...Date: 23 January 2013 To: Ms. Barbara Bolt, Instructor From: Linh Le Subject: Response Memo Assignment The following document is a response to Bill Gates’ review of the book Academically Adrift that raises questions and issues about U.S. education system. Gates’ Point of View Bill Gates’ review of Academically Adrift was very thought provoking. I liked that he was not bias and did not just lean towards one side of the argument but equally expressed his thoughts of the book and the education system in general. It made me question why and how our education system gets to this point where students are falling behind in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing skills. Bill Gates supported his argument with details and data from the book. He mentioned that the “dismal results presented in the book were based on a standardized test that asked students to make practical decisions.” I think his comments are relevant because his opinions are based on what was mentioned in the book. For example, Gates mentioned “how the authors gathered thousands of data points and different variables” that are “supposed” to explain why learning is so limited, but those numbers did not make much difference. My Background I decided to go to college because I want to have a stable future. I wanted to be able to get a decent job to support my family and me. My parents have worked very hard to bring my siblings and I to the United States to receive a better education...
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...College freshmen have a lot of pressure put on them when they first start college. The transition from high school to college stresses the students out. The reason being a majority of freshmen are not use to the open and free atmosphere in college. However, that is a reason why freshmen succeed their first in college. The transition from high school to college gives freshmen the will to want to work hard to succeed in their first year. However, in Academically Adrift it states that the 68th percentile of a new group of freshmen have fewer improvements when learning in college. It is a new year to experience a new atmosphere as well as school. As freshmen go into their first year of college they are back to the bottom. They were on top walking around high school as seniors, however this is why the change of college changes their way of thinking. Going into college a majority of freshmen go in ready to start off their career and that is what motivates them to want to succeed. However, because they were in high school, that means they are going to have to learn the academic ways. Stated in an article called “How to Deal With the Pressure of Being a Freshman in College” says,...
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...their education by going to college. Campuses are admitting the highest number of freshmen than ever before while at the same time cutting down on the amount of class offered. Therefore, it is no surprise that the value of a college education has declined in the last couple years in respect to gaining academia knowledge; however, I believe it still holds great value in other aspects. A college education is not just beneficial for landing that great paying job; I believe it is also beneficial for personal growth, character, social interactions, and networking. Going to college and receiving a degree is empowering, but in order to increase the value of a college education, the problem within the system must first be addressed. In “Academically Adrift,” written by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, the two authors discuss the reasons for a decline in higher learning. One of the first reasons mentioned is the lack of effort and desire students have to go to college or stay enrolled in college. They state that many high school students and young adults are practically “expected” to go to college regardless of their effort put in high school or their grade point average. This has an alarming affect on the students’ academic performance their first year in college. Arum and Roksa write, “Although growing proportions of high school graduates are entering higher education, many are not prepared for college-level work and many others have no clear plan for the future.” In a study done by...
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...Katrina Arenas Professor: Figueroa-Chacon English: 100 November 05, 2013 General Education Should Be an Option for College students. There is a highly debated topic on whether or not students should be forced to take General Education classes at college. College is a time for exploring all options that lay ahead. General education classes are a great way for students to discover themselves and their passions, especially if students are unsure of what they want to do with the rest of their lives. However, a strong case can be made that college students by no means should be forced to take them, especially for those students who have already declared on a major. As we all know, college is already too expensive to be wasting money on classes with little to no interest in. As a result, it is a waste of time and a high risk for getting bad grades in those classes. Instead of throwing the money out of the window, general education classes should be an option for college students, not a requirement. One of the main reasons why college students should not be required to take general education classes is because of the cost of college. According to the “Public College Tuition Spikes”, the average tuition costs rose about 8.3% to an average of $5,189 in the 2011-2012 school years. In the previous academic year, students paid with an average of $4,793, which is just adding on to the thousands of the already overpriced tuition. While those students who still on that...
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...------------------------------------------------- Social Science Research Council From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the American organization. For the British organization, see Economic and Social Research Council. | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (June 2013) | Social Science Research Council | Social Science Research Council | Motto | Necessary Knowledge for the Public Good | Formation | 1923 | Type | Social Sciences Think tank | Location | * Brooklyn, New York, USA | President | Ira Katznelson | Website | www.ssrc.org | The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research in the social sciences and related disciplines. Established in Manhattan in 1923, it today maintains a headquarters in Brooklyn Heights with a staff of approximately 70, and small regional offices in other parts of the world on an as-needed basis. The SSRC offers several fellowships to young researchers in the social sciences and related disciplines, mostly for overseas fieldwork. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 1.1 Early history * 1.2 Post-World War II * 1.3 Post-Cold War * 1.4 Past presidents * 2 Fellowships and other awards * 3 Resources ...
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...Investigation of Irregular Classes in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenneth L. Wainstein A. Joseph Jay III Colleen Depman Kukowski October 16, 2014 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 1 II. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................... 7 III. INVESTIGATIVE PLAN AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................ 9 A. B. C. D. E. F. IV. The Scope of the Investigation............................................................................................. 9 Preliminary Steps of the Investigation ...............................................................................10 1. Review Prior Reports .............................................................................................10 2. Consult with District Attorney Woodall and the SBI .......................................10 3. Request Input from the Public..............................................................................11 4. Secure Access to FERPA Information ................................................................11 5. Distribute Broad Document Preservation Directive .........................................11 Collection and Review of Electronic...
