conversation with his neighbor or roommate if he feels frustrated. That human contact and the awareness that others are working hard and going through the same transition often makes the difference for students."
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College Education, 2002.
A paper on the benefits of a college education.
2,058 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper presents the opinion that a college education is greatly beneficial to an individual. The writer believes that a college education increases a person's study and personal skills, provides them with a better earning power and creates economic activity. A college education also creates better parents, with college graduates showing better parenting skills in the long run.
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Study and Personal Skills
College Education provides a better earning power
College Education creates economic activity
College Education augments parental awareness
College Education provides social benefits
College Education provides entertainment
College education increases career opportunities
College Education: An extra ordinarily worthy investment
College education equips with skills that help in resolving problems
College Education provides a well knitted web of friends and counselors
College Education enhances personal thinking and decision-making skills
College education strengthens self confidence:
College Education provides a competing advantage in the job scenario
Develops skills to communicate and to settle efficiently with different populace
College education helps in comprehending societal issues in a better way
Personal outgrowth through college education
Eradication of unemployment through College Education
College Education produces better human beings
Conclusion
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"Through college education, students can learn to acquire academic skills by taking reading and writing assignments and other work regarding the course syllabus (benefits of college). By undertaking these assignments, students get an opportunity to work and communicate with other students belonging to different backgrounds, groups and associations (benefits of college). Such activities help students in their professional life as they learn to communicate through reading and writing (benefits of college)."
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The Electoral College: Is it a Keeper?, 2000.
An argumentative paper on why we should keep the Electoral College after the election of 2000.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 42.95
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An examination of the the Electoral College and the support and opposition that exists for it. The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the Electoral College arguing that the Electoral College is the best and most systematic and fair way to run elections. Included is a background to the Electoral College and a thorough description of its formation and duties.
) Why do we have the Electoral College?
2) The Founding Fathers disputed how the president would be chosen
i) By direct vote of the people
ii) By Congress
b) Compromised with the Electoral College
c) Thesis Statement
3) Description of the Electoral College
a) How many there are
b) How they are chosen
c) How the people vote for them
d) How the President is voted for
4) The Electoral College has opposition
a) Electors don?t have to vote the way they pledged
b) There can be a tie in the Electoral College
b) The popular vote winner may lose the election
5) There can be a tie
a) How there can be a tie
b) Why it could be a problem
6) Electors don?t have to vote the way they pledged
a) The states and their penalties
b) An Example of an elector changing his mind
c) Why it could be a problem
7) The popular vote winner may be the loser
a) How it is happening in this election
b) A past example
c) Hillary?s promise to abolish the Electoral College
d) What would happen without the Electoral College
8) Oppositions solution is to abolish the Electoral College
a) Why it should be abolished
i) A possible tie
ii) Electors can change their vote
iii) The popular vote winner losing the election
b) Why the Electoral College should not be abolished
i) One problem can be fixed
ii) Another has a solution
iii) The last is not really a problem
9) A possible tie
a) Unlikely because each state would have to go a specific way
b) The solution that is already made
10) Electors can change their minds
a) Only 9 of over 18,000 have
b) It is hard to get an elector to change his or her mind
c) The solution is to pass a law
11) The minority may win the election
a) The Electoral College forces candidates to include more people than if there is no Electoral College.
b) Without it, the election would be decided by people that lived in the large cities
c) Small communities would?t be significant enough for candidates to use their campaign money
d) The majority of the US would be left out
e) Why every vote counts in the Electoral College
12) The Electoral College is the best way to run an election
a) The elector flaw can be fixed
b) There is already a solution to the tie problem
c) The majority losing is better than only letting big cities have a say in the election
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?You don?t know? What do you mean you don?t know?? Gore has already won the popular vote! Three weeks later, and the US doesn?t know who the 43rd president will be! Each candidate is still scrambling to get the 270 Electoral votes needed to win. But, if Gore has the most votes, why is there still a race? What are these Electoral votes? When our Founding Fathers were setting the policies for the elections, there was a debate. Some said the election of the President should come directly from the people; others said the people could not handle the responsibility, and Congress should do it. They compromised, and came up with the Electoral College. A couple hundred years later, the Electoral College is still in use, and there is support and opposition for it."
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Life in College, 2001.
This is a creative writing essay about life in college from the author's point of view, providing an account of the "college experience" as well as tips on how to survive college.
710 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 25.95
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This is a creative writing essay about life in college from the author's point of view. This paper projects the hypothesis that experiences and challenges of college are likely to change students. College life has an impact on every student in some way. The life becomes so hectic at times that every student faces stress at one time or another. The paper gives tips on important things that will help students survive college such as - time management, extracurricular activities and dealing with stress.
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"College life presents many challenges for incoming students. Academically, many students find college to be much more difficult than high school. Students are concerned with not only their academic success at college, but their social and emotional adjustment as well. I felt really concerned if I would fit in with the crowd or not. Then another pressure was that I was able to make college on a scholarship and had to maintain my grades if I hoped to be given another scholarship for further studies. This paper projects the hypothesis that Experiences and challenges of college are likely to change students. College life has an impact on every student in some way. One of the major assumptions of faculty and parents towards students is that they are thought of as irresponsible and immature. The life becomes so hectic at times that every student faces stress at one time or another. Time management is one of the things that a student needs to learn in order to survive in college. "
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"The Case Against College", 2002.
A review of Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College" on her reasons against going to college.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper is a critique and analysis of Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College". This paper will illustrate her points as well as the reasons she gives against going to college; finally, this paper will prove that Bird's opinion is unproven.
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College Athletics, 2007.
This paper looks at athletics within the college system and discusses the issue of paying college athletes.
1,332 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer first looks at the amateur status of college athletes and discusses how they are forbidden from profiting from their performances. The writer also discusses the early departure of college athletes for professional leagues. Further, the writer examines the hypocrisy of a system that prohibits student athletes, many of whom devote more than a full-time workweek to their sport outside of classes, from being compensated for their efforts outside of free school-related items like tuition and books. The writer points out that the college system has become inundated with corruption regarding payments and perks offered to players, more and more athletes are electing to skip college or at least a year of it altogether in favor of going professional, and demands on athletes are becoming more and more time-consuming and stringent. The writer maintains that permitting athletes to be paid for performance could alleviate all of these issues as well as help preserve what traditionalists refer to as the "purity" of the college game.
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"The first of these issues is the "amateur status" of college athletes; they are forbidden from profiting for their performances. Despite this, many universities sign foreign players who may have been paid for performance in their native countries. This issue could be completely averted if the NCAA were to switch to a pay-for-play system that basis players' eligibility on their talent and ability rather than their salary history. Resources spent verifying amateur status and payment sources could be spent where they rightly belong--benefiting the student athletes who make up these programs."
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The Electoral College, 2006.
This paper details the workings of the electoral college system and discusses whether or not it's still a viable method for electing presidents in America.
2,458 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper examines the history of the electoral college which was devised not only to reflect American federalism but also to give disproportionate power to small states and reduce the power of popular democracy. The writer of this paper details the Bush - Gore election in which George W. Bush became the first presidential candidate to lose the popular vote but win the electoral college vote since Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent president, Grover Cleveland, in the same manner in 1888. Predictably, there was a strong reaction to the election result from critics of the electoral college, with Senator Hillary Clinton, among others, seeking its abolition. Yet, at the same time, there are many who continue to defend the electoral college. This paper examines whether the electoral college is still a viable way to elect presidents in the 21st century, the circumstances under which the system was established, how the system works now and what sort of changes have occurred since its inception. The writer of this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the electoral college as well as alternatives needs which need to be examined to improve upon this election system.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Establishment of the Electoral College
How it Works
How it Has Changed
Arguments for Retaining the Electoral College
Arguments for the Abolition of the Electoral College
Conclusion
Bibliography
Newspapers
Journals and Periodicals
Books
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"The central issue for most opponents of the electoral college is their belief that it is undemocratic. League of Women Voters president Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins commented after the last presidential election: "The electoral college, a curious vestige of the 18th century, violates the principle of one-person, one-vote. The time has come to abolish it." This view argues that the electoral college is a relic of an 18th century electoral system, representing a viewpoint that the public cannot be wholly trusted and that an elite group of individuals who "really know best," can. It is argued that this system has well and truly become an anachronism. Democracy, with full participation by the governed, may not be a perfect system and may be at times messy, however, there is no better way to legitimize the process and validate its results."
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Parents and College, 2007.
This paper examines parents' influences on their children's college success.
2,048 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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The paper explores to what extent parents impact their children's college academic performance. This paper asserts that parental support, both before and during college, is a strong determinant for a student's college success. The paper provides a literature review and concludes that parents have a strong influence on a student's performance in college. This is due to various reasons, the most important being the alignment of educational goals between parent and child. When the parents and their child agree regarding the importance of college, this alignment often trumps any obstacles raised by a parent's socioeconomic status or lack of college degree.
