Injustice of Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program One injustice currently affecting my community‚ my family‚ and many other families throughout the state of Alabama is the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program (PACT). Instead of maintaining a “college fund” savings account at the bank or investing in stocks or bonds‚ many parents and grandparents “were sold on PACT and its assurance that they were paying tomorrow’s tuition costs with today’s dollars” (White‚ 3). So‚ they
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Considering the elements of microeconomics‚ create a list of three (3) best practices that would benefit any small business or start-up. Explain your rationale. The element of microeconomics is every business endeavor is an exchange between a buyer and a seller. Understanding the factors that determine demand and supply is the first best practice that would benefit a small business startup. The demand reflects the willingness and ability of buyers to purchase goods and services at different prices
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College tuition has been a major topic these days. For a long time‚ people did not pay much attention to tuition. Today‚ things are changing. More and more people are realizing how expensive tuition has gotten and now they want that to change. Authors Elizabeth Marcello and James Skoufis argue the situation. Marcello‚ a sophomore at the College of William & Mary wrote‚ “The Case Against Free College” in 2014. Marcello is currently a member of the College Republicans. Skoufis‚ who is a member of the
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The notion of “fairness” is often the justification given for the government intervention in the market. Do you agree or disagree. 1.0 Introduction Fairness in the market can be defined as the equally distribution in the proportion of economic pie to every party. In the past‚ the economic prosperity is not uniformly allocated among the members of society. The wealthier will have a larger proportion of the economic pie whereas the poorer parties will only occupy a smaller part of the economic
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educational system ie the tuitions which has become a fashion nowadays What is of alarm is the increasing dependence on tutoring. There could be a number of reasons for this. The increasing competitiveness‚ a disturbed academic schedule owing to frequent bandhs and strikes and the student’s desire to be spoon-fed. Nevertheless‚ the gradual degradation in the volume and content of class-room teaching is the main reason why students and their parents are looking forward to tuition as a better alternative
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Tuition reimbursement is one of the most valuable benefits a company can offer. Tuition reimbursement gives employees the ability to obtain‚ maintain‚ and improve their professional capabilities through participation in courses related to ones career at accredited colleges and universities. It also provides companies who offer tuition reimbursement an advantage when recruiting new employees. My PositionI believe that every mid-to large sized company should offer some kind of tuition reimbursement
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|ECON E-1010 | |Microeconomic Theory Spring‚ 2013 | Course Web Site: http://isites.harvard.edu/course/ext-23285/2013/spring Professor: Bruce Watson econe1010@dce.harvard.edu Lectures: Mondays 7:40 – 9:40 Science Center A Teaching Assistants: Teo Nicolais (For
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send your child to college? Tuition increase=3.9% Tuition price in July 2013= $ 36‚993 Tuition in 2032= $36‚993 * (1.039)^19 =$76527.05 Tuition in 2033=$36‚993 * (1.039)^20 = $79511.6 Tuition in 2034=$36‚993 * (1.039)^21=$82612.55 Tuition in 2035=$36‚993 * (1.039)^22=$85834.44 Various tuitions Discounted in 2031 : Nominal savings interest is 7.5 % (our best alternative) Tuition in 2032= 76527.05/(1.075)= $71187.95 Tuition in 2033= 79511.6/(1.075)^2=$68803.98 Tuition in 2034=82612.55/(1
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PROJECT: Hypothesis Testing See my comments in red. Scoring last page. INTRODUCTION My topic is the average tuition cost of a 4-yr. public college. Since I will soon be transferring to a 4-yr. college‚ I thought this topic would be perfect. "The College Board" says that the average tuition cost of college is $5836 per year. I will be researching online the costs of different public colleges to test this claim. I will be using the T-test for a mean‚ since my sample is going to be less than 30 and an
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Research and discussion of press article About the article | Title of the article : Extension Responds: Katrina’s aftermath : How Hurricane Katrina will affect energy and fertilizer costs? | Source (Newspaper) and link to the article : University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension http://www.uwex.edu | Summary of the article :In 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused massive shortage on natural gas and fuel in the USA.Due to the location of the hurricane in southern USA‚ agricultural shipping‚ fuel production
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