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...JOHN WYNDHAM THE CHRYSALIDS 1 When I was quite small I would sometimes dream of a city — which was strange because it began before I even knew what a city was. But this city, clustered on the curve of a big blue bay, would come into my mind. I could see the streets, and the buildings that lined them, the waterfront, even boats in the harbour; yet, waking, I had never seen the sea, or a boat. ... And the buildings were quite unlike any I knew. The traffic in the streets was strange, carts running with no horses to pull them; and sometimes there were things in the sky, shiny fish-shaped things that certainly were not birds. Most often I would see this wonderful place by daylight, but occasionally it was by night when the lights lay like strings of glow-worms along the shore, and a few of them seemed to be sparks drifting on the water, or in the air. It was a beautiful, fascinating place, and once, when I was still young enough to know no better, I asked my eldest sister, Mary, where this lovely city could be. She shook her head, and told me that there was no such place — not now. But, perhaps, she suggested, I could somehow be dreaming about times long ago. Dreams were funny things, and there was no accounting for them; so it might be that what I was seeing was a bit of the world as it had been once upon a time — the wonderful world that the Old People had lived in; as it had been before God sent Tribulation. But after that she went on to warn me very seriously not to mention it...
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...I'm OK-You're OK By Thomas A. Harris MD Contents: Book Cover (Front) (Back) Scan / Edit Notes About The Author Illustrations Author's Note Preface 1. Freud, Penfield, and Berne 2. Parent, Adult, and Child 3. The Four Life Positions 4. We Can Change 5. Analysing the Transaction 6. How We Differ 7. How We Use Time 8. P-A-C and Marriage 9. P-A-C and Children 10. P-A-C and Adolescents 11. When Is Treatment Necessary? 12. P-A-C and Moral Values 13. Social Implications of P-A-C References Index (Removed) Scan / Edit Notes Versions available and duly posted: Format: v1.0 (Text) Format: v1.0 (PDB - open format) Format: v1.5 (HTML) Format: v1.5 (Ubook-HTML) Genera: Self-Help Extra's: Pictures Included Copyright: 1969 Scanned: November 8 2003 Posted to: alt.binaries.e-book (HTML-PIC-TEXT-PDB Bundle) alt.binaries.e-book (HTML-UBook) Note: The U-Book version is viewable on PC and PPC (Pocket PC). Occasionally a PDF file will be produced in the case of an extremely difficult book. 1. The Html, Text and Pdb versions are bundled together in one rar file. (a.b.e) 2. The Ubook version is in zip (html) format (instead of rar). (a.b.e) ~~~~ Structure: (Folder and Sub Folders) {Main Folder} - HTML Files | |- {PDB} | |- {Pic} - Graphic files | |- {Text} - Text File -Salmun About The Author Thomas A. Harris is a practising psychiatrist in Sacramento, California. Born in Texas, he received his B.S. degree in 1938 from the University of Arkansas Medical School and his M.D. in 1940 from Temple...
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...Growing Up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0000.html[2014-6-18 23:54:32] Growing Up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0000.html[2014-6-18 23:54:32] Growing Up Asian in Australia Growing up Asian in Australia file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0001.html[2014-6-18 23:54:33] Growing Up Asian in Australia Growing up Asian in Australia ...................................... Alice Pung Edited by file:///D|/ /Calibre Library/Wei Zhi/Growing Up Asian in Australia (799)/text/part0002.html[2014-6-18 23:54:33] Growing Up Asian in Australia Published by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Media Pty Ltd Level 5, 289 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia email: enquiries@blackincbooks.com http://www.blackincbooks.com Introduction and this collection © Alice Pung & Black Inc. Individual works © retained by the authors. Reprinted 2008 . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2008. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior consent of the publishers. Photo of Hoa Pham by Alister Air. Photo of Joy Hopwood by Yanna Black. The National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Pung, Alice (ed.) Growing up...
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...******Created by ebook converter - www.ebook-converter.com****** ******ebook converter DEMO - www.ebook-converter.com******* ******Created by ebook converter - www.ebook-converter.com****** KOINONIA HOUSE Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-0347 ******ebook converter DEMO - www.ebook-converter.com******* ******Created by ebook converter - www.ebook-converter.com****** COSMIC CODES Copyright © 1999 by Koinonia House Revised 2004 P.O. Box D Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816-0347 Web Site: http://www.khouse.org Second Printing 2004 Third Printing 2011 ISBN 978-1-57821-072-5 Design and production by Koechel Peterson & Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scripture quotations in this book are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America. ******ebook converter DEMO - www.ebook-converter.com******* ******Created by ebook converter - www.ebook-converter.com****** “Cosmic Codes was the authoritative resource that we relied on in the research of our PAX-TV/Discovery Channel television special Secrets of the Bible Code Revealed. It’s absolutely packed with fascinating factual information on all of the Bible-related codes.” DAVID W. BALSIGER PRODUCER, SECRETS OF THE BIBLE CODE REVEALED “Chuck Missler writes from a technological and Biblical background in this cutting-edge analysis of the hidden codes...
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...Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment This page intentionally left blank Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment Avoiding Simplicity, Embracing Complexity Stephen D. Cohen 1 2007 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright # 2007 by Oxford University Press Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cohen, Stephen D. Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment: avoiding simplicity, embracing complexity / Stephen D. Cohen. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13 978-0-19-517935-4; 978-0-19-517936-1 (pbk.) ISBN 0-19-517935-8; 0-19-517936-6 (pbk.) 1. International...
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