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Transformation of Religious Colleges into Secular Universities, 2006.
This paper looks at the value of sociological theory in understanding the transformation of religious colleges into secular universities.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses that sociological theory is of great value in understanding how religious colleges are eventually transformed into fully accredited secular schools. The writer explains that sociology is the study of social behavior. The writer also notes that it examines the behaviors of individuals and organizations and their evolution through their interactions within and outside of their social systems. Further, the writer maintains that the rational choice axiom might offer some insight in the case of the transformation of a college associated with a religious denomination into an accredited secular university; however, other theories might offer additional insight as well.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2006.
A look at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and why they are necessary.
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains what Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are, describes their purpose and discusses why there is indeed a need for these institutions, even in twenty-first century America.
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"In an ideal world, the population of American community colleges would represent the needs of diverse populations of the areas that they served. In this utopia, neighborhoods and cities would consist of citizens from all races and creeds living together without regard for superficial characteristics. However, in reality, segregation remains rampant in most neighborhoods and cities, and as a result, in these microcosms of society."
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Drug Abuse in Colleges and Universities, 2007.
A discussion on prescription drug abuse on and off college campuses.
3,229 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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The paper discusses how prescription drug abuse is not a major problem in America's colleges and universities. The paper examines how it is not a major problem because colleges do not produce the kinds of conditions that generally lead to the abuse of prescription drugs. The writer proposes that by creating and implementing campaigns, the aim of which is the curtailing of almost all use of prescription drugs, the American government is doing a disservice to those individuals who might truly benefit from the use of these medications. The paper concludes that officials and advocates must not harm the many who need the help of medications and treatment for the sake of those who abuse these medications and treatments.
Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review:
Nature of the Problem
Prescription Drug Abuse in Colleges and Universities
Methods and Materials:
Object of Study
Setting of Study
Participants in the Study
Study Instrument
Results
Conclusion
Summary and Recommendations
Appendix A
References
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"Abuse of prescription medication in American colleges and universities is a complex issue that can only be understood by first examining the larger matter of prescription drug abuse in the general population. First, it is necessary to define the problem; to understand what amount of misuse constitutes abuse. The numbers themselves are often cited as proof that a major problem exists. According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, there were fewer than half a million first-time users of prescription painkillers in the 1980's, as opposed to more than six million in 2002. (Barolat, 2005) Nonetheless, sheer numbers do not automatically equal a problem. As Barolat notes, there are indeed many people who are in genuine chronic physical pain, and who do require the aid of painkillers to maintain normal levels of day-today functionality."
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Black Colleges and Universities, 1994.
Their role and importance in higher education. Including organizational analysis (structural, human resource, political, symbolic), positive and negative effect on society and black students.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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"The Role of Public HBCUs in the Higher Education System
This paper will discuss the role played by historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in higher education in the United States. The position of this paper is that HBCUs continue to play an important role in the higher education system in this country, despite the process of desegregation which began forty years ago. The first part of the paper will examine HBCUs under four organizational theories. The second part of the paper will discuss the underlying assumptions and issues involving the continuing existence of HBCUs. The third part of the paper will look at some of the data concerning the positive effect HBCUs have on black students. The final part of the paper will summarize the opposing arguments concerning HBCUs and present an argument in favor of the continued existence of HBCUs."
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Why Attend University/College, 2002.
This 'response paper' outlines reasons for attending university.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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After initial attendance of classes, reasons for deciding to attend, and their modification over the first two months of lectures are considered. Factors considered include future income, parental expectations, social opportunities and personal growth. Overall it is concluded that a university education creates the potential for higher earnings and, most importantly, enhances non-monetary aspects of one's life also.
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Universal Reason, Universal Mind, 2002.
A discussion of some of the parallels and differences in Kantian and Buddhist assumptions.
