...IV Situation Analysis Industry Analysis An industry analysis is a component of the business plan that provides statistics about the market potential of your business, product and services. The analysis contains specific information about the current state of the industry and target market. According to the book, “Essentials of Marketing 6th ed.”, an industry analysis should also include a report of the trends, competitors, customer profile and technology within the industry. Industry Overview The US colleges and universities industry includes about 4,300 degree-granting institutions with combined annual revenue of approximately $400 billion. Sixty percent of industry revenue is generated by state-operated public schools, 40 percent by private schools. Some 1,700 schools are public, another 1,600 are private nonprofit institutions, and about 1,000 are for-profit private schools. Close to 75 percent of students are enrolled in public schools. Mainly because of big state universities, the industry is concentrated: 50 percent of all students are enrolled in the 400 largest schools. Among the fastest-growing UTPA is ranked in the top ten. Industry Forecast US personal consumption expenditures for higher education, a major driver for university and college revenues, are forecast to grow at an annual compounded rate of 2 percent between 2009 and 2014. Data Published: October 2009. Industry Indicators The bank prime loan rate, an indicator of colleges' and universities'...
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...Selzer and I both did a separate analysis of EB White's article "Education." Our analyses varied in our thoughts on White's writing style. Both analyses mentioned White's use of ethos, pathos, and logos, but Selzer structed his differently and also included some more subjects. First of all, Selzer and my own analysis have contrasting ideas about EB White's writing style. I believe that White was writing more of a descriptive piece, trying to evenly describe both the country school and the public school. Selzer claims that...
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...The AACTE is the organization of my choice. It’s {an organization that is dedicated to providing leadership in the field of adult and continuing education by expanding opportunities for adult growth and development; unifying adult educators; fostering the development of theory, research, information, and best practices promoting identity and standards for the profession; and advocating relevant public policy and social change initiatives} (AACTE, 2007). The AACTE represents more than 770 schools, colleges, and departments of education and affiliate organizations that produce more than two thirds of the nations new school personnel each year. This type of organization contributes to my success for many reasons. With me being an adult and going to school I am informed of the many changes and developmental issues that plague the learning curve. There are seminars that are held in many locations I could attend if open to the public, their website has many useful informational tools, and all surveys and analysis are documented with figures. There are five areas that are focused on when research is conducted they consist of standards, curriculum, assessment, accountability, and who belongs in the profession (AACTE, 2007). When each has been calculated it is documented for the government to see and possibly act upon. Assessing teacher standards directly correlate to me with me being a student right now and the fact that I have kids and their lives will be directly affected also. My...
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...intended heartbeat of this piece was happy heart, I chose this heartbeat because I feel like this piece meets its standards without going exceeding on the details.When I wrote this piece I was trying to make this essay seem like a research paper. The genre of this piece is an analysis essay, to achieve my purpose I went back and looked at some of my old analysis essays to pull old ideas and included them into my analysis essay. I believe I was pretty successful in doing so, to achieve my intended heartbeat, I made this essay, but short and...
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...Rhetorical analysis The article chosen for this analysis is titled " Rescuing Brown v. Board of Education: Profiles of Twelve School Districts Pursuing Socioeconomic School Integration" by Richard Khalenberg who is a senior fellow with the left-of-center Century Foundation This article is addressed to parents with young kids and to the general public. The purpose of this article is to inform people of the importance of why public schools need diversity within their districts. The article focuses on the proponents argument of the impact affirmative action has in creating a more diverse educated society. This article starts out by addressing an issue that happened in eastern Louisville, Kentucky and how diversity is not followed by everyone in the world. The Louisville school district was violating the Constitution by assigning students to schools on the basis of their race. The article mentions the court case of Brown v. Board of Education as a reference to segregation among schools and also provides current statistics of minorities in public school districts that give reinforcement to the claim of inequality. The article then explains how after the courts ruled that there be diversity in the public schools, they explain how much it benefits students to be in diverse classes. Richard Khalenberg says, "Providing all students with the chance to attend mixed-income schools can raise overall levels of achievement". The author of the article is trying to express his...
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...University of Maryland, R. H. Smith Business School Case Report Facebook INC: The Initial Public Offering Group Members Ao Zhou 114214195 Zehua Huang 114352699 Emily Buczkowski 112344252 Rui Cao 114368911 Julian Gooch 112364922 University of Maryland, R. H. Smith Business School Summary Facebook is an emerging internet-based company which has astonishing growth in the past decade. Its substantial user base, subsequently massive database and pioneer brand image provide Facebook with the profitability base of its business. The main goal in this case is to evaluate the opportunity of investing Facebook in its IPO. Here we use both DCF valuation and Multiples valuation method to measure if Facebook is fairly priced. It turns out that both DCF valuation and Multiples valuation indicate that Facebook’s stock price is overvalued, suggesting the manager not to buy Facebook at IPO. We could also justify this decision by putting release of non-tradable stock and price trend of other recent IPOs into consideration. University of Maryland, R. H. Smith Business School Overview of problem Facebook is a leading social networking company with rapidly revenue growth, whose profit mainly come from advertisements. It planned to go public on May, 2012. Our issue in this case is to decide whether it is a good opportunity for CXT to invest on Facebook in IPO. So we need to estimate the value of a Facebook share to see if it is overvalued or undervalued. ...
