...Due to my love of architecture, driving through college campuses has always fascinated me. The attention to detail present in the layout of campus and buildings impresses me, making me want to design similar buildings. As an architect, I plan to give back to Ohio State by contributing to the future building projects of the university. Whether working on dorms, classrooms, rec centers, restaurants, or even renovations to the famous Ohio Stadium, I would consider the opportunity an honor. The visual impression of buildings makes Ohio State beautiful and recognizable, while the structural design of the buildings makes the university efficient and accessible. Using what I learned at Ohio State for Ohio State will represent my commitment to the...
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...Performance-Based Funding Ohio is taking an aggressive approach to reshape the higher education funding system. The current system in place bases college funding on the amount of students attending the college. The new system Governor Kasich is trying to put in place would have funding be completely reliant on the colleges graduation rate, or “performance”. The system has been up for debate for years. This performance-based system has been attempted before inside the United States with minimal success. There is about a 350 million dollar budget that needs to be dispersed fairly throughout the state, and Governor Kasich strongly believes that funding based on performance provides enough incentives for colleges and students to strive for success. Kasich devised a committee of the higher education leaders of Ohio. The governor appointed E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio Sate University, to lead the charge to redesign the college funding system in Ohio. Roderick J. McDavis, the president of Ohio University, completely supports the new system in his article “Higher Education Funding: Getting the Complete Picture”. The title contradicts the article itself because McDavis gives far from “the complete picture”. The performance-based system put in place by Ohio representatives needs some adjusting before there could be any level of success. The performance-based system was designed so it would help acquire funding for all schools and McDavis explains in his article that the new...
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...Cuts In Education of United States On February 14, 2011, Jackie Calmes reports that President Obama proposed to reduce spending with added revenue to recover $1.1 trillion or 10% of the deficits within 10 years timeframe (1). The new budget cut has certainly impacted the entire nation in all kinds of ways. “Out of the 47 States with newly enacted budgets, 38 or more states are making deep, identifiable cuts in K-12 education, higher education, health care or other key areas in the budget for fiscal year 2012” (Williams, Leachman, and Johnson 1). Over the years, more and more children are enrolled in public schools, and more students have furthered their education in universities. Even so, Williams, Leachman, and Johnson identify that many universities in most states have no choice but to cut down their budget and spend less on their services in 2012 than before (1). In Louisiana, what the budget cut has done is that, due to severe budget cuts, Louisiana’s governor Bobby Jindal plans to slash approximately 10 percent from budget of higher education, not forgetting that the proposed cut comes atop the $350 million that was already slashed from the higher education budget over the last two years (Hall 1). Such a decision will not only affect the universities but also increase the burden of the students and their families. As all should know, education is important to everyone now because it gives not only essential knowledge but also a promised future. Being one of the areas with...
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...Imagine a mural full of color, details and history with a vision of next century. All that was delivered by artist Doug Shelton with the help of nine Iowa State students. Established in 1996 unlimited possibilities became a significant milestone Iowa State University history. Doug Shelton originally from Des Moines, but now residing in Tucson, Arizona. Was in charge of creating an art work that would represent ISU and its history. Shelton is very well known in Iowa for all murals and art work around the state. His expertise, is adding a sense of mystery and a whimsical touch to his paintings. Shelton wants the people to be entertained, and interpret the paintings in all different ways. As well as, to reflect and unfold all of the emotion it delivers. Unlimited...
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...watched and most liked game sport in the United States of America. Many people have made major impacts on the sport and many people will leave even larger impacts in the future. There have been many great coaches in history but Bo Schembechler and his Wolverines forever changed what the word rivalry means in football. Bo schembechler was born on april 1,1929 in Barberton, Ohio and his birth name was Glenn Edward Schembechler Jr. Only Later in life was Schembechler given his famous nickname Bo. Bo’s sister Marge used to only be able to say “bobo” instead of brother so his parents and friends started calling him Bo and the name just stuck. Bo’s father was a firefighter and according to Bo he was a great role model. Bo often told one story of his father that showed how special he was to Bo; Bo’s father was up for a promotion to become fire chief and he was offered the answers to the test in advance so he would get the job. Bo’s father declined even though he knew his opponent was cheating on the test. Bo’s father ended up losing the job by one question on the test but he always said that this was...
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...Barack Obama, a promising future results from an education at an elite postsecondary school. Others, such as Jeffrey Hart, Professor Emeritus of English at Dartmouth College states elite colleges are deceitful and not focused on giving students a proper education. According to Elizabeth M. Lee, professor, and author at Hamilton college, elite institutions are, “Private, selective, or highly selective colleges and universities that have high costs of attendance and typically lengthy histories serving predominantly upper...
