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Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is mobile and that is well-versed in the academic disciplines followed all over the world. In fact university education is starting to be seen as a hallmark for success, even though there are college drop outs who have become billionaires. The recent spate of universities and higher education institutes has led students and their parents to believe that university education is mandatory for all those who want a nice career and income in their lives, and has increasingly blurred the distinction between necessary and mandatory education, compared to professional education that is mainly to benefit the individual. In light of this dilemma, yet another question arises of helping students gain this education with the availability of subsidized student loans. This issue has gained precedence in the preceding years as the tuition fees have escalated and America is battling a recession, with several policy considerations to keep in mind.

The Violation of Aristotelian Convention and the Establishment of the Theatre of the Absurd in the Major Works of Harold Pinter

This paper examines an article by David Edmunds, "Native Americans, New Voices: American Indian History, 1895-1995," in which the author explores the treatment of Native Americans in historical scholarship. The article traces developments in how scholars have approached Native Americans from the late 19th through late 20th century. It also offers opinions about the conclusions that Edmunds has drawn from these historical treatments.

Evolving and Multifaceted Roles of Italian-American Women in Literature: Through the Eyes of Women and Men

Thomas Merton (1915 -- 1968) was a prominent Catholic figure and one of the most important spiritual writers of the previous century, renowned for some of his influential works on Christian living, the first one of them…

An article by Mineke Schipper, titled "Knowledge is like an ocean: insiders, outsiders, and the academy," has as its focus the discussion the "unequal power relations that persist" between Africa and the Western world.

Claire Sprague. "The Sun Also Rises: Its 'Clear Financial Basis.'" American Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, Part 1 (Summer, 1969), pp. 259-266.

¶ … Perceptions of Genders in College Basketball

RETURN on COLLEGE QUALITY it's not just a perverse status-consciousness that makes higher education the only industry in which competitors are rated on the caliber of their customers rather than on their product - or…

¶ … Paired Poets." It attempts to compare and contrast the lives, personality, psychology and the work of T.S. Elliot and DH Lawrence. Furthermore, it elaborates the similarities and the differences between both the…