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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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College - Beating Homesickness

In this article we're going to discuss how a kid can conquer the inevitable homesickness that hits him once he begins his life on campus.It's the dream of every kid. Go to college and live on campus. The chance to get away from Mom and Dad....

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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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Break it up, Break it Down: Paragraphing Strategies for College Essays

Some of us fill a page with a wall of words, with no paragraph indentations, no transitions, and no clearly defined topic sentences. Some of us have the appropriate indentations, but within each paragraph our sentences are out of order. Francis Chris...

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Bachelors Degrees

A bachelor's degree, also called a baccalaureate, is a campus or online academic degree awarded by a college or university for the successful completion of an undergraduate course or major. A campus bachelor’s degree can take up to four years ...

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How to Survive with A's

Attend ClassGo to class, every class, every time. It is very common and very easy not to attend class. "I can always get the notes from a friend". In some schools you can even purchase the class notes. Or maybe, "the notes are on reserve in the libra...

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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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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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