...of students at the University of the West Indies; part time and full time. The life of part time students of the University of the West Indies is different from that of the full time students. The part time, University of the West Indies, students experience challenges with time management. Getting time off from work can be difficult as in some situations employers are not favourable to the idea of staff taking time from work hours to pursue education. The employer generally believes that is could affect the employees productiveness as they would have to cut workable hours which would impact the time required to have tasks completed. Attending classes on time and submitting assignments in a timely manner pose problems for part time students. As most of them are employed, getting too class after work can sometimes cause students to be tardy for school. The additional balancing of both work and school makes for an extremely packed schedule. This can limit the effectiveness of students which makes them submit assignments late or sometimes not properly completed. Part time students experience difficulties availing to campus resources as they arrive at school late when the majority of them are closed therefore they cannot benefit. For instance when part time students arrive at school for evening classes, services such as faculty offices, student services and even the accounts departments are all closed. Moreover, the part time students of the University of the West Indies...
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...Analytical Skills Assignment Title: Assessment Item 2: Critical Analysis Title Strategies for success in education: Time management is more important for part-time students than full-time community college students. Maccann, C., Fogarty, G. J. and Roberts, R. D. 2012. Strategies for success in education: Time management is more important for part-time than full-time community college students. Learning and Individual Differences, 22 (5), pp. 618--623. Topic This paper studies the relationships between the Big Five personality factors, time management, and A grade-point average in 556 community colleges students. A path model controlling for vocabulary, gender, and demographic covariates demonstrated that time management arbitrates the relationship between thoroughness and students' academic achievement at community college. Context From the internal evidence of the sources that the authors cite, it is apparent that numerous overlapping fields provide a context for the paper. The academic journal the article is published usually presents results and discussion of the given study that was being held between 556 community college students. Another paper that I examined that was relevant to m y study was An Analysis of Student Satisfaction: Full-Time vs. Part-Time Students written by Ana I. Moro-Egido Æ Judith Panades. This paper studies how full-time or part-time status affects students’ level of contentment with their degree programs. The data set was achieved from a graduate...
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...THUY LE The Part-Time Job with a Full-Time Challenge GIVING VOICE TO VALUE (GVV) SM 131 G3 RESOLVED: George will confront John about his illegal behavior. 1. What’s at stake for the key parties, including those that may disagree with you? What is important to them? What does the target value and why? George the part-time worker: John, his friend who is also his night time manager adjusted invoices and inventory reports in order to steal cash conflicts with his honesty, integrity and legality value. John's actions were wrong and could have serious legal repercussions. George is now involved so he can be punish with fines or sentence to prison if John were caught because he was presence and an acquaintance of John. He doesn’t want to be a rat by snitching or be a goodie-two-shoe by telling his friend it is wrong. John the night time manager: If he is caught, he may face jail time and a criminal record that will be hard for him to be employ again. Getting quick cash is important to him. He value dishonesty because he doesn’t feel like it is wrong to take advantage of unaccounted car parts and basically steal money from the company that trusted him. Car parts store the employer: Their profit is at stake because a fraudulent manager felt like he can use the loophole of undocumented inventory to fake returns for cash. Employer values honesty, integrity, responsibility and strong work ethics because it enable the company to operate smoothly and earn profit. 2...
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...students today work part-time. Employment during school could improve grades if working promotes aspects that correspond with academic success, such as industriousness or time management skills, or instead reduce grades by reducing time and energy available for schoolwork. Otherwise, working might be associated with academic performance, yet not directly influence it, if unobserved student differences influence both labor supply and grades. Unmotivated students might neither work for pay nor receive good grades because they put little effort into the labor market or school. In contrast, students uninterested in academics might work long hours that would otherwise have been devoted to leisure. Students might misjudge the link between college achievement and future earnings when making labor supply decisions. If so, obtaining a consistent estimate of how such decisions affect academic performance is prospectively important for policy consideration. A student refers to someone who is formally engaged in learning, especially the one who is enrolled in a school or college. You would call an individual a student if he or she is a learner. Employment then correlates to jobs, vocation, profession, and etc. W would you then define ‘working student’? On another person’s mind, they would think of it as a student who engages in learning and working at the same time. It does not matter what nature of work it would be. Many college students today work part time. Their reason for working...
