Affirmative Action in Higher Education In its tumultuous forty year history‚ affirmative action has been both praised and attacked as an answer to racial inequality. The policy was introduced by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 as a method of redressing discrimination that persisted despite civil right efforts and constitutional guarantees. After the passage of Title VII‚ which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex and national origin‚ President Johnson shaped
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Journal of Distance Education/ Revue de l’enseignement à distance Spring/Printemps 1999 Vol. 14‚ No. 1‚ 102-114 What’s the Difference: A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education Ronald Phipps and Jamie Merisotis American Federation of Teachers‚ National Education Association‚ 1999‚ 48 pages Available online at http://www.ihep.com/difference.pdf Mark Bullen With the increasing popularity of web-based instruction‚ it seems there has been an explosion
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RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC FINANCE TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA BY AMU JOSEPHINE OSARETIN UNAD/LA/08/0465 BUSINESS EDUCATION A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION‚ FACULTY OF EDUCATION‚ EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY‚
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Journal Article Review 2 SELF-FORGIVENESS: THE STEPCHILD OF FORGIVENESS RESEARCH COUN 504 Hozie Grasty 10/18/2008 Journal Article Review 2 In the second article I chose to read‚ Hall and Fincham (2005) discuss the concept of self-forgiveness. Their analysis seeks to get to the heart of what it means and essentially what it takes to forgive oneself for wrongdoing and reckless abandon. Enright (1996) defines self-forgiveness as “a willingness to abandon self-resentment in the face of
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Learning English Using the Internet By: Marthy Vp Technological advancements have now made learning the English language much more easy‚ fun‚ and convenient. One technologically advanced method that has improved the way people learn English is the Internet. This modern form of communication has opened the world to a whole new way of learning the English language. The vast resources on the Web makes learning English a less intimidating undertaking. When one embarks on the process of learning English
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Critique of the journal article “Why it is so hard to be fair” by Joel Brockner‚ 2006 Highly motivated‚ involved and committed workforce is the best resource for the company because highly enthusiastic and complete involvement and commitment of the employees brings great profit to the company (Carslen‚ 2003). Different from the traditional concept of money is the motivator to employees; many researchers have proved there are others things that can trigger employees’ motivation better than money
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MBA 510 December 21‚ 2014 Collaborative Learning: Article Review The article “Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking” is a study that examined the effectiveness of individual learning verses collaborative learning in drill-and-practice skills and critical-thinking skills. (Gokhale 2) . Collaborative learning was first defined by Gokhale as‚ the grouping and pairing students for the purpose of achieving an academic goal. (1) . Collaborative learning is referred to as an instructional method
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Journal Article Review Students are required to review a journal article provided by the course instructor. The review should summarize the main points of the article concisely and thoroughly‚ demonstrating an understanding of the content‚ research‚ and conclusions. Apply the information learned appropriately and with insight for future use with individuals with disabilities in your classroom. Organized your writing in a sequential manner. Your essay should exhibit basic writing skills‚ such as a
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Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology Sociology 07/29/2012 The article that I found in the Ebsco Host library was an article written by Katherine Walker and it is titled “Sociology of Emotions”. As I read the article‚ it gave off the impression that it was a previously researched article as it made multiple references to Sociology scholars that have established themselves in the field of Sociology and the topic at hand of Emotions. The author extensively tries to talk about every
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A CRITIQUE OF THE BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES OF LEARNING One of the most debated issues in psychology pertains to the nature and meaning of learning. The systematic study of learning is relatively new as it was in the late nineteenth century that studies in this realm began in a scientific manner. Psychologists borrowed techniques from the physical sciences‚ and conducted experiments to understand how people and animals learn. Psychologists have tried in the past to define and explain how learning
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