...The book “The University in Chains: Confronting the Military, Industrial and Academic Complex discusses how democracy is disappearing on university campuses across America and the rise of “ideologies and practices in militarization, corporatism and political fundamentalism” (1) is taking its place. The author gives many possible directions for hope but still his writings lack possible more in depth directions to stop this growing trend. The author defends this with discussing how this type of logic is exactly what he is fighting against. Pre-written instructions that society has become so used to that it doesn’t know what direction to go when faced with difficulty and if it wasn’t taught that way then don’t do it that way. Democracy is something we hear more and more since the beginning of the Iraq war up to the next presidential election. But one question this book asks and as scholars we must ask ourselves, “Is our society, in all aspects, really democratic?” In the first essay of the book Giroux discusses how universities have become bedfellows with the American war machine. Giving the reader a raw look at how far universities have become militarized. The beginnings can be traced back to the post-WWII years. Giroux argues that even though it has been at least 50 years since this invasion of militarism into universities, since 911 this militarism has spread beyond the walls of the university into mainstream society. The concept of militarism is the dominance of...
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...Erin Green AC1305362 Achieving Academic Excellence Writing Assignment 5-Why a College Education is Important to me July 17, 2013 Why a College Education is Important to Me! Is the importance of a college education for a lifetime of knowledge, a career, or a directional map of the path for your life? A college education is all of these choices and then some. My choice to gain an education is for the establishment of a professional, personal, and financial foundation. My success also depends on this decision. Success is measured differently for each individual, but for me it’s measured by the opportunities afforded through receiving an education. In today’s economy, knowledge is not something I decided to have; I found it as being something that is essential to gain. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, between 1980 and 2005 “young adults with at least a bachelor’s degree consistently had higher median earnings than those with less education” (Kirstina). Obtaining knowledge through a college education is of utmost importance to me. I will be the first in my family to graduate college with degree of knowledge. Knowledge is so vast that there is no exact definition to define it. The definition of knowledge for me, is acquiring information and skills to prepare me for life’s obstacles. One of life’s greatest obstacles that knowledge renders you for, is success in a profession or trade. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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...personality compatibility are just a few areas one should consider when determining if an MBA degree is the best direction academically for one to embark upon. Through research and reliable sources one can gather important data useful in making this life-changing decision. Reliance on credible and valid data significantly improves ones opportunity to make an informed decision and this increases the probability of successful completion of the MBA program. Why an MBA The decision to seek a graduate degree in Business Administration should be based on a number of elements. Determining factors in making this decision may include personality traits, interests, life stage, past career developments and successes as well as economic and employability factors. When an individual has experienced the business and management fields for a number of years, and the individual has developed a positive level of accomplishment, seeking an MBA degree could lead to significant benefits professionally. After spending many years in another field the decision to begin a new career in mid-life is a major and a somewhat anxiety filled endeavor. Income potential, personal interests and employability are considerations of extreme importance when weighing the final decision. When personality traits are analyzed for possible career choices it can become quite clear, which direction one should investigate to determine the correct avenue in which to embark. Some interests should be left in the arena...
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...your answer. In most countries children attend school and only in rare cases are educated by their parents in a “home schooling” situation. While I accept that this might work well for some families, I agree believe that a school can generally provide children with a better education. In my view, the most important point is to ensure the overall quality of education for all students. Not only is it impractical for working parents to find sufficient time to teach their children, but they are not pedagogical and subject experts like teachers are. Additionally, in a school a given curriculum and regular tests ensure children learn all the required skills. Parents might be more biased when judging their own children’s skills. Furthermore, a school can provide equal opportunities to all children in getting a solid education and a balanced view of the world. Some parents might be excellent at teaching, while others are less ambitious or able unfairly disadvantaging disadvantage some children. Similarly, children with special education needs, like being dyslexic, may need the help of an expert more easily available at a school. Finally, some parent’s have extreme or political views and leaving education to them would deprive children of the chance to explore different views. Children must be given the chance to form their own opinion. Another important consideration is that attending a school is a social learning experience. When being home schooled, children miss out on having...
