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Personal Statements

john — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:03:31 +0000

Getting into training programs, colleges and universities often requires application letters and personal statements as well as other statements. Furthermore, business plans, small business loans and grant applications for funding both businesses and academic research also require application letters and professional statements. For example, some colleges and universities require both application letters and personal statements as well as essay responses to set questions such as stating how one’s personal experiences relates to their chosen field of study or similar. These letters and personal statements are the first requirement just to be considered for acceptance into a training program, college or university and are necessary at all levels from certificate studies, to Bachelors programs to graduate degrees. We have a great deal of experience in writing personal statements and application letters and all we require is some basic information about you and our writers are able to incorporate this information into a concise, well-written letter, statement or application.

E-Textbooks & the Ipad

john — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:08:12 +0000

Students the world over have come to recognize that they have long been ripped off by the textbook publishing establishment to which the higher education system panders. Thus, the cost of college textbooks has increased geometrically compared to regular inflation and colleges and universities are partly to blame. Higher education institutions regularly require the “most recent” editions of textbooks that the publishing houses have simply reworked by changing the page count, adding some useless fluff, and perhaps re-organizing the chapters. Thus, every year or every couple of years students must continually purchase their textbooks new and some texts can cost over $200 or $300 each! It’s a rip-off—you known it, I know it, the colleges and universities know it and the publishing houses certainly know it. Add on to this the insult of constantly increasing college tuition and we all begin to understand that the higher education system in most developed markets is not about higher education but is about fleecing as many students as possible of their money. One new development that can ease the cost-burden of pursuing higher education is the current electronic textbook initiative that is expanding with the introduction of the iPad and other electronic readers. Electronic textbooks are quite promising not only because they are less expensive that regularly printed college textbooks but because they allow the integration and instant viewing of a multitude of different media such as hyperlinks to websites and other online data sources, video and sound files, and collaborative networks for students. Even more promising is that there are organizations and firms that are beginning to develop open source textbooks and electronic textbooks that are distributed online for free or for reasonable associated printing costs. Open source textbooks may not be fully developed at the moment but it is only a matter of time before they begin to challenge the publishing establishment and colleges and universities should begin to examine these alternatives for their students. Perhaps one of the most promising of all of these developing alternatives to the traditional textbook is business textbooks and other specialties being offered and developed by flatworld KNOWLEDGE. So, investigate these traditional textbook alternatives and complain to your colleges and universities about the high costs of textbooks and of higher education in general.

Gun Rights Paper

john — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:24:08 +0000

Gun control and gun regulation in the United States is a hot-button issue. Gun control advocates argue that the Constitution does not protect gun ownership for individuals but rather argue that it supports a well-armed militia organization. Not surprisingly, gun advocates argue that the Constitution does protect gun ownership for individuals. Colleges and universities often use this topic for assignments in ethics, philosophy and law classes as an exercise in rights or Constitutional studies among other topics. In fact, this is such an important issue in the US that Starbucks has recently been drawn into the battle because in the US common citizens can receive conceal to carry permits to carry concealed weapons and, in many states, citizens are allowed to go out openly armed. If you need an essay, research paper, or even a thesis or dissertation on this topic let us arrange a model project for you.

College & Twitter

john — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:16:47 +0000

Some professors are finally beginning to see the light. While most colleges and universities and certainly most professors and faculty view technology as a threat, a brave few are promoting it as a means to improve the educational process and make the college or university experience more relevant for students today. An adjunct professor has just begun to incorporate Twitter into his class format by encouraging students in class to tweet notes back and forth which essentially creates another level of dialogue in the classroom. This method also encourages those who would not normally participate to begin to interact with their peers. However, there were of course some objections from the dinosaurs within the educational establishment who consider this strategy to be another opportunity for distraction. Of course, this possibility exists but just because the methodology needs to be improved does not mean that this is not an effective method to adapt, innovate and make more relevant the 21st century classroom.

University Classes & Technology

john — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:10:09 +0000

Costs of a University Degree

john — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:01:39 +0000

One reason that many people find our services so vital to their success is that the costs associated with obtaining a higher education and a university degree have far outpaced inflation and have become so expensive. For instance, one report indicates that the state system in Florida, which is one of the cheapest in the nation, averages $29,410 for a bachelors degree alone when integrating all costs. However, no matter what the actual costs are, obtaining a college degree is now one of the most significant purchases that an individual will make after purchasing a house. Furthermore, with the ongoing economic crisis many states are reducing education budgets while raising the costs of tuition at universities. For example, California just approved a tuition increase of more than 30% which is going to effectively keep many people from obtaining a college degree.

The point we are making is that because college and university educations have become so ridiculously expensive, students have to work part-time, full-time and sometimes two jobs just to pay for school and live while going to school. Additionally, students have to take so much out in student loans while they are attending college or university that they graduate with their degrees with so much debt that many end up right in bankruptcy court. Quite simply the system sucks and CLEARLY colleges and universities are more concerned with their bottom lines and the fat salaries of their administrators than they are the quality of the higher education they produce. Thus, services such as ours can make a student’s life easier while they work and manage such pressures as family, careers, and other important issues.