However, Japanese university students do not study. ... However, sixth grade students spend 5.2 hours, so college students study less time than elementary school students do (Social life basic research, 2011). ... They think the time when students spend in university as students can do anything they get interests. ... If someone says to students to study harder, students might still think they need to do other activities. ... Therefore, it is important that other companies should notice this problem, introduce new perspective, and see how much university students learn in college. ...

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I was a first-generation college student. ... First-generation students are defined as students whose parents have not completed a bachelor's or an associate degree (Glenn, 2008). ... Among students who enrolled in four-year colleges, for example, the first-generation students had a graduation rate of 44.9%, while the rate for non-first-generation students was 59%. Among students who enrolled in two-year institutions, first-generation students were significantly less likely to persist into a second year (Glenn, 2008). ... According to a College Board analysis of more than 1.1 million stud...

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(LINK) In 2006, 4,501 students completed the first assessment. ... On average, they observed that diversity experiences, while in college, positively affected socially responsible leadership in students. As for other article, "Depression, Delinquency, and Suicidal Behaviors Among College Students", the participants of this study were 354 undergraduate college students who were enrolled in Psychology 101 classes. ... Both of these experiments has been found to have good reliability and validity, including in use with college student samples (Williams, McAndrew, Learn, Harms, & Paulhus, 2001)...

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These thoughts can be avoided by having the motivation to set goals, the motivation to learn, and the motivation to attend class. ... Many things can affect students' motivation to work and learn, such as the desire to achieve, self-confidence, and self-esteem (Halawah 379). ... When Professors Ernest Brewer and David Burgess conducted a study on the motivation of college students, one of the questions that arose was, "how does a college teacher motivate students to continue coming to class to learn?... Furthermore, to keep students motivated to continue to come to class to learn, bo...

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In addition, financial assistance is always available to help the students includes scholarship to attract and retain student recognized for the past achievement. ... Moreover, leadership is another reason why the students don't need to go to study abroad. ... I hope it become proficient in the Chinese language and learn about the culture while study abroad. ... First, as the research that I do is studying abroad can make you learn another language, experience, and different higher education in another country. ... A lot of people ask me why I choose to study in another country, and my re...

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She then goes on to explain that "college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal or quick to learn new things. ... Intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-to-learn people are attracted to college in the first place"" (Lee 671). This means that to be able to take advantage of college and emerge successful, the student must first show the right attitude towards learning, and not be nonchalant and reluctant to learn. ... His statement serves to point out that individuals attended college for more than just obtaining a degree to get a high paying job but to learn e...

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courses are appealing for a variety reasons, including the ability to learn from the comfort of their own homes. ... This is because not only can professors not instantly respond to students' supplementary questions, but they tend to give very general advice to students due to the lack of their information. ... As a result, students can obtain advice tailored for each of them as well as they will be more likely to be successful in the courses than students who take online courses. In addition, students who participate in online courses are prone to study not as hard as students wh...

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Exact words from the passage are "professors must make an effort to reach their students," this is telling one of the ways that will lead to the assertion of engaging all students. ... Referring back to my example in the last paragraph, "professors must make an effort to reach their students," in other words, professors should involve the students and make sure that each student is following along. From my experience so far I feel that when professors engages the students often in their lectures students actually learn more than just listening to a professor go through sli...

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In Patrick O'Malley's essay "More Testing, More Learning," he claims that frequently test improves students' learning. ... In this way, students would learn more efficiently, study more regularly, and have less anxiety. O'Malley points out that frequent exams can be a good opportunity for professors to include the challenging and more important problems in the exam and for students to take the exam and think on those problem and even after the exam look for the answers and it helps them to learn the lesson. ... However frequent exam can be beneficial for students who h...

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According a recent survey from Fresno Bee, 68% of American college student is having sports on campus. ... Getting participated in college sports on campus, student can find their individual differences besides of academic; learn about their own limits, abilities and interest. Once student transcend their individual differences, it helps to maximize student's esteem self-confidence. ... A healthy mind can help to maximize student's self-discipline. ... By interact with other students and staff members through college sports; it helps to build up communication skill for student....

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This is where students are taught how to think for themselves. ... Surprisingly, all of these conflicts may wind up as beneficial to students. ... There is an anonymous inspirational quote explaining that "sometimes we win, and sometimes we learn. ... Finally, the purposes of getting a college education, whether it be for the sake of learning or for career preparation, students learn through experience how to persevere and withstand trials in order to succeed. ... Or you could say "a student who progresses through his or her course". ...

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A Proposal to Abolish Grading Achieving good grades has been the ultimate and final goal in some students" academic life. ... Abolishing grades would also allow students to somehow break free from the restraints of conventionality and actually learn instead of just memorizing facts for a test and soon forgetting the information completely. As a "good" student in today's society one would have to conform to just getting good grades, not truly learning, in order to have a chance for a better future. There are classes that students are interested in, that would be really challenging tha...

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Lately racism problems have occurred including one at Harvard University where confederate flags were hung and this offended students who believe the flag represents slavery. ... While the majority Harvard students would not be offended by the flags, if there is a small percentage that is we must take that into account. In order to build a strong community and set a good example, Bok thinks that it is mandatory that everyone take into account the feelings of others and for what ever reason the Harvard students hung the flags, it is their responsibility to know what is acceptable and what is ...

