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College Sports and Gambling

of the athletes (Sports Wagering, 2003). The NCAA argues that sports wagering of any kind "demeans the competition and competitor...

Education Bias

study. The second phase, the student could add, would be a more face to face approach, where the researcher actually interviews a ...

Alcohol Abuse Among College Students and Risk Factors

fraternity or sorority is already biologically or psychosocially geared toward alcohol abuse, then this simply strikes a match to ...

Community College Learning and Teaching

funds, federal funds and miscellaneous funds (Association of Community Colleges). The community college system serves a different...

California's Young White Males

one more campus for the University of California system (Malveaux, 2001,p.32). The prison building has disturbed the sensibilitie...

Psychology College Student Language Observations

interact and evolve. Such students take little convincing to become ready informants in our current quest to understand language ...

Spending Habits of 2 Female Northern Kentucky University Students

counselors across the country is that we are not taught money management or even how to weigh decision-making between options avai...

Americans with Disabilities Act Title III, 42 USC 12182 Provisions

of disability" (Shipley, 2002; p. 327). In 1975, "the Education for All [*328] Handicapped Children Act was passed by Con...

Speech Codes on Campus

Court cases have revolved around the notion of First Amendment rights pertaining to content and place, with the high court often r...

College Students and Anorexia

readily been recognized that early detection and treatment of these disorders is the best way to end the chronic and often debilit...

College Campuses and Homosexuality

are given the opportunity to buy condoms at greatly reduced prices. Even so, "Only 48% of heterosexuals and 36% of gays claim to ...

Alcohol Advertisements and College Student Binge Drinking

missing classes, falling behind and ultimately losing whatever funding may have accompanied ones higher education is but one repre...

Going Back to College, its Benefits and Challenges

What Will It Take? An adult returning to college is certain to have a very different set of circumstances to deal with than thos...

College Campuses and Smoking

reported that the teachers are considering their position and may file an un-fair labor practices claim as a result of this smokin...

Psychology Students and College Campus Linguistic Subcultures

my guide in understanding how he and his fellow students actually comprise a subculture in their use of such jargon. I, of course...

A Student's Year in the Life

classes. As a freshman this is quite an adjustment(Trockel 2000). However, one must state that the stresses only continue to mou...

Sociological Perspective on College Drinking

Adolescents and young adults who choose to imbibe do so without considering the detrimental effects of such heavy consumption, ren...

Juvenile Delinquency and Drug Use

riotous behavior inasmuch as students contend their rights are being violated by the limitation. The issue at hand, points ...

Recreational Activity of Gambling

This is unfortunate, because college students are significantly more likely to have problems with gambling than older adults, and ...

Adult College Females and English Class Risk Taking

gender is also a determining factor in how aggressively knowledge is attained (Vangelisti et al 247). What studies have conclusiv...

First Person Essay on Education Expectations

my expectations were both grand but vague. I was ambitious and I knew that I wanted to go to college, make my family proud, gradua...

College Campus Safety and Violence

in violence, it remains a major issue that must be dealt with not only by teachers and other adults of authority, but also in the ...

University and College Crime Reduction

heavily related to the discovery of the crimes. Campuses are somewhat their own entity in society and crime often goes unreported....

Business and Ethical Practices

Probably not. The same is true for Enron management. We know now that Enron gave itself over to greed and arrogance in its busin...

Overview of Keirsey Temperament Sorter II Tool

solid guidance based upon the type of temperament the individual demonstrates. Originally created to assist individuals by provid...

College Service Legacy from a Student's Perspective

did this come about? In what ways did you help them? How did this make you feel personally? Did you find it to be a rewarding exp...

Essay Sample for a Pierce College Scholarship Contest

In four pages a Pierce College scholarship contest essay is considered in this example. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...

College Students and Negative Aspects of Fraternities

Hazing is a vicious practice that in some cases seems very close to torture. Its a dangerously outmoded and silly custom that has...

Academic Success and Emotional Intelligence

managing emotions, which includes being able to prioritize activities. Take, for example, a situation where friends ask you to go ...

College Party Creative Essay

one wearing togas. The people were casually dressed, some in conversation and some simply listening to the hip-hop sounds of Shag...