...The Dream Act Promotes Illegal Immigration Today, there are about 80,000 undocumented students who will graduate from high school in the United States. Nearly 65,000 of these students will not only be graduating, but have been living in the country for five years or more. Undocumented students face various challenges as they move along the academic pipeline. Yet, a growing number of them are graduating from U.S. high schools each year prepared to enter our nation’s colleges and universities. These students are most likely in favor of the Dream Act, Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The dream act was a proposed legislation in the United States that was introduced to the Senate on August 1, 2001, and was re-introduced on March 26, 2009 (Miranda). This proposed bill will grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children illegally but now meet the requirements and reverses current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidize in-state tuition to illegal aliens. Also, qualifying undocumented youths will be eligible for a 6 year long conditional path to citizenship that requires completion of a college degree or two years of military service (Miranda). Undoubtedly, in order to qualify for The Dream Act, if it is passed, the person must meet five requirements. One requirement includes that the person who is applying must have entered the United States before the age of sixteen (Miranda). This condition should logically disqualify the chances...
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...RESEARCH STARTERS ACADEMIC TOPIC OVERVIEWS Four Stages of Social Movements Social Movements & Collective Behavior > Four Stages of Social Movements Table of Contents Abstract Keywords the four stages of social movements. The four stages of social movement development are emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline. The Decline stage can result from several different causes, such as repression, co-optation, success, failure, and mainstream. The four stages of development model can be applied to understand how movements form, grow, and dissipate. It has limitations, however, in its application to new social movements and movements that are not rooted in political action. Despite these limitations, the four stages model is still highly useful in understanding collective action and provides a useful frame of analysis for sociologists considering social movements and their effects in the past and present. Overview What is a Social Movement? Four Stages of Social Movements Stage 1: Emergence Stage 2: Coalescence Stage 3: Bureaucratization Stage 4: Decline Repression Co-optation Success Failure Establishment with Mainstream Overview There have been many social movements throughout history that have dramatically changed the societies in which they occurred. There have been many failed social movements as well. Throughout the history of the United States alone there have been a number of important and notable social movements. These movements have varied widely...
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...keyword search did you use to find the article? Academic * Honesty Boolean phrase Academic * Honesty Find all my search items. In which database did you locate the article? EBSCO Specialized Search Education Research Complete EBSCO What is the title of the article? Honesty and Heroes: A Positive Psychology View of Heroism and Academic Honesty. Full Text Available Utilizing a Culture of Trust to Promote Academic Integrity Who is the author or authors? By: Staats, Sara; Hupp, Julie M.; Hagley, Anna M. Journal of Psychology. Jul2008, Vol. 142 Issue 4, p357-372. 16p. 2 Charts, 5 Graphs. Robyn Hulsart Victoria McCarthy When was the article published? Final version accepted September 4, 2007 By: Hulsart, Robyn; McCarthy, Victoria. Journal of Continuing Higher Education. May-Jul2011, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p92-96. 5p. DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2011.568827. Was the article peer reviewed? Yes Yes Outline three major points the author made in the article. Honesty and Heroes: A Positive Psychology 1. The study in both experiment 1 and 2 that Academic Heroes were less likely to report cheating in themselves or others. Where as nonacademic heroes ( people more inclined to cheat ) were found to report a higher percentage of others or themselves. 2. The authors argue that students who are in the minority by not engaging in academic dishonesty show considerable character and are examples of everyday heroes. 3. Although the majority of college students report that...
