marks) i) Petrol‚ car ii) Tea‚ coffee iii) Nike trainers‚ generic brand trainers. tie‚ business suit. iv) e) In the discussion of elasticity and raising and lowering prices‚ economists suggest that if you have an elastic demand you should hesitate to raise your price‚ and that lowering price can possibly increase profits. Why is the word ‘possibly’ used? (5 marks) TOTAL: 25 MARKS NEXT PAGE No further copying‚ distribution or publication of this exam paper is permitted. By printing or
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permanent status and become eligible for U.S. citizenship if they go to college or serve in the U.S. military; and 2) Eliminate a federal provision that penalizes states that provide in-state tuition without regard to immigration status.” (DREAM Act: Summary‚ 2‚ 2010)The passage of the DREAM Act is critical to raise the quality of the U.S. workforce through higher education to maintain a strong economy. The DREAM Act will increase the number of undocumented immigrant students who attend college‚ it
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There is no such thing as ’free education fully financed by the government’. A zero-tuition college education simply means that instead of the students bearing the cost of attaining their degrees the taxpayers bear it. Students and parents misperceive the price of education‚ considering it to be free‚ even though it comes out of their pockets in taxes. And why should low-income taxpayers finance the education of wealthier students? Proponents of state-financed education argue that absence of government
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“The UK is experiencing a participation crisis.” Discuss. (25 marks) Due the nation’s interest in materialism and individualism‚ we have gained a certain lack of interest in political matters and affairs – people find politics dull and many people think that it doesn’t affect them‚ this results to certain inhabitants obtaining a ’laissez-faire’ attitude toward the government. Nowadays citizens around the UK aren’t aware of political dealings; this supports the idea that today’s society has become
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in college or are paying for somebody else to go to college‚ which is almost every parent and even some teenagers who have to pay their own tuition‚ it is a huge issue. For the most part‚ the biggest problem is finding the money to pay for somone to go to these colleges‚ even with the extra money. As Tamar Lewin states in one of his articles‚ “College tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007 while median family income rose 147 percent.”(Lewin). This is why families can no longer
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people to find jobs and that create jobs. I know programs like this exist but ones that are more effective can be created. Programs that give education opportunities or training opportunities to get more people jobs will be most effective. Lowering tuition rates and offering grants to people that are not able to live at home while attending post-secondary school would accommodate our mostly rural province and help out with the high cost of attending post-secondary. Post secondary education is really
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intervention from economic activities. Adopting a Neoliberalist approach to running a society would mean to eliminate policies and programs that provide economic and social security (complete opposite from the concept of the Welfare State)‚ to increase tuition‚ lower standards of working conditions‚ and increasing competitiveness amongst individuals all while promoting individualism. Neoliberalism denies the basic principal of the human condition‚ to work with one another and grow your society while protecting
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appealing to many‚ a community college should also be considered as a valuable option. Both of these types of education have pros and cons‚ but in terms of cost a community college dominates. According to The College Board‚ the average cost of tuition at a four-year public school in 2016-2017 was $9‚650. Students attending a public four-year university can also expect to pay at least $10‚000 for room and board. Along
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only four years while‚ Marine B is in for 10 years. This is how the pay scale is used by time in service. A pay raise in the military can come in two ways. The first way‚ according military.com‚ a pay raise is awarded as an annual pay raise issued by the House Armed Services Committee‚ which for the 2012 Fiscal Year was 1.6 percent. The second way a Marine can achieve a pay raise is through promotion to another grade (or rank). Using the above example in the case of the 10 year Sergeant with
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for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid directly transferable from the federal income tax form. Pell Grants should also be slated to students’ basic living needs and not tuition to highlight the responsibility of the states and colleges to provide grants for tuition to low-income students and moderate tuition and fees based on students’ financial status. As for the development of the information system‚ it better tracks students’ progress and determines whether they are at risk of dropping
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