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The College Degree, 2002.
This paper discusses the importance of the college degree especially in a society made up of pyramidal business structures.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper explains that, to get a good job, prior education and experience are the most important credentials for one obtaining a higher status. The author believes that experience is often not something easily obtained by young men and women, so employers tend to focus more on education. The paper states that, instead of the highly educated being the primary victim?s of the ?Internet? based recession, it was the least educated that were affected the most.
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"In learning about organizations, we learned about hierarchy. Organizations do not give equal power or weight to ever member. Rather, organizations are shaped (and likewise controlled) by a ?pyramid? of power, where a small group of individuals makes the decisions for the majority of the rest. The top of the ?pyramid? is occupied by what we would consider as the most powerful and most important in the organization. It is also important to note that these people not only have more power, they also receive the most benefits. They are usually the best paid, and have the most job security."
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College Degree Awards from 1950 to 1992, 1993.
An analysis of the trends in numbers of associate, bachelor's, master's, first-professional and doctor's degrees.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, AU$ 102.95
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"College Degree Awards from 1950 to 1992
Introduction
This research examines college and university degree awards during the period 1950.1992. Data for 1990 are preliminary, and data for 1991 and 1992 are estimates made by the United States Department of Education. Data are presented in the context of five degree types..associate (two.year), bachelor's, master's, first.professional, and doctor's. College degree awards are also presented as total awards, awards to men, and awards to women.
Data are presented in five.year blocks for the period 1950.1989, for bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees, for which confirmed information is available for the entire period. Data are presented on an annual basis for the 1990.1992 period, for which only preliminary and estimated data are available for bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees.
Data are not available on associate degrees awarded prior to 1966. Thus, data for associate degrees are..."
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Should Community Colleges offer Four-Year Degrees?, 2002.
A study into the educational benefits and pitfalls of Community Colleges offering four-year degrees.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 78.95
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Community colleges traditionally offer two-year degrees. This paper explores the possibility, costs, advantages and disadvantages of these same colleges offering four-year degrees as well. It discusses accreditation, student make-up and college classification.
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"Recently, the post-secondary educational market has seen many changes. Recent years have seen the advent of on-line schools, distance learning and a variety of two-year and community colleges have appeared on the market place. Many two-year community colleges currently offer transfer programs into four-year degree programs. Attending a two-year community college to complete the general requirements of a four-year degree program is quite cost effective. There are also several pitfalls, such as accreditation differences between the two programs. As a result, many times students waste valuable time and money in having to repeat work already completed at the two-year program because the four-year program will not accept the credits. For many students the idea of attending a four-year program is not possible because of cost restraints, yet they still wish the benefits afforded by a four-year degree. This raises an important question, should community colleges offer four-year degrees?"
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The Value of College Education, 2002.
A look at the advantages in life for a person who holds a college degree.
2,061 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 105.95
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This paper discusses the inherent value of a college education and emphasizes the various advantages that lie behind attaining college education and, thus, a college degree. It also explains how education affects the life of an individual, both professionally and domestically. It presents various statistics regarding college education, including information about some of the programs being implemented by governments to reduce the cost of college.
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"Many young students attend college for the purpose of making a career in one of the professions. It is these students who are trying to be useful members of the society in which they live. College education offers young scholars a chance to attain specialized training in the courses, which they would need in their respective career making. It also encourages disinterested researches leading to inventions and discoveries beneficial to mankind. A very important function of college education is to encourage research."
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How to Survive in Business without a Degree, 2002.
This paper asks and attempts to answer the question: Is it necessary for one to have a college degree in order to be successful in business?
1,342 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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The writer gives examples of people who have risen to highly successful positions without degrees. The paper also cites companies who do, in fact, look at a person's educational background. Finally, the paper outlines the skills necessary in today's market for reaching success.
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"An evolving and high-demand economy has been instrumental to encouraging hiring decisions based on new initiatives, new markets, new products, new systems of marketing and distribution. People with core competencies and existing technical skills are able, in greater numbers than seen before, to move into responsible positions with existing companies and to begin companies of their own -- with and without college degrees."