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...post World War II era. Emphasis will be placed on the Bretton Woods institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Course Objectives • To show the relationship between the theoretical and practical dimensions of International Financial Organizations in relation to mainstream IR theories and in the subfield of International Relations known as International Political Economy • To introduce students to the major international financial institutions which have impacted on world politics in the post World War II era • To critically assess the roles, contributions, operations and prescriptions of these organizations particularly in the context of developing countries • To locate these organizations within the theoretical realm of the development problematique of the Third World You can realize these objectives by • Regular and punctual lecture and tutorial attendance. • Tutorials are mandatory, roll will be taken and there will be no pandering to absenteeism. Students must attend 75% tutorials otherwise students will be debarred from writing exams. • Frequently assimilating and reviewing lecture notes • Reading all recommended articles and relevant chapters from the designated textbooks before attending class since lectures frequently make references to and offer perspectives on the required readings Classroom Rules • No reading of the newspapers, chatting, eating, surfing the Net, listening to music, engaging in intimacies or...
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...famous house-hold names have impacted our society immensely through their ingenuity and creative inventions. These big names have had a significant influence on people, specifically children, from not only the education they received but also the environment from which the education was provided.The environment in which one is in plays a key role in the progression a person makes, in terms of cognitive and social development which contribute to educational success. Whether the location is one that catalyzes and promotes growth and excellence, or one that decelerates the maturation of a child’s cognitive and social ability, the neighborhoods in which people are raised in have a large impact on children who are moving through the developmental process. Hence, two vastly different locations, in this case the town of Englewood, Chicago and Wicker Park, Chicago, have completely opposite effects on the children in each respective neighborhood. The notorious neighborhood of Englewood has a reputation for being a crime infested, violent area. On the contrary, Wicker Park is known for the numerous artist that inhabit the town, as well the art shows and festivals that take place annually and the location’s successful school system. The issue of these poverty stricken locations and their effect on the development of children is a serious issue, and can be fixed by restoring the communities which struggle with this instability, and observing the safer community. These safer environments are home...
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...academic success. Directions: Each step of this assignment will ask you to navigate and explore different components of the GCU Fleming Library. There are seven steps, each containing a question. Record your answers to the questions in the appropriate sections. Before starting this Scavenger Hunt, review the short walk-through tutorial on the GCU Fleming Library. This tutorial consists of five short segments: http://tutorials.gcumedia.com/libraryWalkThrough/vp02.swf If you have time, you can also attend the GCU Library Introduction Webinar. Sign up on this page: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library/Webinar-Sign-Up.php Step 1: How to Access the Library There are a number of ways to access the library’s website. Use one of these to reach the Library Research & Resources page: 1. Go directly to the GCU Library Research & Resources page by typing http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library.php into your Internet browser and clicking “Enter”. 2. Under the “Access Library Resources” section on the right, select the “Library Research and Resources Page”. Question 1: List three ways you can contact the library for assistance, as listed on the Library Research & Resources page. “Ask a Librarian” Link Toll Free 1.800.800.9776 ext. 6396641 Phone 602.639.6641 Step 2: How to Find Books Books have increasingly become...
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...your academic success. Directions: Each step of this assignment will ask you to navigate and explore different components of the GCU Fleming Library. There are seven steps, each containing a question. Record your answers to the questions in the appropriate sections. Before starting this Scavenger Hunt, review the short walk-through tutorial on the GCU Fleming Library. This tutorial consists of five short segments: http://tutorials.gcumedia.com/libraryWalkThrough/vp02.swf If you have time, you can also attend the GCU Library Introduction Webinar. Sign up on this page: http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library/Webinar-Sign-Up.php Step 1: How to Access the Library There are a number of ways to access the library’s website. Use one of these to reach the Library Research & Resources page: 1. Go directly to the GCU Library Research & Resources page by typing http://www.gcu.edu/Student-Life/Library.php into your Internet browser and clicking “Enter”. 2. Under the “Access Library Resources” section on the right, select the “Library Research and Resources Page”. Question 1: List three ways you can contact the library for assistance, as listed on the Library Research & Resources page. Step 2: How to Find Books Books have increasingly become available electronically. Unfortunately, these are rarely free, unless they are in the public domain. Most public domain books are quite old, so if you wish to find more current books, the best place to go is the library...