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...bachelor’s degrees conferred in 2011-12 were in business (Desilver). In addition, business has been the most common major since 1980. Going to college will set one up for success in life because one will gain experience of living independently and pursuing a passion; however, many people think going to college is a waste of time and money, but statistics show that people who do not attend college are two times more likely to be unemployed. Being successful in life does not just happen. College is something that will help one become successful in life. Going to college will be a life changing experience for anyone. One will get the experience of living independently....
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...Prayer in School Katrina, Anthony, and Tab October 5, 2011 BCOM/275 Prayer in School Throughout our society, prayer in school has become extinct. Prayer is a form of communication or a way of talking to God or other saints (Richert, N.D.). Although prayer in school may focus on religion, violate the first amendment, and separation of church and state, there are both advantages and disadvantages of prayer in our schools. Being that we are a diverse society and everyone has his or her own personal opinion on prayer in our schools; it still remains one of the most controversial issues today. The decision to take prayer out of public schools has become one of the most controversial issues throughout our society. The argument of whether or not prayer should be allowed in public schools is still misunderstood. When determining whether or not prayer should be allowed in public schools, it is important to consider both the advantages and disadvantages. In our society, 90% of America’s youngsters attend public schools. The children that attend public schools come from homes that espouse a variety of religious and philosophical beliefs (www.au.org). The pros and cons of prayer in public schools are not a cut and dry issue. There are many avenues to this matter. Pros arguments that have been expressed by people that approve of prayer in schools argue to banish prayer takes away the student’s freedom and molds them to be like non-religious students (www.religioninschools...
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...School Uniforms By Kendall Cole June 2014 AED/200 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AMERICAN EDUCATION Instructor: Christine Duhamel University of Phoenix Since the late 1990's school uniforms have been worn in mostly urban school districts across America. Initially, they were opposed by stakeholders, especially the students. School uniforms were accused of stripping students of their creative expression. After a while, uniforms were tolerated, it was realized that wearing uniforms helped to create a positive learning environment. “School uniforms are being advocated for a range of social, educational and familial issues” (Bodine, 2003, p. 67). There are so many issues students have to deal with when they attend school. Some of these issues create negativity in the student’s educational career. Stakeholders must come up with ways to help make learning environments and experiences more positive. Wearing school uniforms will help to create a positive learning environment. Since the turn of the new millennium, school uniforms have become common place and a trend in large school districts across America. In 1996, former President Bill Clinton mentioned school uniforms in his State of the Union Address (DeCosta, 2006 p. 49). Former President Clinton said, " And if it means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, than our public schools should be able to require their students to wear school uniforms" (Mitchell,1996). Children have so many issues they...
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...Case Study 1: JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation 08 Fall AFF5300 Case Studies in Finance- March 2013 Executive summary This report examines the decision of JetBlue management to price the initial public offering (IPO) of JetBlue Stock on the April 2002, a few months after the terrorist attack in September, 2001. First, the paper provided a brief introduction to JetBlue Airways and its industry. This paper revealed JetBlue’s innovative strategy and the associated strong financial performance over its initial two year. It followed by, a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of going public (IPO) for JetBlue. The paper later provided an insight analysis of the company comparison multiples valuations (EBIT and PE multiples valuations) and the discounted cash flows to value JetBlue’s share price. It reached a conclusion that JetBlue Airways IPO should be in a range of $25 to $26 per share. By: Tam Huynh (24675512) Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 The Airline Industry and JetBlue 2 3.0 JetBlue’s Going Public 2 3.1 The Advantages of going public 3 3.2 The Disadvantage 3 4.0 JetBlue’s Valuation 3 4.1 The comparable Companies Analysis 3 4.1.1 P/E Multiple 3 4.1.2 EBIT Multiple 4 4.2 Discounted Cash Flow Analysis 5 4.2.1 Weighted Average Cost of Capital 5 4.2.2 Discounted Cash Flow Share Price Valuation 5 5.0 Recommendations and Conclusions 5 References 7 1.0 Introduction The terrorist attacks of September 2011 had a severe...
