The college experience also provides students with the opportunity to develop effective technical skills. ... Writing research papers, giving oral presentations and participating on learning teams contributes to becoming an effective communicator, which is essential in the professional workplace. No matter what a person's job may be, the ability to converse intelligibly and communicate clearly is invaluable. ... Why do some people working in the same jobs earn higher wages than others earn? ... As opposed to learning a specific skill for a specific job, the skills a person acquires thro...

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Other countries' students study harder to get excellent marks because they need high grades when they seek jobs. ... Instead of this, they check what students spend college time doing; for instance, part time jobs, clubs or group activities and so on. ... Hence, if companies want to know students' grades, they grudgingly ask students their extracurricular activities not their grades because a student's grade is not effective for deciding on an employee. ... They try to not only do part time jobs and extracurricular activities, but also take classes seriously because companies ch...

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What they tend to forget is that the ratio of graduates to employments opportunities is quite big, making the majority of the graduates be jobless or secure low paying jobs. Therefore, the beliefs that education is the key to success tend not to be effective as before. ... To make it more challenging, it is evident that the cost of acquiring college studies has not been worth it for recent years since only a small percentage have succeeded in securing jobs to enable them to recover the fee spent in college. ... It is the entrepreneurs that create jobs for the degree holders, Bill Gates with h...

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In the view of most people, a college education has now taken on the importance that a high school education had in the past, and has become a necessary ingredient for a good job and comfortable lifestyle. ... Who has to say if a degree would help give her a better understanding of her job at this point in her career? ... Preparation for jobs and career is seen as the primary role for higher education, but the importance of general skills such as maturity and getting along with others is also essential. ... Although, working with teams is an integral way to be more effective in-group enviro...

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Those who have experience and a lack of higher education tend to frequently switch jobs, as opposed to having a stable career. ... Essentially, Sanderson is trying to explain that the probability of someone landing a job in the corporate world is slim without a form of higher education to support the reasons why an employer should offer said person an opportunity to have a career. ... An effective and efficient way to contribute to a successful future is to excel in the path of higher education and to earn a degree. ... Instead of settling for a job that simply pays the bills, striving...

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The literature review will examine the need for effective communicators at the business and corporate levels, the lack of training seen in students and employees, and how the local institutions who have degree completion programs are meeting the above needs. ... Results of a study by Shockley-Zablak, Staley, and Morely (1988), showed that of the thirteen skills that were used to measure oral communication competency by college graduates in entry-level jobs, only four of the thirteen skills could be effectively executed in applicable scenarios. ... It has been argued further, using Kanugo and M...

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Since more people want to be Nurses, training of these people could lead to poorly-trained Nurses who are not be as dedicated to their jobs as others are. ... This will help students be more aware of how things will be like in hospitals once they are out of college and looking for a job in Nursing. ... "If done, students will know what to expect when they find a job in a hospital." ... Cortez asserts that "instructors that are effective in their field " should be rewarded and acknowledged for their good methods in teaching and that others should be given a chance to improve. Rewarding the prof...

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Many believe that attending college has no true value. Some believe that anything that is learned in college can be taught elsewhere. People have attended college, got out in four years and felt as if nothing was gained from the experience. However, I feel as though, they are not looking at the bigg...

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This kind of education "...makes it much easier for some students to complete a degree or get additional job-training while balancing work and family commitments" (Kaplan University 1) and allows students to learn and work at their own pace. ... Another downside of college is that it does not secure the graduates a promising future since "one in three college graduates had a job that only required a high school diploma or less in 2012, including more than 16,000 parking lot attendants, 83,000 bartenders, and 115,000 janitors with bachelor's degrees" (ProConorg Headlines 1). This stat...

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Just like any other universities there are always certain classes that students are required to take it just so happen, philosophy is one of those requirements. The purpose of philosophy is to examine the possibilities that all humans share in their lives to create intellectually, spiritual, and mea...

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Influences such as teacher actions, expectations, and effective learning methods play key roles in raising student learning and attitude toward school. ... Students are not told what is needed for college and is unlikely to seek information on their own when the school itself is not doing a good job. ...

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"Many teachers feel as if they are stuck 'Teaching to the Test' because it is their job to teach students and prepare them to do well" (Wiggins). ... By limiting teachers in their ability to teach, it prevents our education system from being effective. ...

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The Student Government Association is the most effective group on the campus of Lakeland College. ... If a government position is a possibility for you in the future then certainly this can act as a stepping stone for that job, getting your foot in the door and learning the ways of how such a thing operates, as well as procedures and rules to follow. ...

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It's not that the students are dumb, it's not that they're not trying, I think they're trying in a way that's not as effective as it could be because they're distracted by everything else" (Dretzin). ... Rachna Jain gives the example, LinkedIn, a network that allows people to put their resume and information online, as a way of technology benefiting people because it increases a person's chance of being discovered by a business that could potentially offer them a job. ... Silver says, "I've gotten freelance jobs through connections, been involv...

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If you are placed in a situation which you need to defend yourself guessing your way through it can only be so effective. ... Having more officers on the job around the campus at night, as well as if the officers became more social with the students they would be more comfortable with the officers, ergo they would be more apt to contact them in an emergency. ...

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Academic dishonesty is very common among college students because they feel that college education is different from high school and is really difficult so they are looking for an easy or cheap way to succeed but in college, there is no easy way out, one has to work his or her hardest in order to succeed and if they don't do try their best to succeed and they are caught cheating, there are major consequences that could hurt and hunt them for the rest of their life; grade penalties like a permanent F on their records, suspension or expulsion from the Universities, creation of a disciplin...

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