...Accounting Students Dr Anura De Zoysa School of Accounting and Finance University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW 2500 Australia Tel: 61 2 42215382 Fax: 61 2 42214297 E-mail: anura@uow.edu.au And Dr Kathy Rudkin School of Accounting and Finance University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW 2500 Australia Tel: 61 2 42213148 Fax: 61 2 42214297 E-mail: krudkin@uow.edu.au The Effects of Employment on Academic Performance of Australian Accounting Students ABSTRACT This study examines factors that impact students engaged in paid employment while studying in a tertiary accounting program in a regional Australian university. It examines the differences in experience of domestic and international students. No direct significant relationship was found between paid employment and academic performance for the overall study sample. There was a positive relationship found between paid employment and academic performance with respect to domestic students. However, in the case of international students a negative relationship between paid employment and academic performance was observed. A significant positive relationship between a shift work pattern of paid employment and academic performance was found. The Effects of Employment on Academic Performance of Australian Accounting Students 1. Introduction This study makes a contribution to the literature identifying and examining the factors that impact student performance...
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...February 16, 2016 Professor Roger Fontana English 115 Determining Causes and Effects – College Stress There are many different things that seem to cause stress on college students. College students do not seem to get a break from the workload. Even when they are not physically doing the work it still happens to be on their mind. Many college students have to battle with work, school, and even children at home. It may seem like it isn’t a lot to deal with but it can be very stressful. Increased Responsibility and Independence During college change is a very big factor in a freshman’s life. Deal with change for many people can be very difficult. For many people leaving home and going to college is a sign that they are now on their own. They are now adults and have to make decisions for themselves to better their future. Being faced with making very important decision that could affect the rest of your life can be stressful. Overachieving Other college students are stress out because simply because they are being pushed by their parents to be the best that they can be. They are pushed to get into the finest schools so they acquire the best career. Even though it is not a bad way of thinking it can cause a boat load of stress. Students seem to take on more than they can handle. Many try to maintain a certain grade point average. Trying to please themselves, their parents, and...
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...the past couple of years. Many college students spend late nights binging on their favorite television shows. There has not been much research done, on the effects that Netflix has on students, specifically those in college. Although, there have been several studies done on the effects media has on secondary students, as well as college students. Our study will try to determine whether watching Netflix while doing schoolwork will effect the efficiency, and accuracy of the task given to them. In order to get a better understanding of what we might expect from our study, we chose to analyze five studies that discuss media and technology in regards to secondary and college students. Watching Netflix, and working on homework is an example of multitasking. Multitasking is simply splitting attention, between two or more items. How can multitasking affect the everyday student? We believe that all media and technology can affect a student while he or she is trying to complete homework outside of the classroom. The studies below discuss data based on students multitasking with media and technology....
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...Kayla Talley Bridget Walsh English 1011 6 February 2014 College Student Should Not Have to Fund Their School Expenses After high school, did you ever fear the words, “part-time job?” I think majority of graduates do; however, people like me, and many others work their life away before even beginning high school. In the article, “College and Allowance,” Silverman explains, “I know there is an allowance in my future when I head to college in a couple of years.” (Silverman 261) Silverman received an allowance because her brother, who attends Duke, did also. Although many college students today expect handouts from their parents, many of us are not as privileged to receive that same treatment, and with that comes self-responsibility. I know I could have been a better scholar had I not had two steady jobs and tried to be a “social butterfly” as well. Jobs can consume much of a student’s time when they allow it to and can highly affect your grades in the negative direction. From my person experience, students shouldn’t have to put themselves through school because being employed hinders academic performance. If you are going to make a commitment to be a student, you should push that priority to the top of the totem pole. As a previous college student, a full-time mother and employee, I know being a student is definitely a challenge. In my previous experience, I found myself putting my job in front of my studies and not to mention that my home-life was a hindering factor as...
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...A Successful College Student Successful means accomplishing or achieving an aim or a goal, a purpose. A College is an educational institution which can gain knowledge by students. Student can further their education at college after graduated from high school or secondary school. Student is the one who is studying at a school or a college, and student can also defined as a learner. College student can take any courses that they are interested in a college or university. Students who choose to further their study in college is the most important steps to being success, and successful college student is start from choosing the correct subject, which is the student wanted or interested in the subject. But a lot of the students are studying the subject that their parents want them to study, but not the subject that they want. Choose the correct subject is the first steps of being success, so you must fight for it, because you are allowed to decide your future. There are a lot of types of student in the college, different types of student have different kind of goal or aim. But most of the students’ goal is to be a successful college student. To be a successful college student is not that easy, some of the students think that get well result in their academic is consider a successful student., but this idea is definitely wrong. A successful college student does not mean the smartest in the class, the best result in academic student, the word “success” means success in various aspects...
