Continuing Academic Success Fernando De Jesús University of Phoenix “Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility” -Michael Korda Editor-in-Chief, Simon & Schuster For the purpose of beginning this paper I must first confess that this has been a challenging and innovative journey. Pinpointing one thing that I’ve learned throughout this…
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Continuing Academic Success Shawana Wright GEN/200 Natalie Douge Abstract Continuing academic success is imperative in today's society. The majority of the jobs in today’s society require you to have a formidable educational background to be considered for employment. The ability to continue and grow in academic achievement is necessary toward the efforts of furthering a career, gaining work experience, and future successes as a professional. Continuing Academic Success Even though in today’s…
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Continuing Academic Success How Setting Goals Can Lead to Success Goal setting is essential to success. You can’t get the things that you want out of life if you don’t know exactly what it is that you want. I think that setting goals gives people something to strive for in all areas of life. For example, “Goal setting is a skill that is taught and learned, and it is an essential component of diabetes education.” Gonzalez,A.(2008, December 10). In Goal Setting, Let Your Patient Lead. Endocrine…
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Continuing Academic Success Attending college online can be a little intimidating to some people who are just starting out, or are used to attending college on campus. For me, it was more of not having a choice to attend college online. Being a single mother with two children makes it extremely difficult to go to an actual campus. I was a little worried when class started not knowing the resources the college offered, nor was I familiar with help navigating through my classes online. This course…
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Continuing Academic Success According to …. a major reason that students are choosing to either drop out or succeed academically is due to their level of motivation. Students who attend a college or join online have experienced some type of motivation when they made the decision to attend a college during their application process. Motivation is defined as the driving force which causes us to achieve our goals. Therefore, without motivation, we will have difficulty following through with the…
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Continuing Academic Success Christopher Spencer GEN/201 May 26, 2015 Susan Cameron Academic Success As a student, I must possess the willingness, determination, and perseverance to ensure my success academically. It takes an understanding of the direction I want to go and the level of education I want to achieve, to have the passion to face the struggle that I as a student am sure to face when completing academic studies. The following information discusses goals that will…
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There are many tools that one can use to achieve academic success. Goal setting can have a great impact on the road to academic success. It is important that students become familiar with these tools in order for them to take advantage of them. A few important recourses are Write Point, the Plagiarism Checker, and the Library. It is also important to understand the different between websites which are credible and not credible. Ethical Lens Inventory The Ethical Lens Inventory can help students…
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Academic Success xxxx University of Phoenix GEN200 – Foundations for General Education xxxx xxxx Academic Success Technology and industry is growing at an ever increasing rate, and each year there are new devices or concepts adopted by business wanting to be on the cutting edge. Workers and leaders also need to stay on the cutting edge as well if they desire to excel in their careers. Often, this means that the working adult will return to a learning environment to earn a certification or degree…
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Continuing Academic Success Alejandro Herrera GEN/200 Kerry Moquett November 19, 2014 Academic success will be imperative as I begin a new chapter in my life as an adult student at the University of Phoenix. I am well of the many challenges that my new undertaking will present. Obtaining my Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice by 2017 will depend directly on how I manage to handle the following series of potential academic hurdles that all adult learners come to face. This obstacles include: reaching…
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three goals my personal, professional, and academic goal that relates to my degree plan and how the SMART goals relate to every goal. As well, I will describe my accountability plan to overcome challenges and predict future success from my past positive experiences and personality after completing online degree. As I continue to take online classes through Ashford University I know that this path will help me to reach my personal, professional, and academic goals I have for myself. My Goals and SMART…
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