What’s the BIG IDEA? A Student’s Guide to How “Academic Writing” becomes “Academic Discourse” By Dee Broughton You may think that the purpose of college is the education of students‚ and certainly‚ to some degree‚ that’s true. But your professors are not just teachers. They are academics who research and study in their chosen fields in order to contribute to the body of knowledge in that field. In short‚ your major field‚ such as ELT or chemistry or food science‚ exists in the university because
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Challenges in Education The morning school bell rings across the country and it is another day for elementary classroom teachers. They have worked hard to prepare a classroom that is inviting and educational. As the students come in the classroom‚ teachers are faced with daily challenges that did not exist twenty years ago. Teachers today must engage student that are used to multitasking‚ deal with the general lack of respect that is exhibited toward them‚ and teach the fundamentals with an ever-changing
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Academic and Professional Goals Walden’s Vision and Mission According to Walden’s University the mission statement states: “Walden University provides a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social change”. (Laureate‚ 2013) According to Walden’s University the vision statement states: “Walden University envisions a distinctively different 21st-century
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successful. To maintain the standard of a company HR has to face many challenges and come up with strategies to face those challenges. With many changes happening in work area‚ it must be extremely challenging for Human Resource Management to maintain the standard of a company. With many questions in mind such as what can be the reasons human resource facing challenges‚ what kind of challenges they are facing‚ and how to overcome those challenges‚ I started researching on these topics and came up with many
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Vidale Gant Professor Judy Nichols English Comp 101 9 Nov. 2012 Academic Integrity Policies: Oklahoma State University and The University of Texas Cheating has always foreshadowed failure and for top notch universities such as Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Texas (UT) this has been a significant problem that these institutions have been strived to stop. Cheating has been generated as an easier way out and not only does this occur in schools it also has become a societal
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Donna Harley #2538396 DWRI 0091-4092 Rhonda VanSickle February 14‚ 2011 Assignment: My Three Greatest Strength Essay My Three Greatest Strengths Years ago‚ a good friend said to me‚ “Donna you are my mentor.” I could only smile‚ because I wasn’t sure what the word meant. Or maybe‚ I should say‚ me? I had to find my old dusty dictionary and look up the word Mentor. I knew the meaning ‚ but never thought someone would say it to me‚ especially someone older than myself. The next
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| Academic Honesty | Avoiding plagerism through the use of APA documentation style | Jamie Maher 10/20/2012 | Documentation Style The Importance of Academic Honesty By Jamie Maher Everest University APA style (American Psychological Association Style) is a style of writing that is recognized for the consistency of its rules and guidelines. These rules and guidelines help to insure the author’s content and holding a person accountable for the resources used and making sure that
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Academic Integrity is an impressive-sounding word. The word can refer to a broad spectrum of actions‚ most of the time we use it to mean “don’t plagiarize‚” or don’t pass off other’s ideas and information as your own. In those words‚ acknowledge the specific information that you get from sources‚ whether those sources are online or printed articles or books‚ interviews‚ online discussions‚ information from your sources’ ideas and information at all times. Academic integrity involves not only acknowledging
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To: Scott Stevenson From: T.J. Willson Class: BUS 1000-003 Date: August 19‚ 2013 Subject: Academic Integrity Assignment 1) Academic dishonesty is displayed by both students in the given situation. The second student is the biggest offender because he is deliberately cheating on an exam‚ which should result in a failing grade. Student 1 is at fault as well‚ because he made no effort to cover his answers‚ which is considered sharing answers‚ also another form of cheating. Both students
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Describe a circumstance in your life in which you faced adversity or setback. What did you learn from this experience? Just last year I got together with a few classmates of mine to start a new club called BMEs. The idea originated because many of the majors at my school already had clubs that helped their school and professional careers. I imagined bmes to have weekly meetings‚ a huge event every month‚ and lots of involment from my peers. As founderes our groups had to work twice as hard as any
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