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...University Of Maryland Medical System: Success and Failures of A Corporate Giant Taina Hogu Health Care Administration HCAD 600 Section 9041 Professor Arthur Reynolds MA, MHA, JD Fall 2008 UMMS Snapshot The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a corporate giant. UMMS generates $3.5 billion in revenue and employs approximately 14,800 people. UMMS is the third largest healthcare employer in the state of Maryland (Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 2007). With billions of dollars at stake, UMMS faces major infighting for control of the system. Recently, nine of the 27-person board at UMMS turned in their resignations due to Governor Martin O’Malley growing influence (Schultz, 2008). Despite infighting and takeover threats by the State, UMMS has survived, providing quality care and expanding services throughout Maryland. For example, the trauma center at UMMC (a division of UMMS) provides a great service to the community. Baltimore is plagued with violent crimes which claim the lives of many victims on a daily basis. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at UMMC treated several of these victims last year (7,500) and 97% of patients survived. UMMS also serves patients with chronic ailments like cancer. The Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Cancer Center sees thousands of patients every year (UMMS, 2008). Overall, UMMS consists of eight member hospitals. The member hospitals are: University of Maryland Medical...
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...Case Study 1 – Metropolitan University Metropolitan University finds itself in the position of having too many employees in the arts faculty, and not enough employees in the Business faculty, due to a shift in demand for certain courses over the past ten years, which it did not anticipate or accommodate. It can be assumed that Metropolitan University finds itself in this position because it has not undertaken workforce planning to addresses where the organisation is heading, where the organisation is now, and how are they going to get there. Jones & Martain (page 194) state that a workforce planning process, would assist to: * Determine organisational strategic direction * Conduct workforce analysis * Develop workforce plans, objectives and workforce plans * Implement the workforce plans If Metropolitan University had undertaken a workforce planning process, as part of this process it would have conducted a workforce analysis which would have enabled the University to foresee that it would have a problem of over demand of employees in the arts faculty and a shortage of employees in the business faculty. There are three steps in conducting a workforce analysis, these are: 1. A demand analysis – to identify the future workforce needed to carry out the organisation’s mission, vision and strategic objectives. 2. A supply projection – focuses on an organisation’s existing and future workforce supply. the present staffing and competency profile project...
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...accredited (authorized) veterinary schools located in the United States. Attending a veterinary school has been proven by many students to be a challenging goal to conquer. In a study completed in 2013, there were nearly 6,800 applicants competing for approximately 2,700 available spots (Penn State). If a student is accepted into a veterinary school, they will have another four years of school ahead of them to complete. Though there are no veterinary schools in the state of Idaho, students from Idaho have their choice of veterinary schools located in Washington, Utah, and California, if they would prefer to stay with a more local school for their studies. In Washington, the Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is one of the nation’s top veterinary and biomedical colleges and has been accredited by four key national accrediting agencies: the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA-COE), the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) (Washington State University). In Utah, Utah State University (USU) partners with Washington State University to provide USU students their chance to earn their Doctorate degree. This program accepts twenty students from Utah and ten nonresident students per year from Utah State University. Accepted students spend their first two years receiving...
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...ACC 7480 Penn State Case Leslie Erickson October 1, 2012 The Penn State Scandal reflects many failures of the governance system at all levels of the university and not only with in the Board of Trustees. As reported in the Freeh Report, chapter 1 (Key Findings); each school and large department of Penn State have their own Human Resources Staff. Amongst the individual Human Resources Departments if they hadn’t opted out; they were at least lazy with standard rules and procedures for implementing University Policies and rules (includes over 350 policies and procedures for which oversight and compliance is decentralized and uneven). In addition there was no centralized office, officer or committee to oversee compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Some departments even monitored their compliance issues with the very limited resources available to them from within the departments. The university Police Department was responsible for compliance with the Cleary Act which requires the university to collect crime statistics relating to designated crimes; including sexual offenses occurring on university property and make timely warning of certain crimes that pose an ongoing threat to the community and prepare an annual safety report to be distributed to the campus community. The Cleary Act also requires “Campus Security Authorities” (Coaches, athletes and directors) to report crimes to the Police Department. From 1991-2007 the university delegated Cleary...