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...1 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: ITS IMPORTANCE TO VARIOUS CAREER FIELDS AND PERSPECTIVE BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Priscilla N. Gitimu Doctoral Student Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Workforce Education and Development 311G Quigley Hall Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901-4605 618-453-1982 ukic@siu.edu 2 ABSTRACT Intercultural communication refers to messages transmitted between members of two or more different societies Globalization has made intercultural communication inevitable. Communicating with other cultures characterizes today’s business, classroom, and community. Technology especially the internet has increased the probability that whatever is documented online will be read by someone from another culture. Intercultural communication is of importance in any career field thus the art of knowing how to communicate with other cultures should be a work place skill that is emphasized. This is a conceptual paper whose purpose is two fold. First the paper gives a synopsis of the importance of efficient and competent intercultural communication in various career fields; namely, education, business, medicine and in counseling. Secondly, the paper presents studies and perspectives that various authors have on intercultural communication. INTRODUCTION Globalization has made intercultural communication inevitable. Communicating with other cultures characterizes today’s business, classroom, and community. Hence...
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...Self- Mutilation There are a number of different ways to define what self-mutilation entails. It is one of the most commonly used phrases, but researchers and mental health professionals have not been able to agree on one specific definition to explain self-inflicted injury. Hence, self-harm, self-injury and self-mutilation are the common phrases used to refer to this type of behavior ( Zila & Kiselica, 2001). Many people tend to associate self mutilation with suicide, when in fact they are very different. Therefore, when attempting to understand self-mutilation it is important to recognize the distinct differences between self mutilation and suicide. Suicide is an attempt to depart from pain through ending one’s life. While self mutilation is an effort to create relief from a negative affective incident, it differs for each person. It is used as a means for a person to temporarily deal with the pain, rather than abort it all together. In suicidal patients, pain is viewed as everlasting, which makes them feel hopeless. While, on the other hand self-injurers often portray an optimistic attitude (Walsh, 2006). Hence, there is a big difference between the behaviors and intent, which is why it is important to recognize these differences. Self-injurious behavior tends to be separated into two general categories: culturally sanctioned and deviant self mutilation. Culturally sanctioned rituals and practices comprise of ear piercing in the modern U.S culture, sacrament dances amongst...
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...Hector M. Lopez Ms. Baily Writing I, Sec. 17 December 17, 2010 Love at first scare; the use of fear to manipulate consumers. The commercial for the 2008 Scion xB starts with a camera shot of a large boulder rapidly swinging across the screen, in what appears to be an empty industrial warehouse, as if it were part of a pendulum. In the background a child’s voice is heard, in an almost whispering manner, repeating “he loves me, he loves me not” in rhythm with the boulder as it swings over the car. After this, the camera shot changes to show a close up of the front tire of a bold metallic-orange Scion xB, standing out against the dark industrial setting, and the crude, unpolished textures of the boulder and the weathered concrete ground. Eventually the camera zooms out to include the swinging boulder and two identical orange cars on opposing ends of each other, about forty feet apart, and barely out of the boulder’s reach. Following this the shot zooms in again, and after two more swings of the massive boulder, the boulder slams into the side of the car, sending several pieces of metal into the air, and causing a large dent, about the size of both the side doors, on the right side of the car. After this collision, the camera focuses on the other, still untouched, car. In the background the wrecked car and the boulder can be seen. Upon switching to this shot the child’s voice can no longer be heard. After this, a man’s voice states “love it, or loathe it; the 2008 Scion xB.”...