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...INTRODUCTION Definition: Time Management Is the process of planning to allot time spent on a specific task to maximize efficiency. It typically involves setting goals, budgeting amount of time allotted to a given activity and scheduling the steps to achieve better goals. As a full time student, in order to get a good degree one must be able to perfect in tasks such as finishing assignments on time, attending lectures on time, preparing for tests and quiz sessions in advance. Such activities require proper time management because unless time is managed properly, nothing worthwhile can be accomplished. “Lost time is never gained” (Franklin,B.) Time is a unique resource so it’s wise to use it efficiently. Importance’s of Time Management. Helps a student take responsibility of his learning. Today, students feel like they do not have the time to get everything done. Work, family, school, and other obligations are constantly competing with each other for the students’ valuable time. Some students become overwhelmed with all of these obligations and their academic performance becomes low. This can be avoided with simple time management techniques the student can implement on a daily basis. Time management is simply the way you regulates or schedules your time. It is an important skill to master because it can help the student manage the various responsibilities in life: school, work, family, and many other activities. If this skill is correctly learned and applied...
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...ESLW 310 At Home ESSAY TWO Spring 2011 Prof. Thomas For Essay Two, you will write a full essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion. The type of essay is cause/effect, so you will need to organize your analysis to show the cause and effect connections carefully. Write a well-developed essay, with at least three good body paragraphs. These essays must be typed. Be sure to answer the question completely and stay on topic. Check carefully for grammar errors before you turn it in for a grade. *NOTE: Do not plagiarize (use the words and ideas of others) and do not get help to "make it perfect". PROMPT: California’s economy is in very bad condition, with an imbalance of over $25 billion dollars. The government will have to consider both cutting spending and raising income by taxes. One of the many cuts is the community college budget, and our own district & college are going to lose millions of dollars no matter what. One of the many ways to increase income is to raise tuition fees (currently they are $26/unit for residents and $234/unit for non-residents & international students. Proposals range from $36/unit to (in the worst case) $66/unit. TOPIC: What are the most important effects of a tuition fee increase? In other words, if Los Rios college tuition increases, what effects will this have? Explain the cause-effect connections to show HOW these effects will happen. In this essay, first consider the many different types of effects...
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...How do employment, age, and income influence the possibilities of a greater purchasing power? What contributes to a higher income level? Fahmeda Sultana ID: 4864712 Executive Summary ‘The Creative Life’, a company based on Huizhou, China is a multinational electronic company. The Creative Life (TCL) has been trying to capture the market overseas through merger and acquisitions. This research report is based on the study of how TCL can improvise demographic variables and use the data to extract results on the level of income and their buying power. Considering the scenario that the company is trying to launch a hi-end tablet in India or United States the data is collected. In order to examine the two markets the research problem has been identified: What are the attributes that will lead to higher purchasing power of the consumers for hi-end tablets? Research questions and hypothesis are constructed to find the relationship between age, gender income, type of employment, and level of education. The study involve the used exploratory research design to examine the objectivity, nature and the dependability. Income is used to assess the buying power of the individuals. How can income affect a greater buying power, how the type of employment caters to greater income level and how education can lead to high income is all discussed in details in the report. Questionnaire is completed...
