Position Paper #3 - Higher Education
Auburn University When choosing a college to attend, I did not look far from Southern Arkansas University. After all, it is in my hometown, both of my parents attended the university, and my dad teaches courses on campus. Because I did not consider other colleges, I wanted to research universities that I would be interested in attending, other than SAU. Looking back, I received many emails from different universities during my senior year of high school. Notably, many of these emails were from schools located in Arkansas; however, I wanted to research a college out of state. I also wanted to discuss a university with which I was semi-familiar. With these things considered, I decided that I wanted to discuss Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. My dad attended Auburn University for graduate school; because of this, I got to drive through and look at the school when we visited one of his professors. I loved the campus and thought that the town was beautiful; however, I did not see ...