It was recently brought to my attention there are discrepancies between my transcripts and law school application. I indicated I had never been academically suspended or administratively dropped from any college or university however, I now know that is not accurate. In 2002, I enrolled at Hudson Valley Community College and stopped attending classes roughly a month into the first semester with no intention to return. This resulted in an unofficial withdrawal and, unknowingly, an academic suspension placed on my permanent transcript. Two years later I made another attempt to continue my education at ITT Technical Institute. I completed multiple semesters but was unsatisfied with the overall quality of the education and stopped attending.
Robert Duffley, a high school senior at Trinity High School, had withdrawn from his sophomore year early in the first semester after falling ill. Anticipating problems with his eligibility to participate in high-school sports during his senior year under certain NHIAA rules, Duffley’s principal sought a ruling from the NHIAA granting such eligibility. The NHIAA decided to allow Duffley to participate only during the first semester of his senior year. No reason was given for denying Duffley eligibility for the second semester. After unsuccessful appeals to the NHIAA executive council, Duffley filed a petition in the Superior Court, seeking equitable and injunctive relief. Duffley alleged "violation of his due process rights” and that the defendant had acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” in arriving at its decision, which was “unreasonable and unlawful."
My name is Kaha Salad and I am appealing my Satisfactory Academic Progress suspension. Autumn semester of 2013 was a difficult time for me, I was going through many different changes in my life and I just didn’t know how to adapt. I experienced a personal event in the summer of 2013 that made my life change forever. My Grandmother Khadija died, she was the light of my family’s lives. My mother was immensely affected by her death, she went into a state of depression and she then stopped working. I took it upon myself to help out my grieving mother and get a job to help pay with the bills that was piling up. I began working
Jennifer Gratz, Patrick Hamacher, and Barber Grutter have filed lawsuits against the University of Michigan for being denied admission based on their race. Hamacher had a “GPA of slightly under 3.4 and an ACT score of 28” (Kosseff). Gratz, who attended Southgate High School, had a GPA of 3.765 and ACT score of 25, said she hopes to change an admissions system that she believes is flawed” (Kosseff). Grutter, who tried to gain admission to the University of Michigan law school, maintained a straight-A average through college. She did this all in spite having two children and working nights to support them. All of them witnessed students with much lower credentials get accepted because they were minorities.
The article I chose to analyze is “Is College for Everyone?” In today’s society, everyone would say that education is the key to success. People would say that a person would not get far without having some form of a degree. In reality, college is just not for everyone. Some people would rather just get a job when they graduate high school. People say that a person might not be able to find a good paying job if a person does not go to college, but in reality there are a lot of jobs out here in the world that make plenty of money. There are a lot of people in college that cannot read. They get to college, and flunk out because it gets too difficult for them to continue. Pharinet, a college professor, explains why college is not for everyone. The purpose of this essay is to convince people that
Academic integrity always applies to my future. I have learned from this mistake, but this mistake will stay with me forever. This mistake will help me to be a better student and it’s force me to keep high academic standard. Even though my degree does not require to write a lot of research paper or any form of essay, most of the employers out there are looking for someone who have a good reputation and have a high standard of their works. Overall this experience force me to work hard when I know I am not in the same level as other
The Dual Enrollment Appeals committee recently met to discuss an appeal submitted for Mr. Gregorio Tanguma for classes taken in the Summer II of 2015. Mr. Gregorio is requesting to be dropped at 100% from both of the following courses;
The academic integrity of many academic institutions nationwide is becoming more challenging. This case study presents an example on how the academic integrity of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles is being challenged after they’ve decided to inflate students GPAs.
Why street smart students are considered anti intellectual in academic area? In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff, he accounts the idea that street smart students are way more smarted than book smarts. He explains that street smart student will be able to solve an issue much faster than book smart because of his/her previous experience. According to author, the problems with considering street smarts as anti intellectual are they are actually much smarter that book smart students, they don’t equal opportunity , and schools along with colleges never challenge their mind get them to succeed in academic work.
Today schools are changing to integrate the 21st century. Therefore, it is imperative that educational administrators are aware of the legal framework facing the issues in schools. There are many issues the administrators will face and they must know the constitutional rights of individuals and the school. The Constitution contains the laws of the United States.
Throughout educational history, student discipline & rights have been a topic of discussion. In 1974, they became a national topic when a case on student disciplinary action stood before the U.S. Supreme Court, Goss v. Lopez. With the case came two important questions that needed answers:
I started off taking remediation classes because I didn't make the required scores to get into college classes. I was upset about the scores because I put all my knowledge into the Accuplacer. During Fall term, I registered
It is disheartening to my family and I that we have invested so much money and now we cannot even receive a small fraction of that money back specifically for the two courses I inquired about. Personally, I think I am way too nice because some people would go the legal route. Of this year, I withdrew from one class and that is transfusion, because of a dispute about grades and the unfair application of grading procedures and the emails from this current semester demonstrates
Since the early 70s theorists have pondered the causes of college dropout. Generally referred to as “student attrition,” this problem has spurred numerous causal theories and theoretical models. Vincent Tinto led the research with his revolutionary 1973 study, which he later revised (1987) amid criticism from other luminaries in the field, most notably Bean, Astin, Terenzini, and Pascarella. It is on the work of these scholars (including also Tinto) that all modern research in the student attrition field is based. I found and will review in brief some of the extensive research from Tinto to the present, including the basic criticisms therein. I will further explain the steps some colleges are currently taking to counteract this increasingly important issue.
Becoming a Lawyer Loving to argue, speak, and to persuade/convince, I have chosen to research the career of a lawyer. I have always been intrigued by the audacity and wit that lawyers have naturally. I will explain the steps in order to be on the right path in order to become a lawyer. While attaining a degree in your undergraduate studies, you must select a major that will be of some assistance and relevance to your particular law career. For example, if you want to be a corporate lawyer, you should major in business or if you want to be a judge, you should major in political science.
What started out as an expansion of my education morphed into taunting and punishment of horrific proportions that still plague me today. The facts surrounding my defective bar examination booklet are indisputable, yet the Director of Admissions has found a way to blame me for not passing the defective exam. Her willful acts have banned me from law school and have