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...Confession of a college student Dwanna Dorsey GEN/195 June 29, 2011 Regina Ford I came into this world on the 14th day of March, in the island of the Philippines. My parents named me Dwanna, which is unique and throughout the years, it fits my personality. When I turned 12, my mother moved my two sisters and me to Carson City, Nevada. The state is beautiful in many ways; outdoor activities are widely available, wildlife is vast, individuals here are welcoming and pleasant. Ever since I was little my mother always said, “Everything happens for a reason,” it was until my mother passed that I understood what she meant. I came to realize life is short. Without any warnings, my life changed. When my beloved son had arrived, I was ecstatic. My family gathered and my sisters asked, “Now that your son is born. What are your plans?” As a result, I read many reference books about how to accomplish goals to ease some thoughts and questioned myself “what am I going to show and tell my son about what I have accomplished in life?” Therefore, I decided to attain a degree in business and accounting. This would help me acquire a good paying job as a public accountant. Making a commitment at this stage of my life, I am afraid that I am incapable to keep up with the extra work and eventually fail. My husband and I discussed the option of not going back to school. However, he has inspired me to become a better person and displayed how easy it is to succeed...
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...Black students are suspended and expelled at three times the rate of white students. Black students are more than four times as likely as white students - and Latino students are twice as likely - to attend schools where one out of every five teachers does not meet all state teaching requirements. One of the striking statistics to emerge from the data, based on information collected during the 2011-12 academic year, was that even as early as preschool, black students face harsher discipline than other students. In high school, the study found that while more than 70 percent of white students attend schools that offer a full range of math and science courses - including algebra, biology, calculus, chemistry, geometry and physics - just over half of all black students have access to those courses. "We want to have a situation in which students of color - and every student - has the opportunity and access that will get them into any kind of STEM career that takes their fancy," said Claus von Zastrow, director of research for Change the Equation, a nonprofit that advocates improved science, technology, engineering and math education, or STEM, in the United States. The Education Department's report found that black, Latino, American Indian and Native Alaskan students are three times as likely as white students to attend schools with higher concentrations of first-year teachers. In nearly a quarter of school districts with at least two high schools, the teacher salary gap between high...
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...As many students start to look forward in their future many students have to decide on what to do after High School. Some students have decided to pursue college, and others have decided to work. Many college freshmen are surprised by how different college is from High School. However, students have always wondered how college is really like. The advice comes from the article that helped students succeed in college. Being a successful student at the University level may require a lot of time and long nights of studying. However, University may require new study methods than those used in High School. Many college students have trouble with their old study methods. they’re irrelevant to the work material we’re given. The first aspect of being efficient is studying as John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Explained in the article “Highly Effective Study Habits”...
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...As awareness for suicide among college aged students rose, this research paper aimed to find the truth behind the matter. Collecting from many sources, he found varying views. Some proved that suicide is more likely when comparing the population as a whole to a single campus. Other times, the researchers believe that campuses skew their numbers by not reporting suicides of students off campus. However, one point seems to be more supported than the rest and this is that young adults who drop out of college are much more likely to commit suicide than those in college. Even though there is no clear evidence whether more suicides are being attempted or completed at colleges, it is know that the number of students enrolling in college with some form of psychiatric problems like depression and anxiety is on the rise, which can lead to higher suicide rates. Silverman, M. M., MD, Meyer, P. M., Sloane, F., Madeleine, M., & Pratt, D. M. (1997). The big ten student suicide study: A 10-year study of suicides on...
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...6 Professor Hill 28 November 2012 Four Major Problems Facing College Students Today and Possible Resolutions Going off to college is probably one of the best times in a teenager’s life. Right out high school teenagers are anxiously awaiting the arrival of college “move-in” day or the first day of school. They may look at it as a great opportunity to gain further knowledge about a particular study or better yet a way to finally escape the rules and regulations of their parents. College is supposed to be an educational, yet fun experience, a time for meeting new people, exploring opportunities, joining organizations, but most of all a time to be responsible. Little do teenagers know college comes with problems, some minor and some major. The most common major problems college students face are problems with partying, relationships, choosing a major, and money. Partying in itself really is not a problem (Gates). Parties are thrown so that the students can have a good time (Gates). However, today, many parties have the potential to cause problems (Gates). At numerous parties drinking and smoking is the life of the party (Gates). Drinking alcohol can lead to drunkenness, which can possibly end up as a deadly situation (Gates). Partying irresponsibly is one the causes of a college student’s poor academic performance (Academic Performance). Of course, along with partying comes drinking and smoking. Students tend to act out when away from their parents. Now that they are on...
