It’s a beautiful day and you wake up feeling energized. After having a wonderful breakfast, you head to the college. Just as your class starts, you hear the teacher saying what you have dreaded since your very first day in college – a research paper due in two weeks.Sounds scary, right?But, it’s true!Research Paper – the two words that can instantly cause anxiety among students. Writing a research paper is probably the most daunting task in the life of college students, but one that they hav...
According to statistics put forward by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in 2007, around 49% (3.8 million) of full time college students were found to be involved in binge drinking and abuse of illegal or prescription drugs.In December 2015, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published the results of a national survey according to which, around 60% of college students between the ages of 18 and 22 reported to have drunk alco...
The years that we spend in college are considered to be the best years of our lives because they are usually filled with beautiful memories and happy experiences. We not only study, but also meet many new people and learn a lot of new things – there is hardly any other period of life that gives us the chance to experience so many different things at the same time. But like all other phases of life, it has its rough patches due to which it could end up being a stressful phase for many students...
Student-supervisor relationship is one of the most important elements of graduate and doctoral studies. It can make or break the entire experience of students. According to a survey conducted in 2017 by the Higher Education Academy on postgraduate experience, support from academic staff made the major difference to how students felt about their studies.A research supervisor has to perform the role of a teacher, a mentor, and a patron. Good supervisors understand the struggles that students g...
Cheating in exams has been a prevalent issue since the inception of higher learning. Cases of cheating in colleges have not only led to the specific results being cancelled, but also seen students get expelled from school. However, one survey conducted by Don McCabe indicate that cheating habit not only manifest once student join institutions of higher learning, but take course right at the high school level. Most scholars would associate academic cheating with frequent tests students are sub...