Universities and colleges

Academic Institution Expenditures Colleges and universities have many expenses that affect the financial budget. The expenditures associated with the school’s budget include research and development, instruction, technology information, and student services to name a few. Within each expenditure there are categories. For example, Student services cover a broad range of categories such as recruitment, admissions, campus security, and resident counselors. The student service expenditure has…

students in the U.S. have caused many colleges to face new challenges in terms of accommodating the new breeds of student. Devon Haynie (2014) claims that according to the 2014 Open Doors Report on International Educational, U.S. accommodates more of the world’s 4.5 million students from overseas than any other places around the world. Also, around 4 percent of the total college students in the United States consists of international students. Since then, universities have been finding ways to…

HOW CAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAN BE CHANGED Prepared for The professor of Bellevue University Michelle Bahr Prepared by Dongyan Lao Student of Bellevue University January 20, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 PROBLEMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 4 HOW CAN THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BE CHANGED 4 WHY SHOULD AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BE CHANGED 5 BUDGET 6 SUMMARY 6 REFERENCE 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, in his first Executive Order 10925, was first…

(“Where”). College students perform many money saving and money generating functions at their universities from teaching aides to student services volunteers to student athletes; most of these students pay tuition, while some of them not only have their tuition paid for them, but would also like to be paid. Whether or not student athletes should be paid to play college sports has become a controversial issue in America. College sports are beloved by the American public who believe the college…

A college degree has become a necessity in today’s society. Today, “workers with at least a bachelor’s degree had median annual earnings of $45,500,” while high school graduates have median annual earnings of $28,000 . The opportunities that a college degree gives a student are vast and valuable. However, many think that those opportunities are not enough. In particular, the idea of paying athletes has become a hot topic recently and many universities have already started compensating their…

Get Football Out Of Our Universities, Steven Salzburg’s intention in writing this article is to persuade the audience into agreeing with his beliefs. The writer writes about his views on college football in universities. The author uses harsh diction to exemplify his negative feeling towards the combination of education and football in universities. Steven Salzburg’s article explains how college football leads to a lack of leverage over other countries due to universities absence of focus on…

and minority students at major disadvantages and have resulted in a lack of diversity in universities in the UNC system (Soares). They think that a student’s grade point average will give admissions counselors a better idea of the students abilities. In a conversation between Soares and NC Policy Watch, NC Policy Watch asked Soares if the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship university serving poor and rich students equally, Soares’ reply was “No.…

which is that College is not as meticulous as it used to be because of the falling standards. In this debate over higher education, the authors of the article have different viewpoints on higher education. Emily Hanford and Pew Research Center discuss that the American Higher education system is not struggling. Louis Menand and Valarie Strauss agree that colleges in America are decreasing in value from a social standpoint whereas Gary Jason and Thomas Tierney agree that the value of college is…

Going to college is one of the most important and difficult ways to get a job today. But sometimes getting into college might cause some issues. Recently college’s application process have been somewhat of a controversy. This is because of race being involved in the application process. I personally think race should not be important when getting into college. Why should your skin color determine if you can get into an institution or not? But others think it should because it makes society on…

Ohio State University Ohio State University started way back in 1870 under the name the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ohio State is one of the biggest universities in the country and boasts a total number of around 70,000 students across the campus system. The university offers over 200 degrees, 50 academic programs and 1,400 student organizations. Ohio State University is one of the Midwest’s main research institutions that food, automotive and engineering centers. The goal of…