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...Raising a Successful College Student Carol Woods GEN/200 In order to be a successful college student personal responsibility must be learned at an early age. Children must learn personal responsibility, time management skills, and family values when they are young. If children develop a strong responsibility foundation they will develop into a successful college student. Personal responsibility is something that is taught to you throughout your childhood and developed throughout your adult life. A child is taught family values daily from the time they begin to walk. Parents begin to pass on their own values system and this is what a person’s responsibility foundation is built on. In order for a student to be successful in their college career they must already have been taught personal responsibility throughout their childhood. Children should be given household chores at a very young age, like picking up their toys, making their beds, and even feeding the family pet, at this age they are exposed to the family values at its core. Children begin to realize what responsibility is through these chores. Experts believe that any type of household responsibilities, are important for kids (Dunnewind, 2004). When they develop into adolescence they should be given more responsibility. School work becomes a priority, social groups draw their interest and now they begin to develop their time management skills. Learning how to navigate between class assignments...
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...Abstract: The proposed research is designed to distinguish an answer to the argument that college sports participation takes away from the student’s academic performance. While several studies show that sports participation causes children to do worse in school then those that are not participating in sports, it is unclear if this affiliation is a result of negative academics from the child, or due to the impact of the sports on the kids minds and ability to participate in school. The general focus of this study is on how athletes and non-athlete’s grade are during the school year. The study will examine the effects of sports participation on many different measures of their academic performance. Participants (N-40) will be sent an online...
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...The View of College Students on Love Abstract Love has been the noticeable problem of college students in modern times. The sense of loneliness and freedom of living in different places lead the college students to fall in love in an earlier age. These years, with the invasion of western sexual liberalism, our sense of morality has been faced with big challenges. At the same time, free access to the Internet causes misunderstanding and wrong realization on love, which lead them to get lost in it. This paper introduces an investigation on the theme in detail. Key Words college students; love; view; research; Analysis of the problems 1. Respondent part We uploaded our questions to a Questionnaire website, then sent messages to our middle school friends and college mates to request for filling it out. During a month’s time, about 200 people filled it out. We gathered the answers together, and made them into pie charts. The respondents include freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Roughly estimated, 2/3 of the respondents are freshmen. The colleges include Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai International Studies University, South China Normal University, Shanghai University, etc. Their majors range from arts & literature to science & engineering. 2. Questionnaire part Part 1 Relationship Status 1. Are you single now？ A) Yes B) No From this pie chart...
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...In my opinion going to college you cannot get through all of your school without a single student loan. Even some 2 year colleges have very high tuition rates and expenses. Especially in 4 year schools that are just the start to the next 4 or 5 years students can be extremely overwhelmed with the cost. There are just too many expenses and tuition is getting more and more expensive every year. Also saving is very important if you plan on paying for all of your college and this can be very hard for highschool kids. I believe that a student may be able to get through with little financial support but i do not believe that you can get through it without any. The tuition rates for college today are growing and so are the other expenses. The average tuition rate for college students is $9,139. The lowest being a 2 year in state school would be $3,347 and the highest being a private 4-year school at $32,231. This is only tuition, which does not include housing, books, food, utilities, fun money, and...
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...a successful college student College, this is the stage where we students need to take studying seriously. This is where our future will depend, and everybody wants a better future that’s why we go to college. But college, as I have said needs to be taken seriously and taking it seriously means we need to improve a lot of things as a student. One of the things we need to improve is our characteristics as a college student. If we want to be a successful college student we must possess these following characteristics of a successful student. Base on what I have searched, a successful college student is good on time management skills. Learning to balance school, social life and extracurricular activities is one of the most important things to learn. A successful college student is hardworking and persistent. If we want to achieve our goals, we should really work hard and do our best but being persistent as the same time because there are cases that we worked hard and did our best but it is still not enough. It is easy to think that we are stupid and just give up but we must not. A successful student is an optimistic and motivated person. We are not failure and it happens to more people than we think, we just need to learn from our mistakes and try again. A successful college student set goals and is devoted to achieve them. Education is his/her absolute first priority and is focus on not only passing classes with the best grades but, to finish college in the fastest...
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