Academic degree

Albalos.Session1.Journal Although I have always wanted to earn a college degree, other priorities in life required my education to take a back seat, until recently. There have been several events over the last four years that have influenced me to go back to school and start working toward a college degree. Two of my children graduated high school and started college, my husband went back to school earning a degree and was promoted at work, a large part due to his education. Not only have each of

considerable differences in academics, campus size, and even athletics. Two such establishments are Mississippi State University and the University of Alabama. Nestled into the heart of the college town Starkville is Mississippi State. This university offers its pupils a total of 175 different degree programs to choose from their eight academic departments. To the east and across the state line is rival college, the University of Alabama. Here students have a garden of degree programs to pick from; 230

I want to earn my master’s degree in criminal justice in order to make myself a better police officer and to allow me to further serve my community by teaching others that want to serve in the criminal justice profession. I have served in law enforcement since 1998. In my time in the criminal justice field I have had the honor of teaching law enforcement related classes, giving lectures to community groups, and training new police officers on a one on one level. These experiences have caused

these residents and it has truly inspired me to further my education in medicine. Therefore, it will be an honor in itself to receive an academic scholarship and obtain my degree from the Lawson State Community College nursing program. Initially,

school or enroll in the military. In theory, free college seems like a magnificent idea because people from both part of the spectrum would receive aid to attend the university. For millions of families, their children would be able to obtain a college degree and live a better financial life. However, this policy only applies to public schools. A

I invested a lot of time in classes that I didn’t even need for the degree I obtained. Despite everything, there were many leadership skills I developed as a growing adult in college. I recall numerous opportunities to make decisions, solve problems, collaborate, be disciplined, and be creative. With more focus, I eventually pursued and obtained the masters degree in music education from University of Georgia, earning a higher GPA than I did in my undergraduate studies

college. To me a degree from a university is an important step in my life. Not only to succeed but to prove that I can actually do it. Having a degree from a university is important to me but I also see it as a major road block in my life because I just want to start working in a full time job. I have always had the mind set to make as much money as I can as soon as I can. Even though I see going to college as a big road block I see having a degree as important because it’s

I have been working in Emergency Management for nine years. Like many others before me, I was not pursuing an emergency management career, I fell into it based on the skills I possessed and my interests. About six years into my career, I realized that although I was proficient in many of the specific functions I performed, I still lacked the bigger picture. I was not necessarily looking for a promotion or different career, but a broader understanding of how the various components fit into this complex

compared to their counterparts. The lack of recourses and income makes it extremely difficult for someone to achieve academic success because they cannot afford the cost. Most importantly, college is expensive in the United States even though loans and Pell grants are offered to assist academic achievement. According to Davidson (2015), during 1974 the average cost a year to earn a college degree was around 13,000, but it cost an average of 31,000 more today. That is a dramatic increase and quite concerning

investment because at some point there is supposed to be material result, and that is my future. Recently I have been accepted into Arizona State University for a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Along with the acceptance I have also obtained a Dean’s scholarship, an award given for academic merit and a number of other factors. Despite my degree of choice, and there is always the possibility of change, I have plans to join the automobile industry as both of my parents have before me. Even my letter of