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Personal Statement for a Master's Degree, 2008.
A personal statement requesting admission into a Master's degree at Springfield College.
1,329 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper provides a personal statement regarding the desire to undertake a Master's degree at Springfield College. The writer discusses his desire to help others and how this has led him to pursue further education that would help him to further his goals. It discusses the benefits of undertaking his Master's at Springfield College which has shown itself to be committed to the humanities.
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"It may seem that I could meet my personal, educational, and professional goals through any Masters at any university. However, I believe that Springfield College would provide me with opportunities that are unavailable at other institutions. I am extremely impressed with Springfield's commitment to the service of humanity, and believe that I will find myself surrounded by others like me, who have an innate need to help other people. I feel that the graduate programs of many other schools emphasize academia and research, rather than the application of existing knowledge to better humankind. I am not interested in that aspect of my field, but, instead, want to apply psychology to help people. I believe that Springfield's emphasis on practical experience, including volunteer work, will provide me with the opportunity to create a practical and helpful foundation in my field. I am also impressed with the credentials of Springfield's faculty, and I believe that, under them, I will be able to meet influential and helpful people in my field. Hopefully, my educational experience will help me meet the contacts that I will need to really help people, and perhaps even begin the pilot educational and counseling program, which I described in my professional goals. Finally, I am impressed that all of Springfield's Master's programs, regardless of discipline, focus on the helping professions. I feel as if I will be in the right place to learn skills from other disciplines, if my education, laboratory, and volunteer experience reveal a gap in my knowledge."
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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, AU$ 104.95
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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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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, AU$ 104.95
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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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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, AU$ 68.95
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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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College Athletes, 2005.
An analysis of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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This paper discusses the issue of whether college athletes should be paid to play their sports. Included in this paper are interviews from numerous college athletes. The paper contends that college athletes should not be paid to play their respective sport for the simple reason that their current incentive package is more than enough payment for the job that they do. Scholarships, housing, plus the potential income that comes with a college degree are more than adequate payment for college athletes.
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"It seems that with every new year comes a plethora of new hot topics which overrun the news and dominate the print media. This year being no different, college athletes have become the target of many an ambitious sports analyst and have become the object of affection for numbers of respected penmen. With the recent explosion in the popularity of intercollegiate athletics, the question is being raised over whether or not the actual athletes who participate in these high stakes contests should receive a piece of the profit. High revenue athletes at the college level receive a scholarship, an opportunity, and so much more. To suggest that what they receive is not enough would be pure lunacy."
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College Education, 2004.
A discussion of the benefits of a college education.
1,163 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 65.95
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This paper explains why everyone can benefit from a college education. The paper contends that college is essential to the economic environment that we are currently facing, claiming that a college education makes individuals more employable and leads to higher earnings. The paper discusses the importance to women of earning a college degree as it can help in solidifying a woman?s well-being after retirement.
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"An article found in Phi Delta Kappan asserts that college degrees are fast becoming the standard in education. The article asserts that ?Today, "some college" in either a two- or four-year school has become the norm. In 1997, 57% of young people aged 25 to 29 had at least some college. Many consider a bachelor's degree essential to economic success, and some foresee a day when four years of college will be the accepted standard for educational attainment, much as a high school diploma was in 1950.?(Boesel 2001)"
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Financial Aid for College Students, 2006.
This paper highlights the importance of student loans for college students.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 42.95
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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.
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""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)."
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The Value of a College Education, 2004.
This paper examines the value of a college education.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 38.95
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In this article, the writer explores the value of obtaining a college education. The writer argues that a college education makes students more competitive and prepares them for professional life. Further, the writer claims that obtaining a college degree is not just beneficial, but it is a necessity in today's society.
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"For many people a college education gives students an edge in society, competitive job market and prepares students for professional life. More and more jobs require a bachelor's if not an advanced degree. Without a college education, many will find themselves unqualified to gain access to the jobs of their choice. In today's highly competitive society, a college degree is not only beneficial, it is also a necessity. A college education also gives students the unique experience of achieving a degree in ... '
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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, AU$ 71.95
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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, AU$ 71.95
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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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