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...world regarding the importance of obtaining a higher education for a better workforce of the nation. The rapid increase in globalization of the 21st century has completely changed the course of the world allowing a vast open playing field and competition from every direction. Foreign students have gained access to the American workplace due to outsourcing and breached the job market for American workers who lack the necessary skillset and education qualifications. While the worldly competition in education has drastically increased, President Obama has addressed a goal for the nation by 2020-for America to be top in the highest proportion of college graduates of the world. One of the greatest challenges that plays as an obstacle for this goal is the problematic college access. On the contrary, Germany has found that college education is not a necessity at all and has successfully maintain a low unemployment rate. However, the economy and government of the United States is structured very differently, and the framework of Obama’s plan proved that a stronger educated population is directly correlated with a stronger nation itself. History and Theoretical Framework For much of America’s history, a college education was not needed to make a decent living as the difference between the average wages of high school and college graduates was very minor. After WWII, however, the growth of education started to move in a forward direction as the demand for highly skilled labor was increasing...
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...Analyzing The Impact Of The Internet Capella University MBA-FP6004 Analyzing The Impact Of The Internet In today's world, employers are looking for a higher standard of education from job applicants. This is forcing high school seniors to pursue a college degree; an increase in demand causes an increase in tuition cost. This adds pressure in the economy, due to the growing amount of student loans and parent’s looking at creative options to cover the cost, such as refinancing their homes. But then, the advancement of technology could change this; however, there are complicated implication that will need to be addressed. Based on my research the major factor of the tuition increases is the reduction of state funding. The reduced state funding impacts universities; they provide 53 percent of the revenue. When the funding is cut, universities will have to cut educational or other services, and raise tuition to cover the gap. The average spend rate, per student is 23% or $2,026, which are less than the recession time. This inward turn is propelling the cost from the state to the student and influencing the universities to look at ways of covering the shortage. See Figure 1, every state except Alaska and North Dakota has cut per-spending funding. [pic] One approach is to increase the acceptance rate of out-of-state students. On average, the in-state tuition cost of a bachelor’s degree is $60,000, and the out-of-state is in the range of $100,000...
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...NAME: | Antonio | date: | | section: | | CHAPTER 8 Reading graphics and evaluating visual and online sources Directions: Write the letter of the choice that best completes each statement in the space provided. _____ 1. When you are reading pages with graphics, you should remember that a. graphics are unimportant if they are accompanied by text. b. captions and titles should be ignored. c. graphics are often more important than the paragraphs that surround them. d. stopping to read the graphics will interrupt the flow of reading and slow you down. _____ 2. Studying a table involves all of the following except a. drawing conclusions. b. making comparisons. c. ignoring unusual increases or decreases. d. looking for trends. _____ 3. The most appropriate graph for showing the percentage of women who work outside the home is a a. stacked bar graph. b. multiple bar graph. c. line graph. d. continuous data graph. _____ 4. The most appropriate chart for showing the process by which an immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen is a. a flowchart. b. an organizational chart. c. a pictogram. d. a pie chart. _____ 5. Photographs are often included in a text to a. reveal trends. b. organize information. c. explain processes. d. elicit an emotional response. _____ 6. The sponsor of a Web site is the person or organization who a. designed the...
