...Ivester Early College has had an impact on my academic and personal growth. As a student at Ivester Early College, I have experienced a unique educational environment that has shaped my perspectives, challenged my abilities, and provided me with opportunities for personal development. From the moment I stepped foot on campus, I knew that this institution would shape my future in ways I could never have imagined. Ivester Early College was founded with the vision of providing high school students with a rigorous academic curriculum combined with the opportunity to earn college credits. This innovative approach to education was a response to the growing demand for well-educated individuals in the workforce. The impact of Ivester Early College on my academic and...
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...Have you heard of the Early College program at Waipahu High School? What about the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society? Did you know that Waipahu High School’s Early College program is associated with the Phi Theta Kappa organization? Today, not many Early College students are aware of the Phi Theta Kappa organization being offered at Waipahu High School. Phi Theta Kappa is a college honor society that is also offered to early college students at Waipahu High School. Students are participating in Early College courses, however, are not choosing to be involved in the Phi Theta Kappa organization. Because of this issue, it is important to raise awareness of the availability of honor programs, so students would be motivated by their high achieving peers...
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...Professor Rowe ENGL-1302-15 10 December 2012 Is college a good idea for some exceptional students? College education is a life experience that provides students with knowledge and skills to face challenges ahead in life. It is an extremely important form of education though it may seem as though college is not worth the stress and difficulty because several college dropouts such as Joel Osteen, LeBron James, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs were successful in their endeavors to achieve their goals. In the article Is College worth it?, Robert Hoggard states: College prepares students for determination and responsibility although one can never truly understand the definition of determination without finishing college because studying and finishing assignments on time takes innate will power that many people who opt-out of college do not possess (Hoggard). His views on college are extremely appropriate as by attending college, students learn to develop their will power to help them focus on their perspectives and goals. Emily Wamstker shares her views on college in her article, College Is Very Much Worth It, by saying, “The data make clear that getting a college education is still a good idea -- college graduates earn more, and are more likely to have a job in the first place -- and is especially important for some Americans” (Wamstker). By attending college, students can be confident of acquiring a job. Many college dropouts struggle making low wages because they...
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...Personal Responsibility While being personally responsible it makes it possible to complete short and long term goals while attending classes in college. It is up to you as a student to make sound decisions, be organized, keeping yourself mentally and physically healthy as well as managing stress. The most important reason to be personally responsible is that it makes completing the short term and long term goals easier because it also makes being organized easier. What personal responsibility means to me is being responsible for your own actions while in college and not using other people or situations as excuses. Turning assignments in on time is just one of many ways to show personal responsibility while attending college. Personal Responsibility as a student in college is taking charge of your own learning without blaming anyone else and using excuses if you fail a class. While attending college being personally responsible is as important as anything that can be done to have success in college. When studying for any test, completing assignments on time, getting plenty of rest, and taking responsibility for your mistakes are ways you can be personally responsible while in college. The more responsible you are in college, the more successful you will be because you should have a set schedule so you can study and complete your assignments. You will notice success in college while being responsible by seeing grades improving. By seeing improvement in your class assignment grades...
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...College of Education History The College of Education was opened in June 1926 at Intramuros, Manila during the rectorate of Very Rev. Fr. Manuel Arellano, O.P. to offer a four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.E.). A Laboratory High School was opened in 1928. The Normal School was established in 1940 as a two-year course leading to Elementary Teachers Certificate (E.T.C.). In June 1952, this Normal Course was changed into a four-year course leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (B.S.E.Ed). In 1941, another Laboratory School was made a part of the College of Education known as the Elementary Teacher Training Department. In 1953, a four-year program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics (B.S.H.E.) was offered. A new major in Foods and Nutrition was added in 1955. The latter was changed to the course of Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition (B.S.F.N.) in 1957. Early in 1969, there was a felt need to reorganize the Department of Home Economics to render its course more responsive to the needs of the country. Accordingly, in the school year 1970-1971, the Institution of Nutrition was first formed as an independent body from the College of Education under the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, and later as an adjunct of the College. Another important event in 1971 was merging of Normal School with the College of Education because of the rapidly decreasing College of Education enrolment...