1,263 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how there is a marked similarity between Immanuel Kant?s ideas of the empty universe and universal reason and the Buddhist idea of the universal mind. It attempts to explore these parallels, while also being mindful of the difference that exists between Kantian and Buddhist thought. It analyzes how both Kant and Buddhism demonstrate that the universe is empty since it is not different from the not-self ? because it cannot differentiate, for in order to differentiate it must somehow have cognitive access to the object outside itself. It also demonstrates how the crucial difference between Kant and Buddhist thought is one of quality. Kant assumes that the universe is inherently empty and neutral and his attempt is to demonstrate it to be so. On the other hand, Buddhist internalizes this process and accepts the fact that the universe is empty but that it must be experienced by the individual mind ? by way of the empty, universal mind, the individual mind may also become empty, free of the distinction/perception between subject and object.
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"Kant assumes that the universe or universal reason is innate by way of this distinction. In order to grasp that a representation is a representation of an object, a being must be able to comprehend several things. First, that being must recognize that there is an object that the representation is a representation of. Next, there has to be a recognition that the representation is different from the thing represented. Thus, the representation of an object is a bridge that connects a being?s consciousness with the things that surround it. Thus universal reason must be able to reason itself, to see itself, plus the representation, and the object. The representation is the means by which a being can have any awareness of objects as objects at all."
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British vs. American Colleges, 2008.
A comparison of the aims, enrolment and culture of universities and colleges in the United States and Britain.
715 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper compares and contrasts universities and colleges in the United States and Britain. It looks at the aims of colleges and universities as well as issues related to admission and enrollment between the two countries. It also compares their enrollment populations. Finally, the paper briefly mentions the continuous rise in competition between UK colleges and American colleges.
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"American colleges/universities have placement tests to place a student in their rightful academic criteria. For example, a student graduating from high school may decide to enter a university to study or learn about Biology. In order to begin their discipline in Biology and graduate to receive their undergraduate degree, students have to finish core subjects for graduation requirements prior to classes in their degree field. Students have to take a placement test to determine what academic level of core subjects to be taken. This test determines the frame of mindset; sort of speak, of the new college student in order to successfully complete the graduation requirement prior to the degree requirements."
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Historically Black Colleges, 2004.
An analysis of historically Black colleges and universities, with reference to Tuskegee University.
1,521 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper discusses the historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), the postsecondary academic institutions established with the educational purpose to teach African-Americans. The paper examines the psychological, economic and political importance of these institutions. The focus of the paper is on Tuskegee University, its history and what makes this university important in particular.
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"In a workplace, the significance of scholarly and nourished atmosphere cannot be underrated in forming a stronger base for future success. (Historically Black Colleges - Letters to the Editor) Before the period of 1964, the 'Historically Black Colleges and Universities'- HBCU's, the postsecondary academic institutions were established and its educational purpose was to teach African-Americans. (The Importance of HBCUs) Historically, HBCUs came into being at a time when Black students were mainly barred from other institutions of higher education, and their purpose was to give these students with chances for scholarship and professional training. (Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Their Aspirations & Accomplishments) HBCU's have been a main basis in the growth of the African-American middle class."
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Changing Faces of Religious Colleges, 2006.
This paper discusses the transformation and evolution of colleges with religious origins.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This essay examines the changes within schools with a religious denomination. The writer discusses the choices made in the efforts to keep a Catholic college faithful to the tenets of the religion that founded the institution. In this article, the writer addresses the dichotomy of religion and university, and how a university can choose to meld the two.
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"In the face of growing from college to university, some schools affiliated with a religious denomination find it necessary to evolve away from their religious roots. Why do these institutions evolve as they do, growing away from the denomination that still may provide the income to keep their doors open? This question might be answered by examining the role of the rational choice axiom in this evolution. "
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Information Technology and Education in U.K. Colleges, 2004.
This paper is a complete thesis, using a literature review and a questionnaire that takes information from teachers in all different types of disciplines across Coleg Gwent college about the use of information technology in U.K. colleges.