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...Student Should Voice to the Elected Officials for California State University (CSU) Do you know California State is facing a severe budget crisis? On May 14, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown released the Governor's Budget May Revision 2012-13. It reveals that a budget deficit is projected to reach $15.7 billion in 2012-13 fiscal year. To combat the budget deficit, the Governor’s proposed 2012‑13 budget includes $8.3billion budget cuts across the state. It contains General Fund reductions for the state’s university systems about $250 million even though state support for the CSU had 750million reduction in 2011-12 fiscal year. (Brown JR.) On December 2, 2011, a message about budget cuts and fee rising at California State University, East Bay was posted on the CSUEB website by the President, Leroy Morishita. In this message, president point out the campus community faces reducing administrative overhead, consolidating operations, not filling vacated positions, and the students are affect to get a quality education at an affordable cost. (Morishita) So he encouraged students to voice their concerns to the State legislators and to the President’s office for the CSU budget cuts and fee rising. In my opinion, students should follow President’s suggestion because this is their civil rights, social responsibility, and their voices can change the policy determines. Students should take action to make their voices hear in the elected officials for the CSU because this is their...
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...development and use of FOSS systems (e.g., the International Thermonuclear Energy Research (ITER) project for fusion research), and in some topics, the development and experimentation with FOSS-based systems are likely to be central to future research activities (e.g., advanced health informatics, secure cyberspace, enhanced virtual reality, and advanced personalized learning systems). However, FOSS remains a computing technology at its core, while FOSS development remains a web of complex socio-technical processes. But these processes are not well understood nor readily predictable, as informal practices are widespread and continually adapting. As such, FOSS is amenable to technological advances, socio-technical innovations, and systematic empirical studies that can emerge from research in the Computer Science community and beyond. We seek to articulate both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives on how and why FOSS has become such a source of technology-centered global transformation, and what the future may hold. We need to identify key research problems and experimental studies going forward, along with the requisite research infrastructure and shared data repositories needed to support this research. We also need to identify future roles that Computer Science can play in fostering, sustaining, and expanding the ongoing development of FOSS as a realm of technology development and use, as an engine of innovation in other scientific and cultural disciplines, and...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction There is no greater financial investment in one’s future than a college degree. It is the only way for sustained personal and professional success. It makes lasting changes in the lives of those who seek it. Earning a college degree is such an important step in life that it has become a central part of the “Filipino Dream”. Go to college, get a job, buy a house, and raise a family. It may not always be that simple, but it all starts with your college education and yes, it changes people’s stories. Earning a college degree is all about opening up opportunities in life. It prepares you, both intellectually and socially, for your career and your adult life. A college education can open many doors in a person’s search for a career. People that have attained a college degree are hired in at a higher pay and are considered to be much more employable. This means that a college graduate would be more likely to be offered employment than another who did not attend college or did not attain a degree. College will also assist in preparing a person for a career in a particular field. In a vast majority of highly specialized jobs, if one does not have a college degree, there is little to no possibility of securing a career in that chosen field. College will give a person the tools to succeed in the field of their choice. These tools would not be available to most people who do not attend college. However, all of this benefits of having...
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...| The Effects of Running a Surplus or Deficit Budget | ECO 372 | The current state of America’s fiscal policy is of major concern for the majority of the populace with the constantly increase of health care, gas, home interest rates, and staggering unemployment number, some are wondering if this nation will survive. Even many fiscal experts are forecasting that The United States is on road to fiscal disaster which seems to confirm the fears of the nation. Compounding the problems is an elderly populace and increasing deficit problem, a growing segment of government spending apportioned to interest expenditures and entitlements for the upcoming years resulting in plunging government's prolific investments and pushing out private shares. The deliberation of this paper is centered on how and why the U.S.’s deficit, surplus, and debt influences on the taxpayers, impending social security and Medicare users, the unemployed, University of Phoenix students, America’s financial reputation on a global scale, national (export) automotive manufacturer, Import of Italian clothing company, and gross domestic product (GDP). The near term objectives of the paper to convey information as complete glaze of US fiscal policy and how the current fiscal policy influences the nation. American taxpayers play a major role in the economy; this is why there is so much commotion about the millions of immigrants who do not pay taxes. The role of a taxpayer and the role of the economy go hand...
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...Wilson Company, is an index to English language periodicals of general interest available in most libraries. We consider a periodical to be readily accessible if it is indexed in the Readers' Guide. For those periodicals not included in the Readers' Guide, we provide the address and, in most cases, the phone number to guide you in your scanning. The Encyclopedia of Associations, published by Gale Research, Inc., is a guide to over 22,000 national and international organizations. Information about how to contact the organizations mentioned in this chapter is from the 1992 edition of The Encyclopedia of Associations and is available in most libraries. Publications of U.S. government agencies are indexed in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. Most publications included in the Monthly Catalog are available from The Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20401. Information: 202/275-3648, orders and inquiries: 202/783-3238. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For overviews of environmental scanning, see: Aguilar, F. (1967). Scanning the business environment. New York: Macmillan. Cope, R. G. (1981). Environmental assessments for strategic planning. In N.L. Poulton, (Ed.), Evaluation of management and...
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