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...overwhelming process, stress will come and stay, until it’s all over. As if being a College student isn’t hard enough, we also have everyday struggles too. Like kids, families, financial issues, working, or even no time, this can make your schoolwork ten times harder. When in College many go through many stages during their College days. Feeling excited, alone, emotional and overwhelmed, sometimes even failure. Many feel excited to know that they are on the right track of attempting their goals and exceeding in getting a degree. Many may feel alone due to allowing school become there every moment, no time for friends, family or even a significant other. School is like a full time job; you have to be all in and put in the time and effort. Feeling overwhelmed is definitely not uncommon when in College, due to high stress levels and so much going on at one time and not being able to stay ahead when you try so hard, will cause us to become overwhelmed. The feeling of failure is not uncommon either when being a college Thomas 2 Student, college is very hard and many will fail a test or some type of assignment at least once in their college time. We as College students cannot let that bring us down, when we fail something we have to pick our heads up and try harder next time or study more, whatever...
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...that keeps her on a retainer basis. Your Role/Assignment: Your role is to decide if Karen is an independent contractor or an employee and discuss some of the preventative and ethical situations that are occurring in this case. Questions: 1. Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? I think that Karen should be considered an employee of the company. She has been working for the Utility Company for five years and she has been received salary. She was started as a contractor to develop training material for upcoming session on diversity. However, she worked for more projects that were given by her manager because she liked her job. So, she was working full time, 40 hours per week. I believe that the characteristic of her job and duty belongs to the regular employees. 2. What factors do you feel help contribute to Karen being an employee? Based on 20-factors analysis and determination of form SS-8, she...
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...Sergio Gomez Business Forum Writing assignment #3 4/2/14 Pursuing an internship program with the Boeing Company would be crucial for Rutgers University and its students. The Boeing Company is a great fit because they have a strong financial outlook, have an established internship program, and career placement. The Boeing Company offers several business summer internships. These full-time, paid internships will help our students start on their careers by gaining hands-on experience that will directly add to their future and careers. For all of these reasons, we should pursue a relationship with The Boeing Company that will help our students establish a career for the future. Strong Financial Outlook The Boeing Company recorded revenues of $81,698 million during the fiscal year ended December 2012(Marketline.com). Boeing has strong sales and products in the pipeline such as the 787, that will drive revenue up considerably in the next few years (Marketline.com) The sales of the 787 will lead to sales of over 200 million per unit (Fontevecchia), which will drive the companies profits above the current revenues. Recently, Boeing upgraded their 20 year financial outlook since it is estimated that over 35,000 new jets are needed to replace the worlds aging fleet, a worth over 3 trillion dollars, in a sector where Boeing is one of the industry leaders. Also strong sales to the developing satellite industry and the booming defense sector will also help the financial outlook...
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...Chad Conger Mrs. Yoakum English105 17 October 2012 Summary In the article “Working Life” the author, Nisha Ramachandran, explains how working during your time in college can affect your life in many ways, but ultimately being a student should come first. Ramachandran opens up by elaborating on the average cost of college and how it can be overwhelming at times. She says, “ 74 percent of full-time students juggle work and school.”(292) Additionally 46 percent of those students work 25 hours or more in a week, and 20 percent work full time. Ramachandran also states that students should look for co-op programs that employ students into fields of their studies. The article explains that these carriers often pay better due to the amount of skills needed. Along with money, these co-op programs offer a look into the actual life of a possible future profession for the student. Ramachandran informs on the benefits of tuition reimbursement to student-employees. She states that these companies help a student with their school costs as well as money in pocket. As well as filling your pockets the author explains how building a solid resume while in college is also important. Ramachandran sums up her article with explaining how important your schoolwork can be. She states some helpful tips; do not expect to pay off college while still in college. The author brings everything into perspective by explaining that students that work 10 hours a week on average have a much better GPA...
