...Thomas 2/25/2014 The Education Crisis in America Currently the U.S. has a major problem on its hands, education today is constantly losing money while we put more of that money and time into our prisons rather than our schools. By showing kids that it is more important to be tough on crime than it is for a proper education is wrong. If these practices continue you can expect to see higher drop-out rates and larger prison populations. Education should be the U.S.’s top priority and we should take pride in the greatest education system in the world. Education provides students not with just knowledge but ethics, character development and self-esteem which are important skills for the workplace and in life. That is why it is imperative that we change our education system to a higher standard and emphasize quality education for all in the U.S. to provide a better future for all students. The U.S. is currently putting less into schools and education while putting more into prisons and defense. States are choosing to increase spending on prisons while the funding for education is constantly decreasing. “In 33 of 50 states, corrections- related costs made up a larger proportion of the general fund than in the previous fiscal year, while spending on K-12 and higher education decreased” ( Hawkins). The U.S. is silently making a decision to keep people incarcerated while caring less about a proper education. What they don’t understand is that a proper education is the key to keeping...
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...Higher Education Crisis Dr Kumud Ch. Goswami Professor &Head, Deptt. of Commerce Dibrugarh University Email ID:goswamikumudchan@yahoo.co.in Mobile No:09435390988 University education in India is having a very rich heritage. Starting from Nalanda and Takshashila to the universities established during the British rule and the universities as of today we have a very strong institutional arrangement to carry on the process of higher education not only for our citizens but also for foreign nationals. For maintaining standard of higher education in our country there have been some national level bodies like the UGC, NAAC, AICTE and over and above we have a separate ministry for it called Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). As per the UGC guidelines the Indian universities are to follow democratic principle to govern a university. As such the universities are created by passing a statute in the concerned state legislative assembly in case of a state university and in case of a central university the same is done in the parliament. This statute is called respective University Act. Before passing a university act the concerned people’s representatives are supposed to examine...
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...Case Study: Economic Crisis and Higher Education in the United States The 2008–2012 economic failure is considered by many economists and investors to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It results in the risk of total collapse from big financial firms, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. The crisis also plays a significant role in the crash of key businesses and collapse of housing market, results in the delayed unemployment. Higher education is a large and various venture in the United States, which has impacted by the economic recession in a number of ways, but these impacts have not been the same and vary depending on state and type of institution. Most higher education traditions started to be concerned about their financial problems due to economic recession. Their main source of revenue has been hurt by the downturn, and that those universities would need to make hard decisions about how to spend their money. In some states, a lot of institutions are in process of fund-raising programs to avoid delaying their supported campus building projects. Many of higher education university’s leaders have been considering and solving of two following questions: How is the economic downturn affecting institutions both public and private? What strategies are leaders implementing to guide their institutions? Unsuccessful budget strategies are the main reason that caused many...
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...Education in Crisis and the Threat of Privatization There is a crisis regarding our public schools, but it is not the one you usually read about by Diane Ravitch 8 Comments 'The crisis in education today,' writes Ravitch, 'is an existential threat to the survival of public education.' (Image: Photo by Dean Hochman/flickr/cc w/ overlay) It has become conventional wisdom that “education is in crisis.” I have been asked about this question by many interviewers. They say something like: “Do you think American education is in crisis? What is the cause of the crisis?” And I answer, “Yes, there is a crisis, but it is not the one you have read about. The crisis in education today is an existential threat to the survival of public education. The threat comes from those who unfairly blame the school for social conditions, and then create a false narrative of failure. The real threat is privatization and the loss of a fundamental democratic institution.” As we have seen again and again, the corporate education industry is eager to break into U.S. public education and turn it into a free marketplace, where they can monetize the schools and be assured of government subsidization. On the whole, these privatized institutions do not produce higher test scores than regular public schools, except for those that cherry-pick their students and exclude the neediest and lowest performing students. The promotion of privatization by philanthropies, by the U.S. Department...
