"Alcohol abuse on college campuses has reached a point where it is far more destructive than most people and today realize and today threatens too many of our youth." -Senator Joe Lieberman Why do college students drink so much? This timeless fad has effected this generation in high percentages since the beginning of college education. Today in America it is estimated that approximately 29% of college students are regular alcohol abusers. Another recent study by the National Institute of Alcohol
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Returning College Students When high school is over‚ many students choose to work full time or start college right away. Those students‚ who choose to go to start college sooner‚ makes the right choice because they want to get a career started as soonest possible. Seventy-five percent of students from high school decided to start college late. A long absence of no school causes no motivation for a college education. Another cause‚ they can have a hard time being surrounded with younger students. They
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about college is the student dues. Being a broke and in debt college student seems inescapable. Another huge factor of the student debt is the lack of financial knowledge and management. Indiana University’s Bloomington campus has a group of students that help with financial counseling called “Money Smarts Team.” To address the problem students have‚ they had to create the team‚ re-structure communication between the universities to students‚ and reduce loan debt. Generally‚ these financial burden
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Reasons students drop out of college Why do students drop out of college? Coping with responsibilities can turn single’s life into a hectic and even unbearable experience. There are several reasons why students drop out of college because of the following reasons: they can’t afford tuition fees‚ they prefer to work‚ and they fail the course. Firstly‚ students decide to drop out of college is they don’t have enough money for tuition fees. As college tuition fees are high in most of the private
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It has always been said in more recent times that college tuition metaphorically costs an arm and a leg‚ but never specifically how much it is on average; “By 2011 the average student debt was $23‚300.” (Kiener). The statistic gives an idea on how much of an impact debt leaves on an average college student‚ graduating or not‚ and why it is always brought up whenever anyone discusses education beyond high school. With the “sticker prices” of an average public university appearing increasingly intimidating
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loneliness and depression are much more common among college students than their peers who are not in college. Specifically‚ adjustment difficulties arise from unresolved family problems‚ the differences between the expectations and the realities of college‚ academic deficiencies‚ financial difficulties‚ and the lack of developing sufficient social support in the campus. When adjustment difficulties arise‚ many college students try to resolve such problems through unwise and sinful behaviors. EGO DEVELOPMENT
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Review of Literature The following paragraphs present the different ways of how teenagers in a broken family cope with their problems. It is first summarized after the divorce of the child’s parent followed by its effect on the child until it reaches its youth days. After the Divorce of the Child’s parents According to Green (2014)‚ after divorce‚ children of all ages may experience deficits in emotional development and may seem tearful or depressed‚ and that can last several years after a child’s
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College Students and Alcohol College student drunkenness is far from new and neither are college and university efforts to control it. What is new‚ however‚ is the potential to make real progress on this age-old problem based on scientific research results. New research-based information about the consequences of high-risk college drinking and how to reduce it can empower colleges and universities‚ communities‚ and other interested organizations to take effective action. Hazardous drinking among
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Alcohol and College Students Excessive drinking by college students has become a social phenomenon in which College students do not acknowledge the health risks that are involved with their excessive drinking habits. Furthermore‚ college students do not know enough about alcohol in general and what exactly it does to the body or they do not pay attention to the information given to them. There needs to be a complete saturation on the campuses‚ with the help of businesses and the media‚ expressing
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Unprepared College Students Carla Williams-Com220 Scott Downing-Instructor April 25‚ 2010 Unprepared College Students Carla Williams COM 220 For most students‚ making it through high school seems like one of life’s most important accomplishments. And to others‚ the thought of gaining a college degree is a dream that has come true. Students that aspire to go to college are often unprepared to go to college for the lack of a challenging curriculum
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