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...College-wide Recruitment Plan [pic] 2005-2010 Recruitment Plan for 2005-2010 RECRUITMENT PRIORITY: Recruitment Research Goal (3-5 year) Analyze the historical profile of enrollment patterns (i.e. by program, campus, and demographic variables) in order to develop targeted recruitment strategies. ➢ Design a report by campus to profile those in each major for the past three years. Characteristics that are helpful in understanding recruitment for each major are age, gender, zip, F/T or P/T, day or evening session. ➢ Analyze the report tracking enrollment numbers over the past five years in each major, sorted by campus and year. Goal (3-5 year) Conduct research to find more effective ways to recruit students to specific programs. ➢ Find a physical location for a phone bank on each campus or centrally located to make a distinct, focused effort to solicit additional information from potential students, conduct surveys, and implement retention focused calling. ➢ Produce CARS report for each major by contact code. ➢ Identify and target two low-enrollment programs with excellent transfer record or excellent professional outcome opportunities. Goal (3-5 year) Develop a historical profile of high school yields in order to research the reasons for differing yield rates and strategies for maximizing enrollment. ➢ Using...
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...many instances, we need to make choices and decisions that have a positive effect on others and so that we are able to move forward and grow (Boe, 2006). Life has its hardships and disappointments, but, if we persevere, we will grow in spirit and overcome what life throws at us personally and professionally (Boe, 2006). Personal responsibility is an obligation to commitments we make to others and, equally important, commitments we make to ourselves. College education is an important way to demonstrate the personal responsibility to ourselves. Personal responsibility is an obligation to the choices we make to we make to others. We need to take control of our lives at a young age. We all should set goals early on and exercise the discipline needed to reach them. Through good choices and decisions we can demonstrate personal responsibility through commitment to others comprised of mantaining financial security, fostering lasting and loving relationship and providing happiness for our families. Early in live, we need to learn to budget and live within our means. Food, clothing, shelter must come first. We should resist buying non-essential items on credit. During difficult economic times, we need to be willing to seek any and all opportunities to supplement income, such as a second job or maybe even a lower paying job. During stronger economies, we should learn to save for a better lifestyle for family. Our motto...
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...These are the words that come to mind when I reflect on my college experience. From 1978 to 1982, I was making decisions and memories that would last a lifetime. Some aspects of this time period I have wished I could repeat, but for the most part, I am who I am today because of how my college experience has shaped me. In this paper I will share about the factors that most impacted my development during my college years, specifically in the areas of psychosocial, cognitive, and spiritual growth. Then, I will link those stories to the student development in college theories we are discussing in this class. Finally, I will reflect on the positive and negative impact of my college years as it relates to my own development today. Significant Factors Impacting My Development in College Three things stand out when I think about the factors that impacted my development in college: first, my decisive goal of what I wanted to get from college; second, how personal insecurity can limit opportunities; and third, how I found God. My goal for college was to get a job…plain and simple. My mother always told me that I would find what I was looking for in college. What she meant was that if I went looking for trouble, I would find trouble. If I looked for fun, I would find fun. If I sat around doing nothing, I would find nothing. She was right. I set out to find fun and life experience in college, and I did. My goal when I started college was to balance fun and gaining work experience with getting...
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...accepting the consequences that come from those actions and understanding that what you do impacts those around you. To me this means that instead of blaming others for an action or outcome done by you, you own up to it and takes responsibility for yourself. Also, being aware of what is right and wrong and being aware of what I should do in order to achieve what I want. After a certain point in your life you must take personal responsibility for yourself and your actions. Once you leave your parent’s house and responsibility, you have your own. You now have to pay your own bills, go to college, get a job, do your own taxes, learn how to manage your own money, and survive on your own. I would have to say this is when most people really learn what personal responsibility is. Now weather they own up to it or not are up to them. Relationship between Personal Responsibility and College Success “College can and should be a time when students consciously make a commitment to reach for excellence in the use of their talents, take...
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...Why college education is important to me Having a college education is important to me because of the economics problem that we are facing in today’s world, having the experience about a job and don’t have the college education to back it up is like a waste of time and it is also like having a garden with a lot of plant and trying to grow them without sunlight and water. With a college degree more windows of opportunities will open, By obtaining a degree in early childhood education will help me to be a positive role model to my children along with others that will be under my care and myself as we enter the classroom each day we as teachers we get the chance to inspire some if not all of the children we teach each day the basics of life and every day learning, as a teacher most of our children only get the opportunity to be love and inspire by some teachers. My goal is to obtain my associate degree in early childhood education by 2015, as I push forward to my goal I will study hard to do my best and get good grades, apart from this goal I have achieve my certificate in nursing and pursue my goal in the airline industry by obtain a certificate for that also I have accomplish my course in business and clerical and those was some of my goals that I set out to do and I did, we always set goals and at some point never got the time to meet those goals because of different reasons some of us is having children and so of us is that at the time the money is not there to go...
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...to overcome an obstacle, goal, or even a disaster. In reference to me, I had the courage to overcome a high standard goal that I set for myself. Being the youngest of 5 children and 9+ years younger than all of them, I was the only child left at home. Unable to participate in activities with them because they were much older, I focused more on my studies and didn't encounter much of a social life outside of school because my parents were so strict; well my dad for that matter. When I was able to engage in activities I had a set curfew and was limited to what I could do. My life had been well-grounded since I was born so it didn't come to much of a surprise; not being able to take part in certain activities. By my sophomore year in high school, I realized I was coming of age and should be able to do certain things. I couldn't endure the restrictions much longer so I decided to set a difficult but possible task. To graduate early and leave for college in three years instead of four. Outside of the well-grounded life and strict parents, I was over high school and it was partially what motivated me to take on the huge responsibility that could not only benefit me but show my hard work, determination, and dedication. On the other hand, my main motivation for going to college is that I believe that throughout my life, my parents didn’t have that high level of confidence when it came to my school work. I think I surprised them when I graduated a year early from high school. So I wanted...
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...how students’ process of decision making with respect to selecting college majors and careers relates to their persistence in college, and (b) to tease-out practical implications of this research for improving the academic advisement, long-range planning, and retention of first-year students. The majority of new students entering higher education leave their initial college of choice without completing a degree (Tinto, 1993), and national attrition rates have been increasing since the early 1980s at two-year and four-year institutions, both public and private (Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 2002). At all types of higher education institutions, including highly selective colleges and universities, the most critical period or stage of vulnerability for student attrition continues to be the first year of college (“Learning Slope,” 1991). More than half of all students who withdraw from college do so during their first year (Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange, 1999), resulting in a first-year attrition rate of more than 25% at four-year institutions, and approximately 50% at two-year institutions (ACT, 2003). Retention research suggests that student commitment to educational and career goals is perhaps the strongest factor associated with persistence to degree completion (Wyckoff, 1999). Given the increasing trend of new students to report that their number-one goal for attending college is “preparing for an occupation” (Astin, Parrot, Korn, & Sax, 1997)...
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...criteria for various colleges and universities. As a 21-century counselor, counseling college bound students is a very broad term. There are many different types of post-secondary education institutions. There is College, University, Liberal Arts College, Junior College, Community College, Engineering/Technological College, Technical School, Military School and Business School. I am now aware of how to utilize programs like Naviance to help college bound students explore their best fit options for higher education. This course also opened my eyes to numerous things I wasn’t aware of. For...
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...Currently, I am in the early adulthood stage of development. A person in the stage of early adulthood is between the ages of 18 to 25, which I am in considering I am 19 years old (Steinberg, Bornstein, Vandell, & Rook, 2011). Emerging adults begin to establish independence from their parents and start doing adult things (Steinberg, Bornstein, Vandell, & Rook, 2011). Last fall, I began my first year of college. It was a big step for me and forced me establish my independence. I went through lots of different stages that people in early adulthood have to go through such as moving out of my home from my parents and living on my own, beginning college. There are many ways in which my body and mind have changed since I was younger. One part of me...
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...working class household will allow me to contribute to the diversity of the student body. Coping with financial struggles as I was growing up was difficult, however, working since early adolescence has shaped my career goals and...
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