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...well. Investing in children's health has many benefits, including improved development, improved school performance, and long-term savings in health care costs. Healthy children have more opportunities to succeed in schools and are more likely to become healthy, productive adults. Nurses are frontline powerful authority figures in assessing the health issues, finding out the major contributing factors related to the issues, and educating the children about healthy life style to improving the health and well-being. The objective of children’s health is to ensure that appropriate programs and resources are in place to provide prompt effective assistance to preserve and improve the health of the future generation. Health Assessment Good health is a matter of great concern, and keeping children healthy is vital for proper growth and development. Children are one of our nation’s most precious resources and children are going to be our future leaders. Therefore, giving them better education and better health care are key components in succeeding in their life and improving the nation’s wealth and health. The physical and emotional health experienced by a child plays a pivotal role in the overall development and well-being of the entire family. The overall health of the child is depending upon how we take care of it. Although most of the nation’s children are healthy and succeed in school, many are not enjoying optimal health and well-being and are not reaching...
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...Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH ANALYSIS PART II Community Health Analysis Part II Patricia Thomas Thomas Edison State College Public Health Nursing NUR-443-NU001 Betty Daniels December 6, 2014 Community Health Analysis Part II Gap in Care or Service In Part I of my Community Health Analysis project I identified that the teenage pregnancy rate for the community of Asbury Park was more than twice that of the state, or nationally: Mother’s Age Live Births | Asbury Park2010 | NJ2010 | US2010 | 14 – 19 | 9.2% | 3.5% | 3.4% | As the Community Public Health Nurse, this is a topic I am going to try to tackle as I feel teen pregnancies have a snowball effect on the teen as well as the entire community. According to a government publication called Find Youth Info, only fifty percent of teen mothers have a high school diploma or GED, compared with ninety percent of adolescents who did not give birth; only ten percent had a two or four year college degree, and; teen fathers had a thirty percent lower incidence of graduating from high school than those that are not fathers (“Teen Pregnancy“, 2014, p. 1). Additionally, a sexually active teen increases their risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, and the pregnant teen may encounter health risks and complications due to the pregnancy. The children born to teen mothers are also at a disadvantage from the start. They have a higher risk of (“Teen Pregnancy“, p. 1): - Infant mortality. - Lower birth rate....
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...and a grasp of complex change. Do you agree with them? In my opinion, she is very accurate about most company’s culture being about maximizing profits at all cost. For example, the chocolate maker Nestle maximized profits to shareholders by exploiting child slave labor in West African cocoa farms. According to Collingsworth, “Nestle crossed a very bright line and proceeded in bad faith. It’s clear the only way they are going to change is if they get smacked”. In the end, the Nestle leaders of the firm should have followed the curriculum set by Professor Sandra Waddock’s. Thereby, allowing them to acknowledge that taking advantage of cheap labor wages in another country is very unethical. They should have concurred that the ethical action was to provide a living paying wage to the workers producing the chocolate. As a result, the firm would generate a little less profit to benefit the society rather than the shareholders of the company. What are the strengths of Professor Waddock’s analysis? In my opinion, the main strengths of Professor Waddock’s analysis is it emphasizes the importance of ethics, allows the readers to see another alternative, and reminds us the possible consequences of poor accountants. The basic definition of ethics...
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...Topic School Education - Private Participation for Educating Rural India Title of the Project Private Education in Rural India: Status and Opportunity Kripal Singh Niranjan, Private Education in Rural India: Status and Opportunity I. Introduction: World Bank statistics found that fewer than 40 percent of adolescents in Rural India attend secondary schools. The Economist reports that half of 10-year-old rural children could not read at a basic level, over 60% were unable to do division, and half dropped out by the age 14. According to this criterion, the 2011 census holds the National Literacy Rate to be around 74%.Government statistics of 2001 also hold that the rate of increase in literacy is more in rural areas than in urban areas, so we need to focus on rural areas and special attention goes to female education because it is still less than male literacy rate. Private Education in India: According to current estimates, 70% Population of India lives in rural area, making the government the major provider of education. However, because of poor quality of public education, 27% of Indian children are privately educated. According to some research, private schools often provide superior results at a fraction of the unit cost of government schools. However, others have suggested that private schools fail to provide education to the poorest families. Most of the private schools provide central board education not state board to maintain their quality. ...
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...Film Analysis: Waiting For Superman Essay In the film Waiting for Superman, the filmmakers investigate schools where there are low expectations of student achievement. Some of the social factors seen in the film that contribute to non-functioning educational environments are Income, school location, neighborhood.. It seems that families in poverty or with low incomes are not interested in learning. They feel like they have been hit with the short end of the stick. The schools are generally over crowded with few good teachers. When there's a great public school there is not enough space for every child in the neighborhood. Children are stuck in low achieving schools because of how the school districts are divided. A lot of children end up in poor public schools because their parents do not possess the income that it takes to send them to a private school. Since 1971 education cost has increased from $4,300 to more than $9,000 per student. As seen in Bianca's case, her mother cannot afford to pay for her tuition and Daisy's father is unemployed. These kids are forced into "bad education." Some students do not have any aspirations. They live in a neighborhood full of crime therefore their main focus is survival instead of learning. Minority kids between 5th and 7th grade go from being B students to D students. As they get older their grades drop so they feel like they are not going anywhere. Sixty eight percent of inmates in Pennsylvania are high school dropouts. The average inmates...
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