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...between "spirituality" and" religion." Generally, spirituality is described as an individuals personal experience with the sacred, that can be experienced anywhere. Religion, on the other hand is often described as an organized community of faith. (Tisdell, 2008). Spirituality has had an important influence on adult education throughout history. There are four primary ways spirituality influences adult learning. The first way states that many adult learning professors have had a career in ministry, at some point (Tisdell, 2008). The second way states that recent writers have discussed the influence of spirituality and soul in how it affects learning on an individual level (Dirkx, 1997, 2001; English and Gillen, 2000; Hunt, 2001). The third influence would be learning in the workplace, here authors focus on how it influences how they think or act in a professional environment or in working for the common good as a leader or educator (Bolman and Deal, 1995; Daloz, Keen, Keen, and Parks, 1994; Conger, 1994; English, Fenwick, and Parsons, 2003; Fox, 1995). Finally we see a strong influence of spirituality present in those educating for social justice in myriad adult education settings (Clover, Follen, and Hall, 1998; Dillard, 2006; English, 2005; Tisdell, 2003; Tolliver and Tisdell, 2006). Much of the learning from these types of spiritual experiences, especially from spiral learning, resulted in further spiritual development, as well as development of the overall self (Tisdell, 2008)...
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...based on Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model (1998), proposes that learners advance through various stages of increasing self-direction and that teachers can enhance or detract from their learning and development. Grow asserts that good teaching matches the learner’s stage of self-direction while helping the learn advance to a level of greater self direction. Grow’s SSDL model provides four stages of self-direction learners advance through: Stage 1, Dependent, Stage 2, Interested, Stage 3, Involved, and Stage 4, Self-Directed. The model also identifies the style of teaching that works best for each stage. Stage 1 learners work best with an authority or coach. Stage 2 learners work best with a motivator or guide. Stage 3 learners work best with a facilitator and Stage 4 learners work best with a consultant or delegator. Grow’s (1991) main premise is that self-direction is of the highest value, however, there is also nothing inherently wrong with a dependent learner. Any stage of learning is not right or wrong, but the more self-direction, the higher value. He explains that there is more than one way to teach well, and that in most cases, good teaching is situational because it varies in response to the learners. An important assumption also is that, just like dependency is a learned behavior, so is self-direction. Grow also mentions that all styles of teaching have value and are necessary at various levels of learning, often all in the same course. Mark...
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...Students and Access To Higher Education in America Juan M. Galvan Liberty University Abstract This paper exposes the urgency to implement an immigration reform that would eliminate educational and occupational barriers to millions of undocumented students that want to pursue a postsecondary education. The information in this research examines the impact undocumented students may have in society and the economy of this country. There are thousands of undocumented students that graduate high school every year and have no opportunities to pursue a higher education degree, thus increasing the chances of poverty in this country, increase in unemployment and a serious negative shift in the economy. Given the increase role that immigrants and their children play in American society in the coming years, it is essential to give as many young people as possible the opportunity to enroll an succeed in postsecondary education. This should push for policy makers and educators to focus on increasing immigrants’ participation in postsecondary education to ensure the long-run strength of the U.S economy. By providing legal residency or working permit as a condition to earn a degree to contribute to society it will definitely increase this nation’s economy and reduce unemployment and poverty. UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION The educational system in the United States offers the opportunity to millions of students to receive an education from preschool to high school...
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... Conclusion..........................................................................................................................7 References.........................................................................................................................8 Abstract In most cases students find it hard to transition to more of an independent learning that is required in Higher Education. This is because there previous studies involved a more hands on approach from there learning staff that were there to help and explain every aspect of there program. Higher Education studies requires them to take there learning in there own hands, to be more self-directed, to make decisions about what they will focus on and how much time they will spend on learning both inside and outside the classroom. In this case international students find it most challenging to adapt to independent learning as in some cases there previous studies had more support and direction from there teachers. This is why they would need to understand that in order to achieve the most from...
