Community colleges have become a vital part of higher education system. Many events have contributed to the development and continued growth of American community colleges. Their history dates back to the early twentieth century‚ and largely came about due to the need for workers to operate the nations expanding industries. In addition there was also an increased pressure on the nation’s school system to fix any social issues or problems that were occurring; such as merging ethic lines‚ unemployment
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For African Diasporic communities‚ there is a constant fight for true freedom. True freedom‚ liberation is an idea that has been analyzed by many scholars‚ religious leaders‚ artists‚ and everyday people in diasporic communities. Descendants of enslaved Africans‚ as well as many brown communities throughout the world‚ struggle to liberate themselves from the damaging effects of European influence. The Oxford Dictionary defines Freedom as “the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without
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Community Resources Assignment NUR 256- Fall Today’s elderly have many resources available to help with the challenges they will face in their aging years. As a nurse‚ it is important to have resources to go along with patient teaching. It is one of our duties in providing our senior patients with total care. Areas of concern for seniors that will be explored in this community research are dental care‚ exercise‚ and nutrition all of which can aid in helping the aging to increase
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Essay 1: Community‚ Responsibility‚ and Guilt The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of Santiago Nasar’s death. More importantly it tells the story of what values and honor mean to a community and to what extent one can go to maintain that standard. A central theme in the novel is how a society can pressurize its people to act and behave in a certain way. They feel bound by a standard that if not kept‚ then it will bring shame to their family. In the novel
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Transgender Community‚ also known as the LGBT Community‚ have experienced huge inequalities for years now. Recently however‚ the LGBT Community experienced a big win in their fight for equality. After almost fifty years of fighting for equality‚ the Supreme Court ruled that states must license and recognize marriage among people of the same sex in June 2015. Although the LGBT Community has taken substantial steps towards equality‚ disparities still remain between the LGBT Community and non-marginalized
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can’t. I can’t tell you why I can’t either”‚ explores the idea of a utopian community entirely run by a secretive higher power- one so secretive that the very concept of death is not common knowledge. In fact‚ the Elders (the higher power) gave death another name- release. The story follows Jonas‚ a “unique” boy who gradually learns that his immediate world isn’t as simple and perfect as he‚ among the majority of the community‚ believed. Later on in the story‚ after Jonas gets his Assignment (job) of
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Community Health Strategies Paper Access to Quality Health Care Access to quality health care is so vitally important in not only eliminating‚ but decreasing the prevalence of health problems and fatalities. By providing health care for all types of people‚ there will in turn be an increase in the years of life and quality for individuals involved. Healthy people 2010 strives to make health care accessible to all Americans no matter what their insurance‚ background or situation. The public
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Save Money on Tuition Attending community college before completing your bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution can save you a sizable chunk of change. Tuition and fees at public community colleges average less than half of those at public four-year colleges and about one-tenth of those at private four-year colleges‚ according to the American Association of Community Colleges. “I think my student loan was at least half of what I would have paid otherwise‚” O’Brien says. Save Money by
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INTRODUCTION A community pharmacy can be broadly defined as a community-based pharmacy. The main responsibilities of a community pharmacy include compounding‚ counseling‚ and dispensing of drugs on prescription to the patients with care‚ accuracy‚ and legality. Appropriate procurement‚ storage‚ dispensing and documentation of medicines are within the purview of its professional responsibilities. It is an important branch of the pharmacy profession and involves a qualified and pertinent pharmacist
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The theory behind a community of practice was first introduced by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991). Firstly described within their novel Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation (1992)‚ yet their theory was not noticeably defined until Penelope Eckert (2006) gave this theory the title community of practice. Eckert defines a community of practice as “a collection of people who engage in an ongoing basis in some common endeavor” (Eckert‚ 2006) which is exactly what we see within the
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