College Education or a Buyers Market for Success Essay

Both Louis Menand’s “College: The End of the Golden Age” and Joe Quenan’s “ Matriculation Fixation” present us with many misconceptions that the ordinary public and those employed by our educational institutions struggle with. We are faced with many challenges within our institutions of higher education because of the many contradictions that they embody. We [...]

Affirmative Action is Higher Education

Diversity versus Excellence There is a growing movement in all walks of life across America to promote diversity. This movement is active in college admissions, the work force, military admittance, and many other walks of life. Throughout the country universities have been reserving admission spots and using quotas for diverse students as part of affirmative [...]

Essay on School Vouchers

The book of Exodus tells the story of the Israelites, who, losing hope as they waited for Moses to return from the mountaintop, began to worship for the golden calf (McDonald, 2002). For Americans, especially low-income Americans, this story provides an important context for one of our greatest challenges-the education of our children. Too many [...]

Sex Education Essay

I have an 18 year old cousin. One day last year we were talking about sex and sex education.She said,” They really need to have sex education in school because kids need to know that it’salright to have sex, protect yourself from STDs, and not get pregnant if you use birth control pills.” A few [...]