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Abstract
Review of Literature
Deciding to Go to College
Parental Influence on Quality of Education
The Road to College
Conclusion
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"A study conducted by Dayton (2005) showed that in addition to initiative and individual effort, students found that having supportive networks -- friends and families -- was vital in ensuring academic success. This study ties in with previous ones that saw a strong correlation between financial support and college success. Schneider and Stevenson (1999) found that parents could be effective agents of socialization, imparting to their children the standards and values they will need to be successful in college and beyond."
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College Admission Presentation, 2006.
A college admission presentation, in the form of a speech presenting a Brooklyn College to high school students.
1,559 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper is a college admission presentation to Brooklyn College. It is written in the form of a speech geared towards high school students, in which the presenter attempts to convince the students of the merits of attending the college.
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"Greetings! If you are still wondering about where to go to in college, let me tell you a little bit about our college up in the City University of New York. Brooklyn College, one of the eleven senior colleges of CUNY, is the first public co-educational liberal arts college in the entire city of New York. It was established by the Board of Higher Education of New York in May 15, 1930. And by May next year, we will be celebrating the College's 76th year. But it was only in 1961 that we became one of the member units of CUNY."
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College Outreach Efforts and Matriculation, 2007.
This paper explores the link between college outreach efforts and enrollment.
2,435 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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The paper discusses how the Merced Community College District (MCCD) seeks to attract and maintain a student body in order to create a college community that is socially and culturally diverse. The college has allocated funds to assign a student ambassador at the local high schools within its jurisdiction, on a weekly basis, to facilitate this process. The paper explains that the purpose of this study is to relate college applications completed by high school students to weekly college outreach efforts. More specifically, the researcher hopes to uncover a link between college outreach efforts and matriculation among high school students. The researcher assumes a positive relationship between matriculation and college outreach efforts will be discovered.
Outline:
Introduction
Review of the Literature
Methodology
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"College outreach is designed to recruit students to matriculate at a post-secondary institution. The Merced Community College District (MCCD) seeks to attract and maintain a student body in order to create a college community that is socially and culturally diverse (MCCD, 2006). There are many reasons for this. As an example, ethnic diversity fosters the examined life, prepares students for citizenship in a global society and enriches opportunities for underrepresented students (Niemann & Maruyama, 2005, Rodriguez, Jones, Pang, & Park, 2004). College outreach is accomplished through strategic outreach methods designed to encourage students who are graduating from high school to become matriculated."
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College Dropouts, 2004.
This paper explores the issue of college student dropouts.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that college is nothing like high school, and students have no idea on what to expect from college. The author points out that homework, responsibility, and self-discipline take on entirely different meanings in college. The paper states that, ?College is work?, and the amount of work that is expected to be done outside of class is probably one of the biggest shocks to freshmen students.
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"The classes operate on a different level than they do in high school. Professors expect students to complete their assignments without being told more than once. They generally pass out a syllabus, which informs the students of important dates. Students are not coddled through the essay-writing process and many professors do not make a habit of providing students with study questions. Students are expected to read material and do necessary research on their own, without being reminded. There is no one to hold their hand through this process and sometimes it takes good two or three failing grades for students to realize that college is not like a game."
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Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College", 2002.
A critique of Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College" focusing on the issues surrounding a college education.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This review offers an analysis of Caroline Bird?s ?The Case Against College?. It explores Bird?s major arguments against a college education, where she discusses that it is both a waste of financial resources and does not provide an adequate return of investment. The writer disputes Bird?s arguments by offering a critique of her research methodology. The review concludes that although an interesting book, it is ultimately flawed.
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"She suggests that students and parents who see college as a status symbol or as evidence of being a ?well rounded? individual should seriously reconsider a college education. She sees college as a huge waste of financial resources, and argues that students are often neither intellectually or emotionally richer for the experience. Given that the text was written over 25 years ago, some issues are longer current, and monetary figures are inaccurate. However, many of the issues raised in the articles remain valid to this day."
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Nutrition at College, 2006.
A look at the problem of obesity among American college students.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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Over 50 percent of Americans are obese and many of these obese Americans can be found at college. One of the reasons that college students are obese is the type of food found at the cafeteria, in the dorms, and in the educational buildings. Pizza, hot meals, cold sandwiches, ice cream, and soda pop all have one thing in common. What? They usually are found at college. Nutrition is a serious problem at American colleges. This paper examines the problem of obesity among American university students and the factors contributing to this problem. The paper suggests that the traditionally unhealthful types of food sold on college campuses are a primary cause of this epidemic of obesity amongst American college students.
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