Research Blog #4: Research Proposal

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Literature Review Blog #2

As Michael Moffatt describes his time at Rutgers University he describes his feelings toward the common Rutgers phrase, the "RU Screw."  

Moffatt, Michael. Coming of Age in New Jersey: College and American Culture. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, c1989. Print.

Key Terms and Quotes:
"...official culture and student future..." (page 13).
"...

bureaucratic Rutgers as a set of complex rules and regualtions just waiting to catch you off your guard- into the Rutgers as “ The Rutgers Screw” (page 13).

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Just as it did not treat the students as individuals, it was not a ‘you’ or a ‘we,’ and it was only sometimes a ‘they’;more often, it was an ‘it.’ And if you gave it half a chance, what would it do for you?  It would certainly not care for you.  Rather, it would fornicate with you” (page 14).

Having his own personal experiences at Rutgers University helps give another perspective of how the institution functions and treats its students.

Research Blog #5: Bibliography with Five Scholarly Sources

Swan, Aubrie E. "The Transformation of Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University: An Evaluation." Rutgers University Community Repository. n. page. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/25945/>.


Tomar, Dave. The Shadow Scholar. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Kindle Edition. 


Moffatt, Michael. Coming of Age in New Jersey: College and American Culture. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, c1989. Print.



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Literature Review Blog #1

Tomar, Dave. The Shadow Scholar. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Kindle Edition.

A Rutgers graduate himself, Dave Tomar tells us about his time at the State University of New Jersey and how he helped students cheat their way through college. Having an overall negative experience while studying at Rutgers, Tomar discusses his thoughts and feelings about in institution that in his mind is "callous, indifferent, infuriating, and inconsiderate world" (location 455).

Key Terms and Quotes: 
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They have this really cute thing at Rutgers University called the RU Screw" (location 472).

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It’s like a syndrome, a catchall diagnosis for any number of things that are likely to go wrong over the course of one’s time at the school owing to the incompetence, negligence, and bureaucratic inefficiency of the university and its personnel, as well as their very genuine indifference toward the student body. I spent more time at college trying to repair scheduling errors, attempting to navigate the endless maze of automated phone systems, standing in lines, filling out forms, haggling with Student Services..." (location 472).

"...heartless bureaucratic soldiers..." (location 542)

Having his own personal experiences at Rutgers and multiple first hand experiences with the famous "RU Screw," which are outlined in his book,

Tomar has an updated and more current outlook on what goes on at this university.