11,920 words (approx. 47.7 pages), 23 sources, APA, $ 231.95
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This paper explains that the conventional simile of an institution of higher education as a self-enclosed community is opposed as knowledge turns out to be extensively obtainable on the Internet, and teacher-student and student-student conversations are not compelled by spatial borders. The author points out that quick transformations in the orderliness of information, labor, and equipment in all the disciplines make it more essential for all the students to develop into permanent learners. The paper concludes that an educational environment in which information technology is created by principled assessment regarding higher-level learning is said to increase the values of academic and technical aptitudes.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
The Impact of Information technology on Education
Background
Market
Workplace
Mirror Image
Transformation of Students
Transformation of the Systems
The Impact of Information Technology in Coleg Gwent College
Key Themes Emerge
Information Technology Augments Learners? Student Inspiration
Encourages Support and Teamwork amid Learners
Discussions Become Profound and More Inquisitive
Utilization Supports Educator-As-Catalyst Way
Encourages an ?Equilibrium of Authority? amid the Teacher and Learners
Learners Demonstrate More Determination in Unraveling Problems
Promotes Diverse Techniques of Evaluation
Allows High-Quality Educators to Effort Efficiently with Different Learners
Promotes Augmented and Enhanced Verbal and Written Interaction
Allows Prospects for More Profundity of Understanding
Gives Augmented Prospects for Inter-Disciplinary Examination
Creates Classroom Performances More Genuine and Appropriate
Collecting The Prizes
Affect of Information Technology on College Education
Scholarship
Course books
Libraries
Methodology
The Approach Utilized
Data Gathering and Utilizing Method
Comments on the Validity of the Data
Questionnaire
Evaluation of the information
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Recommendations
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"Consistent with the educators, the knack is to equalize the squad. For example, the teachers cannot have two computer experts in the similar group or they will clash for direct. Teachers, on the other hand, assert that bringing together a group where students' aptitudes and educative methods balance each other and manage with each other's powers and flaws is a much more appropriate technique in modern classrooms. It assists if the teacher arranges the grouping so all students add their personal specific aptitudes."
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American Religious History, 2007.
A review of Laurence Moore's book "Touchdown Jesus. The Mixing of Sacred and Secular in American History" and the collection of texts in the book entitled "Major Problems in American Religious History: Documents and Essays," edited by Patrick Allitt.
1,499 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper looks at both Laurence Moore's book "Touchdown Jesus. The Mixing of Sacred and Secular in American History" and the collection of texts in the book entitled "Major Problems in American Religious History: Documents and Essays," edited by Patrick Allitt. It discusses the religious problems that the multicultural mix-up in the United States creates.
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"In yet another essay on this subject, Rick Fields makes a very interesting comparison between what he calls the immigrant Buddhists and the "white" or American Buddhists. He draws a similar conclusion as the other authors, pointing to the way in which the Western reconstruction of an Oriental religion can be very different. He argues that White Buddhism is no longer a religion, but something more like a fashionable lifestyle. He also observes the poignant problem of racism that arises here, which is also his reason for calling the new cult "white" Buddhism: in spite of the fact that the White Buddhists may adopt all the traditional Asian customs- from their name to the food they eat or to the rituals as such, they will still be part of the "mainstream of the white culture." (Allitt 1999, 459). That is to say, the racial differences, still linger no matter what, and are emphasized by the American racism, which is the dark side of American culture."
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Religious Distortion, 2002.
This paper looks at the different religious distortions and the meaning of how we use and view the world around us based on the movie, Babette's Feast and the book, "For the Life of the World."
2,102 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper discusses the distortions in religion as they appear in the movie, Babette's Feast and the book, "For the Life of the World." The paper explains that there are three ways of practicing religion; religious, secular and sacramental. The paper goes on to explain why the sacramental view is the correct way to act and not the religious or secular views.
