I have to say, admissions committee, I'm not entirely sure I reckon that college is the right place for me. There's a part of me that still thinks that book learning is not all that it's cracked up to be. For instance, I think of the widow, who I lived with for a spell, who made me wear ...

Is this the right place for me? Which classes should I take? How am I going to pay for all this? Everyone in the world goes through cognitive dissonance at least once a day. But when it comes to college students, cognitive dissonance happens more often than it should. The stress that students have t...

Never have I been the type of girl to question anyone of an authority or superior figure, but I must say that after reading Mark Edmundson's essay On the Uses of a Liberal Education I do question his motives and opinions. In his essay, Mr. Edmundson worries mainly about receiving a good evalua...

Nick Mulvaney EN012 D2 No Grading Schools should not have any grading, except for college admission. The overall aspect of grading in schools is something that students, parent's teacher and professors take way to seriously. Part reasoning for this in high schools is for college admis...

A lot of controversy has been raised over public schooling versus private schooling. Much debate has been made about the advantages and disadvantages of public and private schools. There are six areas in which one can compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of public and private schools: cur...

When I visited Berry College, one of the first things that I learned was Martha Berry's mission for her students - to educate the head, the heart, and the hands. The lady in the admissions office who welcomed us to Berry beamed as she told me how almost a hundred years later this missi...

A "legacy" is when a student is accepted into a university because members of their family attended that particular school. While I understand the concept of family tradition and school pride, I believe this is an unfair policy that should not influence the admission process. It affects no...

A question concerning my future educational plans strikes close to my heart. I have spent countless hours pouring over the different college guide books, speaking to admissions officers who visited my school, and discussing the subject with my family and friends. Am I interested in the traditions of...

We the People of the United States of America, but more importantly college students across America have become the products of the "cool consumer" based marketing as Mark Edmundson proposes. Even institutes of higher education are playing the role, catering to the consumer mentality of...

School Options Which is the better choice, public, private or home school? As far as education is concerned in our country, there is a growing controversy over public vs. private schools. In today's society, most children attend public school. However, private and home schools are becoming m...

The appearance of a school's dorms is important for potential students in deciding if they will attend the school or not. The older dorms on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College are not in good shape and barely meet comfortable living standards. The rooms are entirely too small ...

In the article "Resegregation in American Schools," authors Gary Orfield and John Yun argue that a new form of segregation is emerging in the nation's schools, particularly in the South. Many white students remain cloistered in their own schools, particularly in regions with few non-whit...

Higher Education in Germany The German Universities today find their origins in the monasteries and churches of the Middle Ages. Access to these schools was limited to nobility and those being trained for the clergy. Today access is much more open but over the years as more and more people were ...

Julia Braun Inventing America 9/21/01 Professor Hunter Education: The Foundation of a Republic In wake of our recent tragedy, Americans all over seem to be pulling together to support the U.S. a...