Essays and Research Papers on Higher Education

A 3 page paper which argues for a free speech zone on campuses. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 12-page paper examines the concept of unit tracking as a means of measuring the effectiveness of higher education in the U.S. The paper presents pros and cons, and discusses them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page paper considers the method which can be used to ensure that information taken from web pages is reliable and credible. The paper shows the student different checks that can be made and the process of assessing information. Numerous examples are given to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of a policy change for college campuses. When the flagship campus of a state university instituted their Off-Campus Misconduct Policy, the intent of the policy was to protect the interests of the university while discouraging inappropriate behaviors on the part of students. The policy allowed for ...

A 5 page critique on the article “Liberal Arts: The Key to the Future” by Roger E. Herman. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 8 page paper relates an ethnographic study. The purpose of this study is to integrate an ethnographic study as the basis for understanding why minorities and women are underrepresented in the faculty of this college. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 12 page paper expands an ethnographic study and explains in greater details the social climate, the ethnic and social culture, and the values that are identified for each of the individuals within the minority community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the basic elements of ESL instruction through the use of the Internet. This paper outlines two different questionnaires utilized to assess performance following an Internet-based learning program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page comments on some of the issues that need to be addressed when setting up a new distance education program. issues include technology, faculty training, the extra time needed, synchronous and asynchronous technology, and quality issues. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper which discusses how and why college students should enrich and improve on their vocabulary. No sources cited.

A 6 page paper that provides 6 reasoning questions and 2 essay questions. The questions are based on the content in an Assessment chapter in a textbook and are aimed at college students. Bloom's taxonomy is used for the test questions. Each question provides: learning target, type of question, level of reasoning, the question, acceptable ...

This 7 page paper examines the differences between "problem" gamblers and those who gamble for recreation among the college-age population. Bibliography lists 6 sources

A 3 page paper which examines whether or not a graduating college senior should have to take a comprehensive exam in their major. The paper then argues they should not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of a study of cultural adjustment in international college students. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines a teachers' contract in the state of New York. The typical teachers' contract covers basic job related categories, such as compensation, benefits, hours, leave policy and retirement benefits; however, the typical contract in the US also contains clauses that are essential to school management. Such clauses include job ...

This 10 page paper examines the potential benefits to student of undertake post compulsory education, known as second level education in Ireland, how these benefits may have changed over time and the way these benefits may or may not be realised dependant on the type of education that is followed by a school leaver. ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the greening of the college campus. This paper relates the idea that recycling, polution control and other enviornmental efforts that have been achieved on college campuses must be considered as a part of the college campus dynamic, not necessarily representative of the type ...

A 5 page book review. Joe Kincheloe's Critical Pedagogy Primer (2005) is a comprehensive, intelligent overview of a theoretical approach to teaching that is vital in the context of the current socio-economic-political environment. Critical pedagogy, as Kincheloe demonstrates, encompasses a long and distinguished history of teaching philosophy but also addresses issues of our time, such ...

A 6 page research paper that discusses scheduling options. This examination of scheduling options evaluates several models of scheduling, focusing on traditional scheduling versus block scheduling at the high school level. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This is a 6 page paper which examines insurance coverage for college students. The bibliography has 5 sources.

An example of a graduation speech, made by a student who is a naturalised citizen of the USA, describing how her family, college tutors and the USA itself contributed to her achievement.

A 3 page overview of a 2002 report issued by the U.S. Department of Education that assesses the presence of non-traditional students in institution of higher learning. The author contends that this type of information has been collected, analyzed, reanalyzed, digested, re-digested, and vomited up for years. What is needed is a common ...

15 pages in length. The tangibility of classroom learning is, to many, akin to receiving a genuine education; without the structured foundation of attending several classes in a given day, socializing with fellow students and interacting directly with the instructor, some question how a true academic degree can be obtained. Employers are high ...

A 5 page paper reviewing two articles on the use of student portfolios and including the writer's assessment of the articles. The use of the portfolio as an assessment tool can serve to strengthen weaker areas as one of the authors describes and it can provide a means by which a college student can ...

A 3 page contention that college campuses are no place for weapons. There is simply too much propensity for weapons to be used by either students or staff members to harm others. No sources are listed.