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"In the film Babette's Feast, a major religious point is being shown to the audience through a fable. This fable consists of several different characters: a pastor and his two daughters, Martina and Philippa, several suitors for these daughters, townspeople, and a French housemaid. The fable deals with the way that the townspeople relate to their God through their extremely pious actions and attitudes, and how these views become changed by the end of the movie through a feast given by the French maid, Babette. The lesson being taught by this movie also deals directly with explanations of the Christian religion by Alexander Schmemann in his book, For the Life of the World. The main lesson being taught deals with the various different ways of leading lives dedicated to God, and how each one in its own way is either right and wrong. These different views are: the Secular, which says that the physical is all there is, so do the most with it, the Religious, in which people try to get closer to God by distancing themselves from material things, and the Sacramental, which says that we should be thankful for the things because they were made by God and know that they are not all that there is, and by doing such we are living in communion with God. The movie shows the audience that the Secular distortion and the Religious distortion are both incorrect, and that the Sacramental view is the correct path through the reactions of the various groups to Babette's feast. "
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The Transformation to Capitalism in Society, 2008.
An analysis of the transformation of the market in society with particular reference to the arguments of Karl Polanyi in "The Great Transformation: Origins of Our Time."
1,151 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper critically examines the issue of the transformation to capitalism in society from two viewpoints: that social relations have historically taken precedence over markets and that markets have always existed regardless of social relations. It argues that Karl Polanyi's argument in "The Great Transformation: Origins of Our Time," with regard to the rise of market economies is probably overstated and that it is likely that markets have existed throughout human history. The paper illustrates that this condition has fostered discontent and inequality throughout history and has been destructive to the human spirit.
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"This optimistic view of the market economy is not shared by everyone. While Steinbeck was writing about an exceptional period of economic collapse - the Depression of the 1930s - Douglas Coupland's creative writing about our contemporary period of economic expansion reveals a strikingly similar discontent. In Coupland, as in Steinbeck, there is a sense of the market economy as something both alien to humanity and destructive of our humanity. Coupland asserts that "Marketing is . . . theft, and no one ever feels good about stealing" (Coupland 27). Of course, one may dispute the latter point (see Homer, as referenced by Silver above), while agreeing with the former. Coupland's protagonist has a breakdown due to his inability to cope with his life as a unit of economic production."
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Sale of Universities, 2007.
This paper provides a summary of the book 'Universities for Sale' by N.Tudiver.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the thesis of the book 'Universities for Sale' is that universities will be destroyed if business takes them over. The writer notes Tudiver's view that, with higher education becoming increasingly concerned with the interests of corporations, professors are being transformed into entrepreneurs who are focused on revenue and profit. The writer maintains that to a large extent, universities have become business enterprises, even though this outcome was realized much later in Canada than in the United States. The writer notes that the value of the book is that it makes the reader aware of how business interests historically became part of the university and changed that institution. The writer points out that the book also demonstrates what is at stake in commercialization and that we are currently at a decisive point in deciding the future.
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"Several factors delayed Canadian universities in the trend to commercialization. In contrast to the United States, there were not many opportunities for association with corporations. Canadian universities had support from the state which reduced market pressures. Universities were able to preserve their independence because of state funding. Another important factor was that decentralized unionization was operating in Canadian universities. The impact of restraint, however, was the most powerful factor in the move towards commercialization. During the mid-1970s, a general economic slowdown caused universities to undergo a prolonged period of restraint. Governments removed funding from social spending, and universities suffered from unequal funding from provincial governments across Canada. The solution by universities was to increase student tuition which resulted in problems with accessibility to higher learning. Along with increased tuition, universities began a campaign of aggressive recruitment."
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Florida Community Colleges, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of community colleges in Florida.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the private St. Petersburg Junior College was the first successful junior college in Florida and that Palm Beach Junior College was the first public junior college, founded in 1933. The author points out that, in 1957, the Community College Council recommended that community colleges be established within commuting distance of 99% of the population in Florida, thus beginning the expansion of the community college system. Today, there are 28 community colleges in Florida. The paper relates that some of the community colleges have initiated baccalaureate degrees, particularly in education, nursing and applied science, and certification and re-certification of teachers.
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"Community and Junior Colleges in the United States accommodated many students who would otherwise not be able to attend college. These students have various reasons for not attending Community Colleges. Two reasons that are at the forefront are financial constraints and inadequate high school academic grades. Community colleges offered students vocational education, adult education, associate degree programs and the first 2 years of a baccalaureate degree."
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