Creighton University. Located in Omaha, Nebraska it is a private, coeducational, Jesuit Roman Catholic university. Sitting on a 132-acre campus, the university enrolls about 9,000 undergraduate students a year. It was founded through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who provided the funding to establish Creighton University in memory of her husband, Edward Creighton, a prominent Omaha Businessman.
Creighton University is one of many accredited universities in the country. The top college’s within the university is the Heider College of Business and the School of Medicine. The largest college on campus though is the college of arts and sciences containing 35% of the university’s enrolled students. They have an undergraduate student-to-faculty of 11-1. They also feature a prep school called Creighton Prep for kids in the Omaha area.
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Creighton University, home of the Blue Jays competes in the NCAA Division I athletics within the Big East conference.
They field a total of 14 sports all together. The main sport they do not have is football. Their most prominent sport is men’s basketball at Creighton university, coached by Greg McDermott native of Cascade, Iowa. His son, Doug McDermott is probably one of the most highly regarded athletes ever to graduate from Creighton. He was named a three time all-american while leading the nation in scoring his junior and senior seasons. His most prominent award was being named the National Player of the Year his senior season. The other important sport is Creighton baseball. Not because of the team but because of the stadium that they play in. They play at TD Ameritrade Park also known as Rosenblatt Stadium before. This is where the college world series is played every year from mid-late june. Costing a mere $128 million, TD Ameritrade park can hold 35,000 people for baseball games and many different
events. Another important part of Creighton would be the alumni that are from there. Probably the most know would be the founder of TD Ameritrade and majority owner of the Chicago Cubs, Joseph Ricketts. They bought the franchise in 2009, and is run by Rickett’s children. He started TD Ameritrade when him and a couple of his partners decided to open up First Omaha Securities which later turned into TD Ameritrade which we all know. Also, the former president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola was a Creighton University Alumni. As you can see, Creighton is a very diverse community with a lot of history to it. From the founder, division I athletics, and some of the Alumni. Creighton is a historic place and a university for the ages.
Like manny colleges across the US the University of Lincoln Nebraska has a college football team. The team is called the Nebraska Corn-Huskers, There were manny nicknames for the team before, But this was the one that stuck. The name was originally thought of by Charles Sherman in 1899. The football team is part of the pride of the state, for the sport and toward the university. The 5th African American football player was on the huskers. At that time the university was a mostly white university. During the 1900s the team won 5 national titles. For the past 340 games in memorial stadium every single seat has been taken
Jarrod J. Rein is an eighteen-year-old with dark brown hair and brown eyes to match the brown arid dirt of Piedmont, Oklahoma. His skin is a smooth warm tan glow that opposes his white smile making his teeth look like snow. Standing a great height of six foot exactly, his structure resembles a bear. He is attending Piedmont high school where he in his last year of high school (senior year). He is studying to be a forensics anthropologist. Also he is studying early in the field of anatomy to be successful in his profession. While not always on the rise for knowledge Jarrod’s swimming for his high school. In a sense it’s like you see double.
Baseball is one of the world's greatest sports and is played almost everywhere in the world. It is also one of the most historic games. The main historic part of baseball deals with the ballparks, the cities, and the teams that have been around for such a long time. Then you have the one and only Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park is the longest standing and is still being used of all the Major League ballparks in the United States. Throughout the 100 years of Fenway Park's existence it has been built, named, burned down, rebuilt, and a whole lot of adding on to the ballpark.
Everything comes with a price, especially college education. The University of Iowa’s webpage, 2013-2014 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance states that, “these expenses represent average amounts” (3). Most costs vary depending on duration and living plans for the students. For a student living on campus, the estimated total price is around $20,691. Tuition fees, and housing and meals, normally add up to be about $17,485, out of the total. Then there is the books, personal, and transportation fees which end up being $3,206. For many families, that ends up being quite a bit of money. But both schools allow the use of financial aid or even loans to pay for the college education.
It is noted that the largest and most popular higher education institutions is the two-year community college which originated as junior colleges in the late 19th and 20th century.
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Although they are both a lot alike, there are many differentials of the two. Universities are known for having large campuses; consequently, resulting in large number of students in each class. While Universities can range from having 20-1000 participants at a time, community colleges usually have no more than 50 participants in a class. As a result of such a large class size, it is harder for a professor to be able to develop the one-on-one time with a student. Due to most co...
