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Fred, who is an average high school graduate, is contemplating his collegiate future. Unfortunately, he doesn't really know his major, but that doesn't faze him. Should Fred go to college, and what about the thousands of similarly indecisive high school graduates? Should they go to college at all? When considering this crucial decision, the factors of campus life, quality of education, and cost must be weighed.…
College Drop Outs The experience of switching from high school to a college campus can be very overwhelming for many students in today’s society. A big question amongst many adults is why are some of these students deciding to drop out of college in their first few years? Moving to a four year college right away, instead of attending a community college, partying, feeling like no extra guidance is available, and employment issues all play a role in this.…
In our modern society, higher education is considered a pathway to climbing the social ladder. In the article “Two years Are Better Than Four years,” Liz Addison argues that two years colleges are better than four years colleges. Addison is right by noting that two years colleges acts as a springboard for many students to begin there higher education career, but she is wrong by refusing to acknowledge that four years colleges are equally beneficial. In evaluating the American college system, I would argue that two years colleges have their benefits as well as four years colleges, but at the same time, I wouldn’t agree that two years colleges are better than four years colleges. These two different type of college systems have their benefits…
There is a place for higher learning and it is called college! One is Community college, which offers courses to people that want to stay in their local area or seek advancement in a trade. It also prepares some students to transfer to a four-year university. A four-year university allows students to receive a bachelor’s degree and may offer graduate programs. Community colleges and four-year universities have similarities and differences that make each one unique in their own way.…
As a college student, I have will experience many new experiences that I have never encountered before in my life. From the day we first set foot into college, we being our transition from adolescence to adults. College requires students to become more independent and responsible in our decisions and actions. Each student is responsible for their own education and no longer have their parents to rely on and hold their hand. This type of freedom could be seen as a good or bad thing depending on the choices a person makes.…
Senior year is all about deciding what one wants to do in the future, what major the individual will study, but most importantly what college one is going to attend. A local community college or go big and go to a university. Is the college going to be near home, a couple hours away, or even in a completely different state. People need to know the effects of going to college out of state to know the challenges to expect. Students going to college out of state need to be prepared for not knowing people or even the town, tuition being more expensive, and being homesick.…
When students are living on their own, or with roommates, in a college setting, they are free to make their own decisions. Some students love this privilege and do an excellent job of keeping everything on course, while others do not take it well and end up going back home. But, for everyone, it is a critical learning experience. It teaches young adults responsibility and independence for life beyond…
Scholars have found that social and academic integration into an institution are of paramount importance to an individual student’s persistence at that institution. A variety of theoretical models, quantitative analyses, and qualitative investigations have focused on this phenomenon. A vast majority of these studies have utilized Tinto’s theory of college student departure. Tinto (1987) proposed that higher levels of integration into academic and social realms strengthened students’ learning and developed their commitment to staying enrolled. Strage (1999) noted that by the end of the 1980 's, researchers had reached consensus on the theroretical dimensions of retention for traditional college students.…
For college freshman, seeing their entire lives packed away into the back of one car can leave a bittersweet in their mouths. The excitement of being on their own for the first time overpowers the crippling anxiety that comes with the experience of actually being alone. The adjustments of a new town, new people, and a new way of life for the average incoming freshman at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) are nothing compared to the adjustments international students make when coming from abroad. Language barriers, dietary differences, and culture shock all while being homesick can cause unneeded stress for international students. College years are supposed to be filled with exciting stories of late night coffee runs and entertaining…
Live on campus or live off campus When we asked students about where do they will choose rather live on campus or off campus then we will get a balance decision form them. Some of them would like to live on campus and the rest will choose live off campus. Both of that have a goodness and weakness. So, there is so many differences and similarity between live on campus and off campus. Definition of campus is the grounds and buildings of a university, college or school.…
Many high school grads are face with many struggles leaving high school. Like where to go college, how will they pay for school, and where to live while there. Most college offer two options to live on campus or off of campus. Some universities have many different types of housing styles. The housing styles range from normal two person dorms to off campus houses.…