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University of phoenix enables its students to acquire knowledge, think critically, communicate clearly, and lead effectively so they may enjoy fulfilling lives and successful careers. A challenging and caring institutional environment encourages and supports students as they recognize and develop their potential. ... Also, I am hoping that as a University of Phoenix student, I will learn to manage my time wisely. ... As a student in University of Phoenix, I am hopeful that I will have a solid education as to provide me with a foundation for success in the future. As per Ronald Gross the auth...

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-are often times rejected because less qualified minority students take their spots. ... This student, according to the cookie cutter version, is not a competitive applicant. ... And a student who shows promise of academic success, given the right tools, should be just as appealing as the typical competitive student. ... First, college is a time for students to learn more about the world in a new and broader sense. ... On a college campus, it encourages students to learn from their peers about new perspective on academics and the world in general, which in turn enables these future decision-m...

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It was an incredible experience to realize that not all students learn at the same pace. ... I discovered that family life often affects the way such students perform academically. I was able to draw on my own experiences at home to help one student in particular. ... A common job as an affiliate of the student government is fundraising for various charities. ... I think that my immediate experience as a student struggling to stay focused on school while facing a challenging and difficult situation at home will make me much more understanding of students and any problems which they may face. ...

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At a public/state college, the chances of a student, perhaps, getting pregnant are much higher since the moral expectations for the student are much lower. ... While students at a public/state college may go out and get high or drunk, or perhaps do something dangerous; students at a Christian college are less likely to do such things because they tend to be looked down upon. ... From these beliefs arise the convictions that those who teach and learn are called to be coworkers with Christ in subjecting all cultural activities to the reign of God, and that genuine education must involve the ...

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Therefore, the colleges expect honesty from all of its students in every academic setting. ... Students who cheat twist the grading curve in a class, resulting in lower grades for students who have worked hard and did their own work. ... They rob themselves not only of general knowledge but also of the experience of learning how to learn, the very experience that makes a university degree so valuable to employers. ... Academic administration must maintain a system for tracking reports of student academic ethic violations and promote the college standards by counseling students and by imposing ...

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(Einstein 6) This implies, assessing a student only by narrow ideals in the classroom may cause them to feel inadequate. ... Undoubtedly if students were able to incorporate their street smarts of argumentation and apply validated assessment into academic writing they would learn how to use those critical thinking skills into something they care about rather than in scientific and philosophical themes that are of no interest. Linking student's interests in academia allows students to attain academic knowledge, and further develops their intellectual growth. ... Academia fails to challeng...

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At first I did not know who the professor of the class was supposed to be, but when I saw Kevin Fite was teaching it, I knew I would learn a lot because of his experience as a successful administrator with the NCAA and the University of Houston. ... I would like to learn from the experiences that Kevin Fite has encountered in his years of practice as an administrator. I would like to learn some more fundamental knowledge of administrative practices of sports at the high school, collegiate and professional sport levels. ... I also enjoy that in this class we, the students, are always involve...

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At a later date, there will be research added from surveys completed by Tabor students as well as students from two other peer programs. ... In addition to communication skills, Weber (1976) suggested that new graduates often lack interpersonal skills, including the ability to empathize and cope with written or verbal action, thus limiting their own ability to learn and grow (Paul, 1967). ... Part of the failure to put students in to the work force with appropriate communication skills could be inherent within the method of communication education. ... In fact, Ford and Wolvin (1993) contend ...

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Assessment also determines if a student is eligible for special education support and services. ... This leads the student to have a more successful educational experience. ... Understanding routines from home provide more insight as to better help the student. ... These assessments are used to provide information about a student in specific areas for transition planning and about the student's current levels of functional performance. ... In addition, transition assessment is a great way to learn about the individual student's interests and strengths outside of academics and c...

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Yet for some, a junior college is a last resort for students who were unable to attend a university, but this does not represent every student at a junior college. ... Yet the stigma attached to junior colleges is a notion students learn to accept. ... It is at these universities where students are exposed, in depth, to their major. A student must complete many courses to obtain their degree. ... The student/teacher ratio is another factor regarding the success of the student. ...

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Some reasons for the students not reporting several of the crimes were because the students felt that, "these crimes were too minor, private matter, and not clear it was a crime"(Carr 307). ... With approximately 35,000 students attending the University of Georgia as of 2010, campus safety is an important issue for both on and around campus in order to keep the students, whom are enrolled in the university, safe. ... Keeping the students close with the staff, administrators, or employees with in the university while also providing the feeling of a safe environment, allows each student to know ...

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Consistency breed's reliability, and I can be counted on to maintain the same academic performance as a law student. ... Florida State has provided an assortment of avenues to learn and grow from during my four years. ... Knowing that I had an impact on the caliber and quality of students that became part of my alumni was very rewarding. Also gratifying to me was the opportunity to help younger students follow the correct path through participation in the Florida State University Judicial Board. This proved to not only be the closest I could get as a college student to experiencing...

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