Since the founding of Cheyney University in 1837 HBCUs have continually been established to give African-Americans an education because they couldn’t attend other institutions. Slavery was the key to whites retaining superiority by preventing African-Americans becoming educated. While some Caucasians did believe in educating African-Americans the majority were against it. The 1860s were when HBCUs started becoming more widespread, although they were hard to keep sustained because the funding generally would have to come from whites. After the abolishment of slavery, laws started to be passed to protect the civil rights of African-Americans, and allow them to get an education. HBCUs became very important after the Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson because the decision gave African-Americans equal rights, but allowed segregation, coining the phrase “separate but equal.” This meant that the only place African-Americans could go to receive an education was an HBCU. HBCUs play a very important role in the education of African-Americans compared to other colleges and universities. They historically provided a way for African-Americans to get an education that PWIs didn’t give them, they offer an environment that allows for better peer and faculty relationships, and their entrance requirements allow for African-Americans of poor backgrounds to still receive a quality education.
The student population at the majority of HBCUs remains predominantly black, yet the racial diversity of such institutions have undergone tremendous changes over the years. Due to a decline in student enrollment, HBCUs have opened their doors to a more racially diverse student body. For example, the University of Texas at Arlington had a slight decline in percentage of black students enrolled and an incline in percentage of Hispanic students enrolled from 2010 to 2013. The incline provided a significant boost to the college that has grown to just under 300 students and was on the brink of collapse a few years prior (Mangan, 2015). Another example of racial diversification in HBCUs is seen in the case of Delaware University where its African American
Community college and universities both serve great purposes. Community college serves a better purpose for those who are not mentally or educationally prepared to move on to a much higher-level education and those who have jobs. It’s also for those who do not want the social aspect or who wants more personal once on once attention in class. Universities are set out for those who achieved their high school goals and are ready to leave home and become more independent. It is similarly better for the college experience of dorm life and sport activities. It all depends on the individual student making the choice, their financial status, maturity level, and their overall wants during their college life.
As the high school chapter is coming to a close, many students have to make a decision that will affect the rest of their lives. Hopefully, for many that decision is to enroll in a college and attain a higher education. However, as tuition costs rise, students have to take a second look at their options for a better future. A community college is that second look for many because it is the less expensive option. From 2007-2009, enrollment for community colleges has increased by 24 percent (“College costs and the CPI”). Students aren’t choosing a college for educational purposes because they are overwhelmed by financial issues. They are attending community colleges so they will be able to graduate with a lower debt. Some seniors have wanted to attend a certain university all their life and they work toward that goal through grade school; however, they are hindered by soaring tuition for that college. Students should be able to attend a private university if they mee...
They theorize that HBCU’s have more disadvantages to them then predominantly white institutions, and their relevance is rapidly declining. The arguments proposed find HBCU’s to have poor management, high debts, “poor quality of faculty, inadequate degree programs, campus infrastructure, and declining student enrollment” (Holfester). These are major disadvantages that opposers find with HBCU’s. Because of low funding and federal and state support, HBCU’s are often overlooked by high quality professionals. This has also led to faulty equipment and facilities and an inability for these schools to budget accordingly. Most HBCU’s are also located in the south, and racial discrimination during the time of development has place most of these institutions in harsh neighborhoods. Many of the disadvantages that people find with HBCU’s are of no fault on the institutions part. These institutions are given very little help, and are struggling because of what they were created to do. That is to serve the minority class. If these schools were treated like other schools, they could perform better and gain access to better facilities. If HBCU’s were not constantly trying to defend their reason for being, these schools would not have as many problems as they do
At Pencey, Holden doesn’t clarify the tuition rate to enroll at that school, all he really states is that it is a very expensive boarding school. At Creighton Prep for the 2015 - 2016 school year the cost is $9,970 for freshman, $9,890 for sophomores, $9,990 for juniors, and $10,090 for seniors. Along with a $300 registration fee for books, and other devices they will be given. Although their tuition rates are set, if students want to enroll into Creighton but do not have the money to do so, they will receive financial aid. “45% of our students receive some sort of financial aid”(“Creighton
As a young woman growing up in an urbanized setting and attending public schools all of my life, when the time came to start planning and searching for colleges, I searched for schools that I felt fit my persona, that I would be comfortable attending for some of the most integral years of my life. My search included schools such as Temple University, and Pennsylvania State University, higher education institutions that allowed me to challenge myself, but at the same time would put me in a setting where I would be with others just like myself, fitting into the standard American university fashion.
[3] Custard, Edward T. The Princeton Review Student Advantage Guide to the Best 301 Colleges. Random House, Inc. New York, 1996