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...Crisis of Education and Purpose of the Albanian University I am going to start my essay with the slogan of our university which is “educating tomorrow’s leaders” that is the purpose of our school and should also be the purpose of the all universities here in Albania. By that I do not think that they mean the leaders in their future professions also they should educate the leaders of schooling who are going to educate next generations. Here in Albania we see that we have a large number of students that finish high school who want to start university. If we see it from the point of view that Albanians want to learn a lot this is a good thing but I do not think so, people here start universities because they want to get better jobs and to get those jobs people here just want to get that diploma of bachelor. They do not care how they get it they just want it for the specific job and for good salary but this is not how it works. Also here we see that in our education system we face a lot of public and private universities which is a good thing but they should improve a lot the way they disseminate knowledge. Because from all of these universities we can count only two or three which are really universities and have the characteristics that a university should have. I have personally experienced two types of education system the American one and our system here in Albania. I went for junior year in San Diego in Mission Hills High School and when I firstly started school I faced...
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...vulnerabilities. We have seen those who laughed or are silent at the proposal for the discipline of Crisisology for ‘wont’ of analyses and intelligence. Others include: * The belief that Crisisology is a temporary call and that the initiator is incompetent regardless of its benefits; * Fear of loss of authority or control of social or academic standing? * Feeling of change overload (too much too soon); * Lack of trust or dislike for the concept of Crisisology; * Great idea but not for us? * Its below ‘our’ standards; * It cannot be guaranteed. We noticed all these from our interactions, diagnosis and inferences and we are not surprised that many of them – the practitioners, researchers, and educators in the fields of crisis management, emergency management, disaster management, and catastrophe management are slow in responding to calls for a serious debate regarding the matter of Crisisology becoming a professional/academic discipline. Collaborative Crises Firstly, academicians in particular are slow in responding to substantially new and radical concepts. They often want to see what research is being conducted by others in a given area, and would subsequently need to corroborate those finding by doing their own research. They do not want to stick their academic necks out there until they think it is safe to do so. The 'organized' disciplines of Biology, Sociology, Psychology, Geology, etc, took some time to become accepted in a formal way. According to...
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...factors and the consequences are independent of any socio-geographical variables. A crisis is a crucial or decisive point or situation; an unstable condition as in political, social or economic affairs involving an impending abrupt or decisive change; a sudden change in the cause of a disease or fever toward either improvement or deterioration; an emotionally stressful event or traumatic change in a person’s life; a point in a story or drama when a conflict reaches its highest tension and must be resolved. Crises generally are about victims, perceived victims or people who are affected by what happened. When we are not sufficiently educated or informed about the new trends and best practices in Crisisology, there is predisposition that: 1. Faced with a crisis, we feel frightened, confused, angry and helpless; 2. Judgment may be affected, sometimes creating a tendency to consider ideas that would normally be dismissed; 3. Individual’s personality trait becomes exaggerated (for example, an anxious person becomes very anxious); 4. A siege mentality sets in with those in charge withdrawing, doing nothing, saying nothing and becoming inert; 5. The search begins for a scapegoat; 6. Instability sets in and decision makers may not adopt the latest opinions they have heard; and 7. Government or management turns defensive, declaring in reflex “everything is under control”. 8. A crisis presents real or potential negative outcomes for victims. A victim is anyone who...
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...by: Dr Ibraheem Dooba Publisher: Society for Safety & Crisis Management ISBN: 978-978-935-256-2 Description: Everyone can write a book but certainly not a monograph. It’s very likely to see academics with many book titles in their names without a single monograph in a whole life time. A monograph is a specialist work of writing on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, usually by a single author with cogent, convincing and compelling facts and figures written mainly for an academic audience. This monograph is centered on Crisisology as an emerging academic discipline which presumably according to the author escaped the attention of earlier thinkers. In the light of current global crises and the quest for a formidable strategy of effective crisis detection, prevention and management, the author is championing the development of the academic discipline of Crisisology in the Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, Monotechnics and research institutions. He felt a new approach to crisis, conflict, emergency and disaster management is urgently needed to take us beyond a purely reactive response to that of creating fresh opportunities for improved tools, strategies and education through the study, teaching and practice of Crisisology. To underscore his resolve to lead this new intellectual campaign of pace-setting, Muhammad Sani Isa, the National President of the Society for Safety and Crisis Management, an Associate Editor of the Management Journal of...
