Higher School Certificate

Over the past twenty-five years, the number of American students who participate in study has significantly grown. During the 2010-2011 school year, 273,996 students studied more than three times the number of students who participated in 1990 (Movassaghi, Unsal, & Göçer, 2014; Twombly, Salisbury, Tumanut, & Klute, 2012). More than half of the American students who studied abroad in 2009-2010 chose one of four European host countries; the United Kingdom, France, Italy, or Spain. Almost half…

options could and should be offered. As a freshmen or sophomore in college, you are fresh out of high school just starting your journey in college. At this point in life, you are still trying to find yourself and seeking a pathway that will eventually lead you to a career. Students are trying to adventure out into the newly gained freedom they have. I don’t believe it is until your junior year in school that you truly become interested and driven into your future…

The Evolution of Higher Education Since the Nineteenth Century At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Americans viewed higher education as a vehicle for what Geiger (2014) calls “social reproduction” (p. 540). Cultural shifts and advancement in knowledge affected university’s curricula, mission, and student life (Geiger, 2014). Many of these changes allowed for colleges to advance and begin resembling institutions in the United States today. Scientific Knowledge The growth of…

Higher Learning and Learners Curriculum Curriculum at institutions of higher education during the colonial period in America (1636-1789) focused on utilitarian subjects such as the Classics (like Latin), rhetoric, and math (Marsden, 1994). These same subjects continued into the antebellum period (1789-1861). While the Yale Report defended the classical curriculum of Greek, Latin, and math, many colleges (especially women’s colleges) preferred to emphasize English and modern languages.…

presidential commissions emphasized better police standards and training (Bond, 2014). Formal education is good for the individual and brings credibility to the institution. However, there is also some available literature that indicates that higher levels of education don’t necessarily make the best employees. A study of police officers at the Saint Paul Police Department in Minnesota found no such correlation. Research conducted found that police officers with bachelor 's degrees were…

become a Nurse. It took me longer than most to achieve this goal but I was so proud when I graduated from nursing school. I have been a nurse for 24 years and have loved my career. I graduated from Wabaunsee Community College School of Nursing with an Associates degree. I always thought that one day I would go back to school and get a Bachelors Degree .Then I remembered how difficult school was for me. I had a job working at a wonderful Christian hospital doing what I loved. I have always worked…

people believe that the more schooling a person receives, the more successful his career is. However, to prove his point, he points out people from different works of life, like John Rockefeller, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein etc. who were school drop outs, and still made it large. I completely agree with Jeff regarding this. Education can in no way guarantee success. It’s the inner will of a person that matters. All these people became successful not because they were born with a…

[7] Some proponents of the DREAM Act argue that barring undocumented students from higher education is a violation to equal protection. The precedent case of Plyler v. Doe is argued on the grounds of Equal Protection Clause, which only applies to primary and secondary education. Particularly, the Court heightened its scrutiny in that case because of the subject group’s “young age” and “lack of culpability” (Manuel, 2014). It also established that children “can affect neither their parents’…

Al-Anon Family Group Al-Anon is a support group for family members of those who are struggling with alcoholism and using the twelve-step model (Fisher & Harrison, 2013). It is a program designed for people who want to recover from the effects of someone else’s drinking. The sole purpose of Al-Anon is to help families of alcoholics. Members share their experiences with others and learn how to apply the principles of the twelve-step program to their specific situations. Members of Al-Anon learn…

High Tuition and High Expectations: The Consumerist Outlook Tuition increases in recent years have caused society to develop a consumerist outlook on education and has introduced cost-benefit factors which leads students to question whether they are getting the total value of education for what they invest. The real question focuses on expectations: how their expectations shift when they pay more, what exactly those expectations may be, and how these expectations effect student success and…