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...Report: Mismatched Worker Stephenie Butscher Alexandra Edwards Saint Leo University Professor: Susan Gibbons Executive Summary Skills mismatches are one of the most common challenges faced by the economy. Observations show that in far too many cases, workers are not well-matched with their current jobs ("Skills mismatch," 2012). The economy is seeing increasing numbers of job vacancies but their unemployment rates are not going down. This is because many of the workers who lost their jobs due to the economic downturn do not have the skills the market now demands. In the actual workplace management is often finding themselves taking an unusual amount of time talking with their employees about what went wrong on the prior project and how can they fix, or noticing employees are trying to play catch up, working overtime and missing deadlines. These are collective concerns and are often related with the organization being understaffed, but also can be affected by a skills mismatch. Skills Mismatches Skills mismatches denote a lack of fit between people’s skills or qualifications and their jobs’ skill requirements (Mello, 2011, p. 270). There are two types of skills mismatches over-and under qualification. Over qualified employees have skills and/or education that exceed the skills required to perform a job. Under qualified employees typically are ones’ with a high school diploma or less. When a person is in a position that does not match their skill level a mismatch has...
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...for most this is not always the case, at times personal responsibilities hinder college success. Personal responsibilities like work, family life and time for yourself can leave you with little to no time to complete school work. There are no shortcuts in academic success, college success means fulfilling academic requirements (ACT, 2007, p.3). The relationship between personal responsibility and college success is a conflicting relationship. Personal responsibility can hinder college success if not planned accordingly. The first personal responsibility that hinders college success is work life. Working a full time job, while going to school is normal in today’s society. Many college students have bills to pay or families to raise, and to pay for these necessities college students need a job. Working a job while in school may be difficult to handle. Another detractor in work life is stress. Stress at the workplace for most is imminent. With very heavy workloads and performing at an excellent manner, Workplace stress can leave you with a headache every day and make it hard to focus on schoolwork. Willging, P. A., & Johnson, S. D. (2009) says “Too hard to work full-time and be a student in an online course.” (p. 124). Ways to counter this will be by not taking on any extra projects while in school, and pace my work load through the day. If you do not incorporate pacing your work load when attending college and working a full time job you will easily find that work life...
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...statement? Online education allow students to learn at his or her time and availability, while traditional education make students feel more pressured into learning because of the learning environment. Introduction Sixteen years ago, online classes or degree was considered disreputable. During that time, I was attending a campus college and I must say, it was an experience I’ll never forget. Being a freshman in college, living in dorms, freedom away from home, being independent, etc., I was excited. My only regret was I didn’t finish college. Sixteen years later, I am a full time employee, mother, wife …I now have responsibilities that has held me back from attending college again, until now. Since I’ve heard about online class, I have been skeptical. I was questioning the credibility of degree online versus the old fashioned way of getting a degree. I have read and heard many positive feedbacks from people who took classes online and graduated. However, there are some disadvantages for online, for example, the limited contact with peers or with the college professors. Whatever the case it maybe, it all comes down to the person itself how they want to obtain a degree. The main goal is getting a degree. I. First main point: Online classes are more flexible and convenient A. Supporting details: 1. Students can attend class from home, work, or at a park too. 2. Convenient for those who work full time job and have family responsibilities. 3. Assignments...
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...This is mainly because I came from a very poor country where opportunities were so few and far between that there really was nothing to dream about. When I found out I’d be coming to the US, I began watching more television and did begin to formulate what I’d like to make out of my time in America. In the beginning I wanted to finish my education at the university level, someday own a home, buy a nice car, and settle down with a nice man. I must say, I have already achieved 3 of those 4 goals and I’m in the process of achieving the 4th. I believe the American dream for me will be ever changing. As I see more of the opportunities available, my dreams and desires will continue to grow. At this point, I would have to say that my dream is now to grow my business into a full time job, help my husband buy our dream home which will the final home that we will raise our daughter and future children in, and finish my bachelor’s degree in nursing. My husband and I started a small online business several months ago and it has been growing rapidly. I am able to run that business during my free time between classes, but as school finishes, I’d like to be able to count on that business for a full time income while I look for a nursing job. After that, I hope to hire employees and still be able to make a profit. While my husband and I do own a home now, we do not consider this our final house. We both have a dream to buy at least a 3,000 sf home in the valley where we will raise...
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