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...financial services firm, which has been negatively impacted by a national investment crisis and plans to release to its target audience and stakeholders, utilizing tools such as Mary Munter’s Audience Strategy. The stakeholders have been identified as the firm’s employees, customers, shareholders, and the financial regulators. The shared common concerns of this group are the financial health of XYZ global financial services firm balance sheet, and the plans to meet regulatory obligations and compliance, and the lessons learned from the national investment crisis and plans for risk management. In addition, it will discuss the recommendation of three areas that as the new CEO of XYZ global financial services firm needs to focus and apply to influence the values of the firm and prevent a future crises by creating a culture of candor, trust, and learning. Introduction Values are beliefs that people have about what is important or worthwhile to them. Values influence behavior because people seek more of what they value. Values therefore can be seen as the guideposts for behavior. An individual’s values are in large part, derived from the social environment in which he or she lives. For example, in Western democracies, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of the things we value. Similarly, our home life, our friends, and fraternal societies we join, experiences obtaining an education, and the companies we work for, may influence our value frameworks (Crossan, M...
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...such areas: education, healthcare and supporting unemployed. As more and more financial crises happen in different continents, many national leaders have established proper policies to make up the loss and stabilize the economy. Among three popular ways the fewer budget for education, healthcare and unemployed, I prefer the first one for three following reasons. On top of the first, education can be sponsored by private corporations. As we all know most universities in different countries are supported by the government not only in teacher’s salary but also in research funds. However, because some universities such as Columbia University and Harvard University are sponsored by private companies. It is quite possible that more public universities can be converted into private mechanism that even can improve academic reputation. Thus, reducing expenses on education is a proper solution to economic crisis. In addition, education involves fewer civilians, which means fewer negative impacts on education that are made by fewer budgets from the government. As we all know, people whose age between 8 and 22 are the main components of targets for education. That is to say, these people are only a relatively small part of the whole population. So, it is reasonable that reducing the money on education is better way for the government to overcome tough time. Last but not least, education institutions can raise tuition fees to respond to the governmental spending on education. As we all...
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...Leadership challenges and strategies in post GFC world Name: insert ID no: insert Unit code and name: insert Lecturer: insert Due date:insert We move into 2014, the Chinese class of the cavalry, with the world economy in practically improved shape and advance signs of recuperation in lots major savings. Congealing apart some not surprising excitability as the Federal Reserve of US starts to cut down accessory monetary rules, market opinion has bettered (Taylor, 2011). We are experiencing good development in the US; Japan's rules appear to be bearing an impression, China's development stays rich, and Euro domain growth is demonstrating some signs of blaming up while the trusting system's constancy is bettering – though obviously I concern the wood once I say this. In issuing market savings, substantial advance has been arrived at in amending their receptivity and resiliency to commercialize fluctuations. Two chief problems lay beforehand for the global savings, and they are ace's business leadership discussed over in Sydney. G20 Finance government Ministers chaired by Australia's financial officer Joe Hockey need to accomplish development and create employment. They might well concur on a G20 development objective. Business leadership – by the B20 business leadership forum - can assist them formulate and attain their development schemes. The G20's designs to further private sector development will hopefully adjust to our aspects...
