Part one of term paper
Each fall a new crop of first-year college students, wavering between high hopes for the future and intense anxiety about their new status, scan college maps searching for their classrooms. They have been told repeatedly that college is the key to a well-paying job, and they certainly don't want to support themselves by flipping hamburgers ...

Part two of term paper
... of the college environment, and a large group leave for personal reasons. Not suprisingly, the academic shortcomings of college students have strong links to high school. In the past, a high school student who lacked the ability or desire to take a college-preparatory course could settle for a diploma in general studies and afterward find a job with decent pay. Now that possiblity scarcely exists, so many poorly prepared students feel compelled to try college. Getting accepted by some scho ...