Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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This 5 page paper looks at the history of affirmative action with a focus on higher education. Examples are given. Well known cases and applicable laws are noted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Alcohol & Academic Performance
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This 6 page paper addresses the relationship between drinking and academic performance. The thesis that alcohol does indeed affect performance is backed by literature that shows GPA is lower for those who consume large amounts of the substance. Other variables are addressed in this sociological analysis of the problem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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American Colleges Should Rank Themselves.
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(5 pp) Current college accreditation methods must change. College accreditation started off with the right idea, but now college ivy now hides its original goal and clouds an educational institution's mission statement as well as its methods towards accomplishing its perceived goals. Part of this murkiness is that the evaluation team or accreditors evaluate a college based on collegiality and assistance, avoiding all hint of comparisons among supposed equals. Comparisons of multiple factors are necessary if parents and students are to base their educational needs on informed choices. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Americans With Disabilities Act & Higher Education Institutions
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An 8 page paper. There was a time then students who were blind or wheelchair-bound were not allowed to enroll in numerous colleges in this country. The ADA of 1990 changed that. This essay discusses the changes in college enrollment since this law was passed. The writer discusses the kinds of services that are provided. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Applying TQM In Higher Education Institutions
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A 9 page paper that explores the application of total quality management principles in a hypothetical higher education institution. The writer first provides an overview of Deming's principles, then discusses the problems facing the college of business at a university. A framework is then designed that utilizes the principles. Comments from writers who do not believe TQM can work in this setting are reported along with a dispute of these comments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Asian American Studies at the University Level
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This 5 page report discusses the historical, political, and social development of Asian American studies at the university and college level. As with virtually any academic pursuit, the world of Asian American studies has developed, changed, redefined itself and continued to move forward as its own unique, educational discipline. The movement supporting ethnic and women's studies bean in the late 1960s as university people -- students, faculty, and staff, began to recognize that university curricula generally did not consider or appropriately respond to the diversity of American society, especially racial minorities, women, and the working class. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assessing and Enhancing Research Design Validity
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An 8 page paper discussing descriptive research design. Research in education is unique among disciplines employing empirical methods in that it so frequently addresses issues that are mutable according to populations, administrative structure, external societal conditions or other qualities. Well-designed research can stand as relevant for decades, but lesser efforts may or may not be useful in practice at any time. The purpose here is to evaluate the methodology described in this paper, evaluating it on several points. Those points include internal and external validity, construct validity and statistical conclusion validity. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Assessing Quality in Distance Learning at the Graduate Level
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A 7 page paper discussing the need for quality assessment in Internet graduate programs. Most evaluation of college programs available online has been centered on economics and the ability to reach a greater number of students. There has been much less focus on the quality of the education gained through the approach. A University of Illinois study has determined that the quality of education gained through an online-only approach is of less value than that gained in the traditional educational setting. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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