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...Case study no.2 Natural disasters A-Problem definition In case of a disaster event, there are several effects, such as humanitarian effects, including the loss of lives and persons injured; ecological effects among other damage to ecosystems; and economic effects, comprising different effects on the economy. National disaster effects can be caused by the disaster itself or by follow on directly or indirectly. B-Justification of the problem Natural disasters have severe effects on different industries, if the decisions taken after the occurrence of the disasters were not based on appropriate study for the results that may occur, this may lead to huge losses for the industry and for the whole country. 1-Lake of planning Lake of knowledge and how to predict the occurrence of natural disasters is a main reason of the problem. 2-Insurance companies making as much insurance policies as they can although they don’t know if they can satisfy the customer needs or not. 3-Decision makers don’t have the good argument to convince customers or community by their decisions C-List of alternatives 1. Awareness 2. Planning and prevention Measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of emergencies. Actions taken in anticipation of, during, and immediately after an emergency to ensure that its effects are minimized, and that people affected are given immediate relief and support. 3. Response Process of supporting emergency-affected communities in reconstruction...
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...TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY | THUNDERBIRD Production Operation Management TOYOTA: THE ACCELERATOR CRISIS Study Case Report | | 1. What were the drivers of Toyota´s accelerators crisis? Why was Toyota facing a recall crisis? The drivers of Toyota crisis were Strategic, structural and cultural issues. At the strategic level, the cost reduction strategy added with the increasing of the output volume strategy caused a decrease in quality. Furthermore, the structure of Toyota (HQs in Japan and not in the U.S) impacted Toyota’s response to customer’s claims, taking a long time to address Toyota consumer’s concerns, and in fact was one of the most criticized issues during the crisis. In other words, the company took a considerable time before recalling units that meant life losses and significant economic impacts. At the cultural managerial level, there were difficulties driven by how Japanese address the situation vs. how Americans deal with the problems. The company lost its original philosophy due to different cultural orientations between Japanese headquarters and North American subsidiaries. The fact that Toyota was recovering from its last unit’s recall (due to motors leaking oil) plus the beginning of the global financial crisis, ended up yielding a deviation of the original long term plan to look after the U.S subsidiary´s financial performance, triggering a swap in the three main pillars of Toyota (Safety, Quality and Volume). 2. Michael...
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...Discussion questions 1. Pick a recent news article that focuses on some international or global problem, and give examples of how and where states, markets, and societies interact and at times conflict with one another. How hard is it to determine the analytical boundaries between the state, market, and society in this case? ONU se reúne tras supuesto uso de armas químicas Los estados interactúan ya que son los encargados de mantener la seguridad de cada país, por eso acuden a las organizaciones que se ocupan de este tipo de asuntos. Los mercados pueden verse afectados por las consecuencias de este tipo de ataques y estos dos se implica la sociedad ya que es la afectada de lo que resulte esta situación. Es fácil distinguir los límites de cada parte en este tema ya que el que tiene la mayor responsabilidad es el estado. 2. Review the basic elements and features of the IPE approach: the three main theoretical perspectives, the four structures, the levels of analysis, and the types of power. Which ones do you feel you understand well and which ones need more work? Los niveles Individual y el de los estados son los más fáciles de comprender ya que se pueden estudiar sin tanto conflicto, pero el sistema internacional: el conflicto internacional a veces es causado por la naturaleza conflictiva del hombre. 3. Define and outline the major features of globalization. Explain the connection between economic liberal ideas and globalization. Which of the three IPE...
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...geologic processes. Step 02: Justification of the problem: A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage. And when we face a disaster during business running, we have to find a way to solve the dilemma between the organizations and the customers. Step 03: List of Alternatives: A- Aware people about the risk reducing measures. B- Planning and prevention. C- Organizations business ethics. Step 04: Evaluating Alternatives: A- With good data, the public understands the need for preparation and risk reducing measures. Governments, the private sector and the media build awareness of risks and risk-mitigation principles at national, regional, and community levels. Education in the community is required to ensure that awareness building continues in adult life. B- The coordination between the government and the private sector can presents accurate data to predict the risk before disaster strikes, which require to study all the information and the details provided to analyze the cost and benefits of natural disaster response. It is important to consider the relative cost effectiveness of disaster prevention and disaster recovery. C. Managing such as these issues is based on organization business ethics and how mangers follow ethical rules and behaviors in dealing with problems occurred as a result from natural disasters. Sometimes organizations follow an ethical ways 100% to recover disaster loses...
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