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...Transformational And Transactional Leaders In Higher Education Lloyd Moman Basham Texas A&M University-Commerce Abstract This paper discusses the following issues: (1) the climate, environment, challenges, and issues in higher education; (2) an overview of leadership and its application to education; (3) transformational leadership as the current focus on concepts relating to organization leadership; (4) transactional leadership as being management by exception; and (5) a comparison of transactional and transformational leadership. Climate, Environment, Challenges, and Issues in Higher Education The growing consensus among educators and policy-makers is that the current process of education must change dramatically. A different approach is needed to prepare today’s leaders to meet tomorrow’s challenges. The new structure should enhance preparation, allowing for innovation and futuristic thinking in a collaborative setting (Rodriguez, 1999). Americans, at all levels, have had great faith in the power of education to improve their quality of life. Education has been viewed as an escape route from poverty, an antidote to intolerance born of ignorance, a primary source of national prosperity, and the foundation of democracy (Swail, 2003). Scientific and technological advances have intensified in the past two decades and for the first time in human history created a truly global community. Modern telecommunications have linked all the corners of the planet as never before. Like the...
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...Online versus Traditional Education Thomas Brantley COM155 March 02, 2014 Nancy Slack Online versus Traditional Education Dating back to the 1600s, higher education has been a part of society for hundreds of years. Founded in the early 1600s, the oldest higher education institution in America is Harvard University. In these earlier days of higher education, institutions were religious affiliated and directed students more toward spiritual studies. Many important programs created by our government stimulated enrollment through loans and grants. One of the most prominent was the National Defense Education Act of 1958. With the number of changes in higher education, some good and some bad, one thing remains the same from all, the need for change and to evolve. A new development in American education is emerging. This new change is distance education. The internet has greatly helped evolve distance education into what it is today through online learning systems. Many do not see distance education as something of high credibility. However, distance education through online learning systems today has gained great popularity in a society filled with busy individuals who do not seem to have the time to go into a classroom setting day after day. While online college discussion and instruction is different, both online and traditional colleges have a similar structure, assignments and both are regionally and nationally accredited. Although class discussion of a traditional college is...
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...INTRODUCTION Education is the training and instruction designed to give knowledge to children and young people in schools and colleges (Cowie, 1989). Education is the social instrument through which we can guide nation’s destiny and shape its future (Panda, 1988). The purpose of education is not merely to contribute to the continuity of culture but also change peacefully and rationally the material foundations of civilization (Pervaiz et al., 1994). The traditional goal of education is transmission of the culture, the preservation of the past and the present and the development of intellect (Farooq, 1994). Education should help in improving the capabilities and skills of the students and introduce new ideas and values among them (Khalid, 1983). Education is the process through which knowledge is transmitted from one individual or section of society to another individual or section. The teacher is the most important factor of the teaching-learning process. The school’s most important influence is the teacher. He sets the tone of the classroom and establishes the mood of the group. He is the authority figure providing the direction for behavior. He is a model and is consciously imitated (Bernard, 1972).. The importance of teacher is recognized throughout the world (Panda and Mohanty, 2003). Good teachers are essential for the effective functioning of education system and for improving the quality of learning process. Job satisfaction enables teachers to put their...
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...Responsibility and its Role in Education NAME CLASS DATE INSTRUCTOR Responsibility and its Role in Education “Personal responsibility.” people have heard it a thousand times before. A dreaded image instantly comes to mind. Follow the rules and meet obligations. Freedom, lost! These are some of the negative thoughts conjured up in the mass mind when discussing personal responsibility. Even though society should be generally responsible for the common good, personal responsibility is essential in maintaining the integrity of a person’s character. What personal responsibility begins with is accountability for an individual’s wellbeing. Not just physically but mentally and emotionally, as well. When a person stops blaming people, places, and things for what happens and takes an active role in the direction life assumes, this would be the foundation of personal responsibility. Success in higher education relies heavily on a person’s practice of personal responsibility. “Academic-integrity responsibility is defined as ownership of integrity through attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that support the role of the entire academic community” Miller, A., Shoptaugh, C., & Wooldridge, J. (2011). As society has evolved over time, government has increased exponentially in size. Each generation has become more accustomed to assistance programs. This has led to an increased level of self-entitlement and lack of personal accountability. The degree that standards have weakened...
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