Colby College

Superb grades are crucial to getting into a decent college. As students, the most valuable source to good grades is time away from the classroom. More and more schools have switched to the four-day school week, and in many schools it has been beneficial to not just students but teachers as well. The four-day week is helpful in so many different ways, from catching up on homework to that extra rest from a long day. When a child is sick or needs a check-up at the doctor’s office, that extra day off

According to Neil Gross, a sociology professor at Colby College, there is sufficient evidence to explain why college education can lead to individuals having more liberal views towards social issues, especially on matters of tolerance, difference, and gender equity. However, Gross says that there is evidence that college education only slightly shifts individual attitudes, particularly on issues of broad political views (such as the size of the government). Some reasons for this include “general

I have lived in Winchester, Massachusetts nearly all of my life. Winchester is recognized as a predominantly white-affluent-suburban town fifteen minutes outside of Boston. Growing up as an African American in Winchester was an experience. It was not unusual for me to be the only student of color in class or a sports team; which bothered me at times, but I learned to accept the issue and figure out a way to fit in. I began to mimic my peers’ behavior; I walked like them, sought out similar clothing

My First day at Craft Academy My first day at The Craft Academy was very difficult. I remember the night before anxiously sitting up as I was wondering what the future holds for me. Wondering if this is something I could do, leave old friends that I grew up with, and make new ones. I wondered if I could leave my family, and the comfort of knowing after school I get to come back to my home. As a fifteen-year-old kid, these are not normal decisions to make. But they were decisions I had to make.

Columbia, South America high school. He is also the author of WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!, which weaves together art, stories and interviews with leading activists and artists of 21st Century social change movements. He has a master's degree from Teacher's College,

of the time. We could have had more conflict in the solution evaluation and selection phase if we had got that far. We could not really argue over facts. We did, however, counter some statements with other facts. A good example of this was when Colby brought up his research about Germany’s free or extremely low tuition and I countered with my research on why they could have that and how the United States differed from them (me at 25:30). This was good because we were not just reading things and

When I first started looking at colleges I had no idea where I wanted to go. I had no clue how far I wanted to travel, no knowledge about any schools, and was still stuck in the realm of high school. I suppose that’s a lot of high school students, but unlike some students who had researched colleges their junior year, I hadn’t thought about where I wanted to attend. I started with the basics. What did I want to study? I looked into some schools for marine biology and looked to Florida in hopes of

marketing efforts that Champlain has geared towards high schoolers in each grade. Champlain begins by buying tens of thousands of names from the college board. When they go to buy names, they look for students who have expressed interest in specific majors as well as students within certain demographics (including home state, income, and the types of colleges their parents attended) as well as geographic. When Champlain makes the initial contact with students, the material they send out is more general

With college students, 18-24 years old, problematic drinking has developed into a public health issue across the country. High school student’s anticipation to attend college is at an all-time high due to the embracement of fraternity parties and the drinking that is encouraged, rather than getting an education or degree. I use the word “encouraged” because the partygoers are sometimes pressured to drink to have fun. Not only can alcohol become addictive but it can also lead to experiment with other

decrease among higher education is possibly due to polarization of the rich and poor, and cultural individualization (Colby, Ehlrich, Beaumont, Stevens). Furthermore, according to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), the top 331 institutions include “contributing to the community” as a learning goal. The AACU has identified five key elements of a college or universities social responsibility, which include: excellence, personal and academic integrity, contributing to a larger