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Self-Injury on College Campuses

Self injury is intentionally causing self-inflicted physical pain in order to cope with overwhelming feelings, traumatic events, or severe emotional pain. The person is not “crazy,” but rather just never learned appropriate ways to express intens...

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Self Marketing 101 - Why Students Should Tell Stories

Everybody lies, and storytellers are some of the best liars around. But here is the problem: People like storytellers. They hate liars. The meaning is similar but different. In the South, storytellers sit on porch swings and drink ice tea. Liars star...

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Writing A College Term Paper

IntroductionThe biggest nightmare in any student’s academics is the task of that assignment, term paper, thesis or project for which he or she has got no clue where to get started from. Here are a few tips and techniques that can cure up this pligh...

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Empathy is Not Unique to Humans

A debate has been stirring for years over the belief that what set humans apart from all other animals was empathy. Of course Jane Goodall's work and her first insights decades ago in studying chimpanzee troops shocked the core of the human beli...

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Junior Faculty Balancing Act: Teaching, Part I

My website poll of 96 junior faculty members has an unequivocal winner.The poll asks, “What is the hardest part about being a junior faculty member?” Over a third of the respondents chose “Teaching takes up so much time” as their response.Ex...

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As a Minority Graduate Student, How do I Find a Suitable Advisor or Mentor?

Take a moment to consider what it might be like to function day after day in an environment in which you are “the only one” or, at minimum, one of only a few who represent your particular race, nationality, age group, ethnicity, or gender. In man...

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Humans, Animals and Research to Find Differences

Humans have for centuries considered them selves unique and simply better than all other animals. Humans have even developed literature and religion to further justify their false belief. Recently in an online think tank this comment came up and a re...

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How to Spot an Academic Fraud

There has been a lot of academic fraud out there and a lot of name calling of those who are not fraudulent but their research goes against religious beliefs. But how can you spot which is which? Well it is difficult I suppose until you practice a lit...

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Yavapai College Provides a GRAPE Education

Yavapai Community College took a monumental step in their quest to build a first class Viticulture Program - they planted their first acre of vineyards. The College's Viticulture Program is the first in the state and one of only a few in the cou...

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Taking the Guesswork Out Of College Admissions

It’s nothing to be ashamed of. The college admissions process can be overwhelming, and because it’s constantly evolving (and each school uses different criteria for evaluating admissions!), it would be difficult for anyone to master the process.T...

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