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- 13731: College Costs
- ... s budget-cutting Republicans want to spend $450 million less in 1996 on student grants, a move that education officials say would take nearly 200,000 student off the grant rolls. Also at risk: a new federal program that helps less affluent students by permitting them to repay federal loans over a longer period if their incomes' after graduation are modest (Kantrowitz). Not surprisingly, the American Council on Education an organization ... ACE. The prognosis isn't encouraging. "The tuition spiral is not likely to end, nor is student aid likely to catch up anytime soon," write college cost experts Lawrence Gladieux and Arthur Hauptman in a new report, "The College Aid Quandary." To a nation that likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, not merely a bastion of privilege, that's a disturbing message (Kantrowitz). Well, that's a lot of ... apparent that I needed to arrange an interview with admissions. In order to clear up the two unanswered questions. But, before I left, Mrs. Schuman gave me three applications to fill out. The FAFSA, the New York State Tuition Assistance(TAP) application, and the RIT Application For 1997-98 Financial Aid For Continuing Undergraduate Students. At this point it was becoming very clear to me that there is money available, ...
- 13732: College Education is Essential In Today's Society
- ... chance to express his ingenious and creative abilities and to supplement the skills that he learned in high school. City University will give me an unprecedented opportunity to achieve these goals and to reach a new plateau in my scholarly studies. In my life I plan to pursue a career in the aerospace field. To get a job in this field one needs a college education and City University fits the ... for building a bridge to the future. This system will give me many opportunities to use its resources to intensify my skills while pursuing my occupation. Having access to millions of computers all over the world, with the information I need at my fingertips will propel me to a higher level of intellectual aptness. The immense number of computer clusters available at the university enables a student to arm himself with ...
- 13733: Educational Psychology
- ... public awakening, dramatic and revolutionary changes may be expected in the foreseeable future (Piaget 179+180). Works Cited Academic American Encyclopedia (A.A.E.). Danbury, Conn.: Grolier Incorporated, 1993. Frandsen, Arden N. How Children Learn. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1957. James, William. Talks To Teachers. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900. Piaget, Jean. Science of Education and the Psychology of the Child. New York: Orion Press, 1970.
- 13734: Studying in The Computer Science Field
- ... no other you cannot talk to a computer and have it talk back to you like your friends would. But your computer can do so much more than anything else can. It can be your new best friend. In the Computer Science field most of the work or research, that do is done, is done with out talking to the computer. You don't tell the computer to do something you ... t believe what is happening. The making of the first computer was probable one of the biggest things to ever happen. It was covered by the mass media, it was probable one thing that the world will never forget. The development of the computer is probable the biggest and best thing to ever happen to the word. In Computer Science the media has a big effect on what happens. When they ...
- 13735: Censorship of Academic Materials
- ... if left alone, its long term effects can be just as detrimental. The name of the epidemic is censorship, and last year, the number of censorship cases in the school systems across America reached a new high because certain interest groups feel they know what is best for students to think. The censorship of academic materials must be banned because no group has the right to impose its ideas of politics ... true, without questioning it and seeing the other side of an issue, it will lack the essential backing and become idle. Today, there are many signs that our society is in trouble. This is nothing new. All societies are always in trouble. However, as long as the First Amendment is in effect, as long as individuals have the opportunity to examine all the evidence and to make informed judgements, there is ... reforming society, When censorship wins, everybody loses. WORKS CITED "Burn, Baby, Burn." Entertainment Weekly 6 Mar. 1992: 54 Clark, Charles. "School Censorship." The CQ Researcher Feb 1993: 147-156 Hollis, Alpert. Censorship: For and Against. New York: Hary, 1992. "Is School and Library Censorship Justified?" Opposing Viewpoints Jan. 1985: 137-174. Solin, Sabrina. "Don't Read This." Seventeen September 1994:98 Taz, Meredith. "Keep Censors Out of School Libraries." Parents ...
- 13736: High School Vs. College
- ... will still have a busy schedule every day in college just as they did in high school. Although these parts of high school and college are the same, many parts of college will be a new experience for students. One of the biggest differences between high school and college is the amount of guidance a student will have. When in high school and living at home, parents were always there to make sure homework was done, their kids made it to class every day and were home in time for curfew. When students get to college, they are suddenly faced with all sorts of new freedoms. They will have to choose priorities and decide whether to do homework or go out with friends. No one will be there to tell the students what they ought to do. A second change ... much spend more time on their own to complete the assigned homework. Although some parts of high school are the same as college, much will be different. From the amount of studying to the many new freedoms, moving from high school to college will be a big adjustment for students.
- 13737: Definition of Education
- ... protect America. They do not say who we need protection from. In fact there really is no one we need to be protected from. The Soviet Union is no more and the rest of the world is already years behind in technology. Then why do we spend billions of our dollars on weapons. We spend in order to line the pockets of weapon manufactures. If we thought for ourselves then we ... scraps off the table of those who have the power. Where does it say education is to just simply learn? It is stated nowhere. Education should be about becoming enlightened to the works of the world. I am not saying becoming a lawyer or a business person is wrong or inimical. What I am saying is being a artist or philosopher is just as advantageous. In fact art and philosophy should ... be a tool not a crutch. Education is defined in many ways, however, they all mean the same thing. To be formed into the mold of a productive worker. What does this do for the world? Nothing, it creates another mindless drone to carry out the work of its master. The people in power do not want this to change because it serves their purposes. We must change or over ...
- 13738: Industrial Transformation: Economic Development between 1865-1900
- ... to his kin, saying that "they need to earn it themselves" as he had. Steel was being used to hold our nation together now. It was being used in everything from railroad tracks, to the new unthinkable a few years earlier, skyscrapers. By 1900 the US was pouring out one third of the worlds steel, when just twenty years earlier Vanderbilt who used steel rails first had to import them from ... the so called "Robber Barons" positions, would they not have done the same. So in all there really was not much difference when put in prospective, they just see so different because of the new abilities and inventions that were available to the new group of industrialist. It had changed from a make money and make everyone happy type economy to a survival of the fittest so fast that it spun the heads of many people, and also ...
- 13739: Labor Market And Career Planning Trends
- Labor Market And Career Planning Trends The labor market is quickly evolving. In general, the change is for the better due to newly created jobs and job openings. Over the next ten years, twenty million new jobs are expected to be added to the work force. However, no one can be sure of what will happen in the future but job planning trends in the labor market give clues on what ... careers are growing faster than others. Over the past two decades, jobs in the "service" sector of our economy have grown, while jobs in mining and manufacturing have remained about the same. Almost all the new jobs created during the past twenty years have been in the service sector in our economy many of these jobs include sale and managerial or "office" jobs. Most of the higher-paying and rapidly-growing ... high school. Since technology is quickly changing and developing, the "upgrading" of skills is very important. This means that many people that are employed will need to continue their education to keep up with this new technology that affects their jobs. Furthermore, the higher one's education, the better. For instance, college graduates, on average, earn much more than those with a high school degree. With this known, people should ...
- 13740: The Advancement of Technology
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts - technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled," says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
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