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Leaders possess integrity. An ability to be transparent, honest, and reliable are key to a leader’s success. A leader must be competent, decisive and accountable. He or she must be able to make and stand behind their decisions regardless of the result. I believe leaders are only as great as the team they lead. A great leader is experienced and secure in who they are and are visionaries. Leaders effectively communicate and guide passionate individuals with various abilities and personalities by…

A big question many have during their high school years is “if they should pursue a college education?” College education now is expensive and some feel that it is not worth the cost when there is work available right after high school. Having a college education though can change an individual 's life forever. With an education an individual is prepared to take on all of the problems they will face in the world. To me pursuing a college education is important because with a college education…

The occupation of being a psychologist includes a whole lot of studying, but to be a researcher in psychology you 'll need a doctoral degree! For just being a psychologist you’ll only need to have a PhD. There are 4 years of college then there is 5 years of graduate school. As for a doctoral psychologist you will need a PsyD, including for clinical, school, and health it will require a 1 year internship which is part of the doctoral program. The Psy.D is a clinical degree and is often used for…

Subscription services have come to dominate academic publishing. Subscription-based services used for academic purposes are commonly referred to as research databases. They are particularly useful for retrieving articles in academic journals, repositories, archives, or other group of scientific or other articles. Academic journals consist of present original research, review articles, and book reviews in different scholarly disciplines. In academic journals, new research can be introduced and…

These days in society a college education is no longer a choice or privilege like it used to be in the past, but instead an essential part of life these days. We are raised to believe that one needs higher education in order to succeed in life. I believe that everyone should attend at least a minimum of two years of college. The main reason why most people go to college is not because they want to but because they have to. All throughout high school you 're pressured by your guidance…

In 2011, 450,000 students signed up for three online computer science classes that Stanford University offered at no cost (Vardi, 2012). Shortly afterwards, it became a talked about topic in higher education (Billsberry, 2013). The popularity of MOOCs (massive open online courses) has kept growing ever since (Vardi, 2012). The amount of knowledge that is now being shared with MOOCs in unprecedented (Billsberry, 2013). Prestigious colleges such as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford have partnered…

Vollmer is credited as the “Father of Law Enforcement” (Bond, 2014, para. 4). He was the first Police Chief of the Berkeley Police Department in California and a huge proponent of formalizing criminal justice studies into an academic discipline. It was also during the 60 's and 70 's, presidential commissions emphasized better police standards and training (Bond, 2014). Formal education is good for the individual and brings credibility to the institution. However, there is…

can be extremely difficult. As my mental stability got worse my attendance plummeted my first semester as a sophomore, causing my grades to plummet hard and myself to fail Linear Algebra. I met with Joel Ross, my academic advisor to discuss my options for the first semester on Academic probation, and how I can advance myself to not fail another class. We talked about my options and I worked a schedule out with him that had me taking an English/Fine Arts course, a required CS course, Math210 a…

For as long as I can remember, I have taken much pride in the fact that I have very good common sense. I’m pretty certain that this is in part due to the fact that at a very young age I had to pretty much fend for myself. I grew up one of eight children in a Hispanic family. We were quite poor, although I didn’t know it then. There were eight children, my mother and father. We lived in a Hispanic neighborhood on the east side of Chicago. Ten of us lived in a four bedroom, one bathroom apartment…

BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing According to The Mosby 's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health professions (2012), the BSN is “an academic degree awarded on satisfactory completion of a 4-year course of study in a college or university”. Nurses with their baccalaureate degrees have the elementary knowledge of the processes of research and evidence-based practice. They are able to critically apprise research material and apply it in practice. They can also assist with research (American…