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...Steve Jobs and Leadership “Think Different” Coll 148/Critical Thinking & Problem Solving October 6th, 2013 I. Introduction A. Steve Jobs and what it takes to be a great leader B. Who is Steve Jobs? C. What made Steve Jobs a great leader? How can I take his leadership style and qualities and be a great leader too? D. Define leadership qualities in general and relate those to Steve Jobs own leadership style and present what it takes to be a great leader in my chosen profession. II. Chosen field of Study: Network Communications and Administration A. Why I chose Network Communications. B. Expected graduation completion: 2 ½ years. III. Who is Steve Jobs? A. Why I chose Steve Jobs as my leader in the IT field. B. Steve Jobs mark on IT 1. Apple computers 2. Pixar IV. Characteristics of an effective leader A. Having the courage to act on vision B. Quieting doubts and worry C. Knowing how to influence and motivate others D. Holding oneself accountable, teach employees the same E. Train employees, provide information and help set stage for success F. Able to delegate important tasks to capable people G. Do the right thing when no one is looking H. Set the example to follow. Have the drive to do your best. I. Hire the best and brightest and give them the tools to do their jobs. V Steve Jobs effective leadership qualities A. Had the vision to make a computer for everyone...
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...Welcome to the course. Class Cafe My name is Dr. Thomas Schaefer and I am an adjunct professor at Walden University. I have served in a variety of senior management positions within Fortune 500 companies, and I currently provide guidance and services to large and medium sized organizations who are seeking to enhance and refine organizational effectiveness, business process, and overall profitability. My educational background includes a Doctorate of Business Administration in Management and a Masters of Business Administration in International Trade from Argosy University. I look forward to working with all of you. If I can be of assistance, please let me know. Dr. Tom Good Morning Dr. Schaefer and Fellow Doctoral Learners My name is Evens Baptiste; I currently reside in Orlando, Florida. My academic credentials are MBA, MSEE and BSEE (Electrical Engineering), and AA (Associate in Arts). My ultimate goal is to earn my DBA so that I can help other students in the future. I will aim to have my own university in the far future. I would like to combine my electrical engineering and business credentials so that I can help the industry and academic environment in the future. I would like to use my credentials to contribute to positive social change implications being an advocate for education. Respectfully, Evens Baptiste Hello. My name is Susan Hallick. I am an RN now for almost 27 years and have continued to grow my educational platform over that period of time. My current...
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...Delivery Method Course Materials Evaluation Procedures Grading Scale Course Outline Policies Academic Services Selected Bibliography Table of Contents Course Description (Catalog) ENGL101 Proficiency in Writing (3 hours) This course provides instruction in the writing process with a focus on self-expressive and expository essays, and will include practice in the conventions of standard written English, responding to readings, and incorporating sources into essays with appropriate documentation. Table of Contents Course Scope This course gives students practice in the conventions of Standard Written English, responding to readings, and incorporating sources into essays with appropriate documentation. Thus the course prepares students for writing effectively in all undergraduate courses by sharpening the writing skills necessary to answer essay examinations, dialogue with reading assignments, and write term papers. Table of Contents Course Objectives Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: CO-1: Recognize and formulate the kind of writing required to respond properly to college-level assignments, examinations, and projects. (Essay types) CO-2: Use a process of writing from pre-writing (i.e. brainstorming) ideas to polishing a final draft. CO-3: Demonstrate writing techniques explained in this class through finished writing projects that are clear, concise, and convincing. (Thesis statements, organization, structure.) CO-4: Draw conclusions...
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...College Students: Is Marketing Effective Kelsey Craig University of Tennessee, kcraig4@utk.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj Part of the E-Commerce Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, and the Marketing Commons Recommended Citation Craig, Kelsey, "Facebook and College Students: Is Marketing Effective" (2011). University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1468 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Tennessee Honors Program at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. Facebook and College Students: Is Marketing Effective? By: Kelsey Craig Advisor: Mark Collins ABSTRACT: With the revolution of marketing from print to digital media, internet marketing and advertising continues to evolve. Social media marketing on social networking communities creates the ideal environment for marketers to target particular markets. Facebook provides many modes and resources for marketers to use its rich database. This study focuses on how marketers should use Facebook and if college students are worth marketing to. The study uses a sample of one hundred college students from...
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...I wanted to understand how a grant either helped or didn’t help the improvement of physical education programs and the impacts it made for the schools. I found this research study through .OneSearch (EBSCO) via UNF and I searched “physical education in elementary schools”. To narrow down my search, I made...
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