Essays Tagged: "Colleges and Universities"

The future of the internet

is used by thousands of different kinds of people and organizations, like the military, businesses, colleges and universities, and common people with no specific purpose to even use it (Dunkin 180). P ...

(2 pages) 102 1 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Speech Codes

ed. Such denials don't alter the clear evidence that freedom of speech is no longer assured at many colleges and universities.We have only to look at schools where nervously compliant administrations ...

(4 pages) 78 1 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

College Choice

In order to select the best fitting schools, students need to understand thoroughly about community colleges and universities. Although universities and community colleges serve the same purpose, they ... ing between classes from one department to another. Unlike universities, however, smaller community colleges usually consist of one or just a few buildings, and are no bigger than a large sized high s ...

(3 pages) 159 0 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Gambling in America.

e truth is it is happening all around you in your everyday life. It happens in your office, school, colleges and universities, the local barber-shop, every place you could ever imagine.Imagine a booki ... received money from a gambler for not playing well in a game. In a study of 1,700 students from six colleges and universities throughout the United States, 31 percent of male students and 15 percent o ...

(12 pages) 289 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

IPv6 Addressing Architecture.

with several interconnected computers. This huge networking cluster is made up of commercial users, colleges and universities, government and non-profit organizations, home computers, and the list cou ...

(8 pages) 113 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Limits of free speech and expulsion of a student from Brown University. Discussion on why it happend and should he be expelled?

nn Deserve this Punishment?The limits of free speech have always been a subject of argument between colleges and universities. It shows itself once more in the case of Doug Hann, when he started throw ... as wrong to expel Hann, and He should be accepted back to Brown.Free speech should always remain at colleges. As Gregorian said, "The university's most compelling challenge is to achieve a balance bet ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Historically black colleges ...what they are about and what puposes do they serve

There are more than one-hundred historically black colleges and universities in the United States today. These institutions have formed since their beg ... the slaves that got free to read and write. At the beginning of the 21st century historically Black colleges and universities began to offer African American students a place to earn a sense of identi ... n American students a place to earn a sense of identity, heritage and community. Historically black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, can be found in over twenty states and a majority of ...

(5 pages) 123 0 3.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

American Universities becoming Energy Efficient

Universities Consume Energy Like Mini-CitiesColleges and universities are actually office buildings, restaurants, retail shops, multi-family dwe ... and student housinghttp://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/university/index.cfm?flash=yesEnergy Use in Colleges And Universities32% Space Heating24% Water Heating22% Lighting05% Space Cooling17% Other"&l ...

(6 pages) 80 1 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Process of Educational Revolution Within the Inns of Court

r Temple and Middle Temple, in fact, one could argue the revolution began with the boarding-houses, colleges and universities. Boarding houses were the primary foundation for the inns. Unlike the hyst ... examinations, they offered cheaper living, regular meals and respectable management . Dissimilar to colleges though, the boarding houses offered no lectures, only peace of mind for worried parents and ...

(9 pages) 34 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A Glance at the Internet

The Internet is a net work of networks that anyone can access. It was first used by researchers at colleges and universities to communicate with the United States government. In 1989, the World Wide ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

"Losing Ground" A paper on financial aid then and financail aid now.

or students to enroll and afford college or universities. Due to the increase in tuition for colleges and universities, more and more students cannot enroll. The low-income families are struggl ... w-income families are struggling to afford the rising costs of college. "In 1980, tuition at public colleges and universities represented 13% of income for the lowest-income families. In 2000, tuition ...

(3 pages) 84 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom

Abstract: A majority of students in the classrooms of colleges and universities today, are a product of a generation of latch key kids in which daycare, b ... pression, Generation Y, Learning Styles**********Today, a majority of students in the classrooms of colleges and universities across the country were born after 1975. These young people, born between ...

(5 pages) 133 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

College students who binge drink.

the data from the 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2001 College Alcohol Study (CAS) surveys collected from 144 colleges and universities. The way that they went about completing this study is that the researcher ... rch they used the Nationwide Campuses Study (NCS), which was taken by 28,376 college students at 57 colleges between the time of November 1991 and November 1994. The data used was collected from the C ...

(8 pages) 245 9 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

STRESSFUL CALIFORNIA

"94% of all students from colleges and universities in California live a very stressful life." How would you react to this quo ...

(4 pages) 27 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Why america is great short essay

n that gives us many opportunities and choices to make after graduation. There are numerous quality colleges and universities, which we can attend if we desire. We have the opportunity to elect who ru ...

(2 pages) 60 4 2.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

THE VALUE OF EDUCATED MEN ---OCTAVE---

The weakness or powerfulness of a country depends on the number of its school, colleges and universities and not on its prison and reeducation centers. The larger number of expert ...

(1 pages) 18 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Wireless access in the classroom

here, any pace is now real. With the rise in the use of computers within traditional classroom many colleges and universities are turning to wireless access. With wireless access the traditional class ...

(2 pages) 47 1 2.1 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Meteorologist: What do they do?

's degree is necessary for most positions and a Ph.D. is required for most research positions. Most colleges and universities have meteorological programs. You must be good at reading comprehension, c ...

(2 pages) 29 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

This argumentative essay in support of Affirmative Action including bibliography.

applies to various policies and programs designed to increase thenumber of minorities admitted into colleges and universities ("Affirmative Action" 16). Theorigin of affirmative action programs was de ...

(6 pages) 247 0 4.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

More colleges making health insurance mandatory

This article is stating that there are a few colleges in the United States authorizing that students have health insurance before they attend the ... zing that students have health insurance before they attend there first class. The problem with the colleges doing this is that college tuition has already skyrocketed to its highest price range ever. ... ersities are afraid that if they require health insurance that it will scare students away to other colleges or universities. Not only is it a problem for school to implicate this rule, but it's also ...

(2 pages) 23 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues