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    Many colleges and universities throughout the United States and several other countries face a common problem. Student retention is a growing problem across the nation for all ethnic groups and all ages. Each individual who chooses to drop out of school has their own personal reasons as to why they do. However, many drops out can be completely avoided. When students drop out they are not clearly thinking about how it’s going to affect their future, the future of their children and even grandchildren

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    plausible solutions to the problems facing America and stress the point that if something is not done now then the United States will face the consequences. Is the American Century Over? by Joseph Nye argues that the American century is not over, and gives scenarios of possible consequences for America’s actions. He also gives a few countries that could possible take over as the world’s leading country. Both books argue that America has serious problems that it is facing today, and that if they are

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    Across the nation, recent college graduates are experiencing an excessive amount of student debt and underemployment- in fact, it has now reached the largest in our nation’s history at a staggering 1.2 trillion dollars (Source 1). Additionally, as many as 44% of recent college graduates are facing underemployment (Source 2). Underemployment can be defined as working a job that doesn’t require a bachelor’s or college degree. With underemployment and student debt increasing at exponentially high rates

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    The use of flex dollars should be permitted in our community bookstore. Students of Bowie State University will benefit from this because it helps save money. Flex dollars should extend to the purchase of supplies and snacks that are provided in the bookstore. The purpose for this is to reduce extra college expenses for our students. Pencils, paper, notebooks, and the snacks sold in the bookstore are products that can be accounted under flex dollars. If flex dollars are going to be held only for

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    Of all of the hardships facing college students in this day and age, debt one of the greatest. There is a trillion-dollar debt that United States' students are drowning in, and it has become not only a burden on the shoulders of those who have the debt, but in fact, every taxpayer in this country suffers because of this debt. We, as a county, have created the concept of "free money," specifically when talking about loans, credit cards, etc. Without immediate consequences, it is not an immediate threat

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    that include native learners and non-native learners in California. There are many children and students come to USA also, other kids are born in the United States of America. However, many of the children they do not speak English very well as native speaker. There are most of the learners are Hispanic in California school. The three articles are “No Comprendo” by Barbara Mujica; “English-Learning Student Far Behind Under English-Only Methods” by Sarah Garland, and “In California Schools, Thousands

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    stressed, including the young generations. Students in universities may suffer from stress due to a wide variety of reasons, such as personal issues and financial problems, which may create anxiety. According to research, being under pressure can affect those students mentally and emotionally and even physically, because they overthink their problems, failing in concentrating on their work, and sometimes making choices is difficult for them. Stressed students tend to become nervous easily, and lacking

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    today’s society, a college education is very important. There are many factors that may influence a successful college experience, from time management to achieving a better career in the future. Some people may think that college success is based on high school accomplishments. Others may think that college success is determined on how dedicated one is. There is no orthodox way to succeed, however, in this paper there will be a few examples. Three factors that most likely lead to college success are;

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    that no people or areas of life suffer as a result of, and also about examining the longer-term effects of the human activities and asking questions about how it improved and to ensure the quality of life for this and future generations. Teaching students about sustainability have been very important. It develops the knowledge, values, and worldviews required to make certain that there's enough for everyone, forever. It's different to other learning areas as it focuses on protecting natural environments

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    learnt about the realistic possibilities of becoming debtors of students after colleges. Consequently, a large range of students has stood up to demonstrate this idea. He offered the remarkable experience of Cooper Union as a case in point. The fact that the tuition fee of post-secondary institutions within 30 years rises rapidly up to 1120% startles everybody. This exploding statistic, however, is led by the intension between colleges to expand its facilities and programs. Also, the movie informs

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