Case Summary The University of California at Davis arranged a dual admissions program, one for regular admission students, and one for \"disadvantaged\" students, mainly those of a minority race. With the regular admission, a student must have above a 2.5 GPA and be screened with an interview. From...

My name is Professor Kelly Griffin and I am thirty years of age and am presently aprofessor at the Harvard University in Massachusetts. I am enamored with the finerthings if life as being a professor of the first university founded in the New World can dofor you. During the last decade of times we...

Diversity in the English Language Any new coming freshman to West Virginia University is certain to hear a larger variety of accents and dialect in the English language than they have ever before encountered. West Virginia University has a diverse student body, which includes studen...

Transfer applicant: My immediate goal is to gain admission to UCONN University . I know that I will be able to receive a top-notch education that will allow me to fulfill my potential as a contributing member of society. What is most impressive to me though, is that University of Connecti...

"The state shall not discriminate, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." The previous statement is the unedited text of the ...

PRIMARY AUTHOR: Curtis Freeze received his B.S. in fish and wildlife biology from Iowa State University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in ecology from Johns Hopkins University in 1977. He has served as coordinator for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Latin American and Caribbean Program, Vice Pr...

Feeling the Need to Fit In Hazing is beginning to hit close to home for some people here in the United States. We used to think that hazing was just something with which only fraternities and sororities had a problem. That is a total myth. We also tend to believe that hazing is just some li...

The Vietnam War is one of the most unique wars ever fought by the United States. It had no official beginning or ending and it was also never really declared a war. During the anti-war demonstrations of the 1960's and 1970's the police were right in the middle. The anti-Vietnam w...

Introduction When there is a cycle of violence going on, it is hard for a person leave because everyone becomes accustom to a certain way of living. This is because human beings are creatures of habit and are scared of change because it is a part of the unknown. However, there has to be a po...

Abstract Deciding to return to school is the most important decision a person can make. Obtaining a higher education degree provides endless opportunities. When the decision has been made, it is important to have some goals in mind in order to have something to strive forward to when it seems as tho...

Two weeks ago, this column discussed how corporate managers can use criticism to maximize their employees' performance. But what about improving the boss's own performance? Is there any way of predicting which leadership styles are likely to be most effective, and which ones ineffective? There is,...

"As early as 1871, Frederick Douglas ridiculed the idea of racial quotas, arguing that they would promote an 'image of blacks as privileged wards of the state'" (O'Conner, pp. 216). Affirmative action is viewed either as reverse discrimination or compensation for past mis...

A Strange Method of Research Stanley Milgram argues "In the Peril of Obedience" that individual's inherited "obedience" to authority often surpasses their "moral" conscience and compassion. He organizes a test at Yale University; to see how much pain one indivi...

From my experiences as a college student I have seen first hand what the effects of drinking can have on persons in my age group. College-aged binge drinking is a serious problem and one which has a viable solution if the right resources could be pooled together to make a difference. I chose this t...

Imagine having a photo shoot for one of the largest dance magazines in the United States. The headlines read, "Graduate from a top dance college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance." Do you see why I want to go to college? When high school seniors start looking at colleges ther...

How can we live longer? According to some professors from Stanford University, changes in your physical activity and other lifeway patterns can increase your longevity. By collecting data from physical examination records based on Harvard alumni, these professors were able to research if certain h...

The latest computer games involve pretty gruesome scenes - severed limbs and drive-by shootings are standard fare. But opinion is divided on whether such games give rise to real-life violence. From this divided opinion, there a many disputes involving whether to let minors to buy the games without...

There are 2.5 billion pounds of pesticides being applied to agricultural products each year in the United States. This is ten times more than was applied forty years ago. It is still unknown what type of exact effects these chemicals may have on individuals. Some farmers that have been using pestici...

According to "Growth in The United Nations Member, 1945-2003", now there are 191 countries in the world. Almost all the countries have schools. In school, we get not only knowledge from teachers but also learn socialization skill from peer group; therefore, school takes a great important r...

In a country with arguably the best medical and scientific researchfacilities in the world, it is an anomaly that an estimated 44 millionAmericans do not have the resources for adequate medical care. In fact,the United States holds the dubious honor of being the only advancedindustrial nation...

Accounting Accounting is a career that offers many job opportunities and advancements, and will a little hard, work will inevitably lead to happiness and success. Accountants have different duties depending on the size and nature of the company where they are employed. Usually accountants pre...

In the beginning of the 1970s, there was an enormously growing frustration among the female athletes in the United States. A majority of both public schools and universities did not offer any type of competitive athletic programs for females. Most didn't even go as far as having intramural athleti...

A man woke up on July 21, 1975. It was a usual work day for him, nothing out of the ordinary. He got in his car and began his drive to work. While passing through a large intersection, a drunk driver ran a red light and smashed into his car. He received severe life threatening injuries including a c...

Unanticipated Decision Ever since I was a sophomore in high school, I always dreamed of one day being able to call myself a student of Appalachian State University, located in Boone, North Carolina. Perhaps it was the scenery I enjoyed the most. The mountains are like walls that seem to make all o...

Crime in America Every year half a million college students are targets of bias-driven slurs or physical assaults. Every day at least one hate crime occurs on a college campus. Every minute a college student somewhere sees or hears racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise biased words or im...