Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Research Blog #7

My "case" or most important area to explore is the overarching theme of how choice affects success in college. There are many choices a student will make throughout their career as a student, but some important ones include choices in debt, socializing, and choice of major. Being aware of debt can ease the lives of students, choice of friends that have similar interests affect success, and choice of major directly impacts the job one will obtain after graduation.These can all directly affect success or failure, and each student is different, therefore some choices may be easier for some or have less of an impact than others. It speaks to the debate in my proposal because these specific examples will help me to argue my overarching theme of choice in college. These three examples have been studied and written about, and I have found a theme among all. There is an overwhelming amount of information regarding choice of major, awareness of debt, but not much on socialization. However, form the sources such as Armstrong and Hamilton, it is clear that socialization has an impact on success.

Research Blog #6

This chart describes the life of a college student and what contributes to success. Included in the chart is personal factors, such as social choices and choices regarding debt, ability factors, such as the ability to achieve good grades, and circumstance factors, such as social class and debt. It is significant in that all the choices a college student makes are vital to their success. Included in these choices are ways of paying back loans, choice of friends and amount of drinking and it's affect on academics, and how social class and status can affect all of these choices. This chart demonstrates the top three major aspects of life choices that a student faces upon entering college and how much impact it will ultimately have on their success or failure.