American Association of State Colleges and Universities

response to your announcement of a search for a Vice President, Instruction (#20445) at Lone Star College-Tomball. The announcement of this search drew my attention because I am familiar with Lone Star College, and I believe my background and experience provide an excellent fit with the credentials you seek. I have a keen interest in promoting Lone Star College’s vision Lone Star College of being “a model college globally recognized for achieving exceptional levels of success in student…

Post University (Waterbury, CT) Established in 1890, Post University used to be a school to train students in bookkeeping, shorthand and typing. It started offering four-year degrees in 1976 in order to assist returning Vietnam veterans, offering programs with companies including Cigna and Johnson and Johnson shortly after. The university offers over 100 degree programs in total and has over 7,000 students in attendance. Each of Post University’s 4 academic colleges, The Malcolm Balridge…

“Revamping Community Colleges to Improve Graduation Rates,” Alina Tugend writes about the college student dropout rate and the effects getting in the way of a rising number of graduates. Tugend is correct in saying that community colleges should restore their system to improve graduation numbers. Some community colleges are already improving their system by lowering cost of attendance, requiring less remedial classes, and offering more personal advice to students. Some community colleges are…

Nursing career requirements in the US are inconvenient for students with previous educational experience and international medical graduates. Regardless of their educational credits from other colleges and universities, their previous medical knowledge and skills, besides the cultural diversity needed to take care of the growing minorities; these national and foreign nursing students face many barriers in their attempt to continue studying a professional health career in the US. One of the…

David Blackwell David’s full name is David Harold Blackwell. He is the oldest child out of four. He was born on April 24, 1919 in Centralia, Illinois, and died on July 8, 2010 in Berkeley, California. David Blackwell is the most popular African American Mathematician. Southern Illinois was racist toward black community back then, but David said he was lucky to go to a mix school, instead of going to the only black students school. He understands algebra and trigonometry but he doesn't find…

The University of Florida, a public, sea-grant, space-grant, and land-grant research university {founded|set up|proven} in 1853, enrolls more than 49, 900 students. Consistently ranked among the top universities in the United States, the {University or college|College or university|School} of Florida offers more than 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. A member of the {Condition|Express|Point out} University System of {Fl|California|Sarasota}, the university has {sixteen|of…

in healthcare (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). I began taking this journey after a diverse background in nursing which was appropriate since my career goal is to seek a leadership role as an independent practicing nurse practitioner. Health care policy has an influence on every aspect in the delivery of care, such as health disparities, cultural sensitivity, access to care, ethics, equity, social justice and quality of care (American Association of Colleges of Nursing,…

much education at the colleges back then. The role of nursing has changed over the decades. Now, nurses are not cast out by people. They are considered intelligent and very helpful. Nurses do a number of different things for their patients. Nurses take time caring for their patients and improve…

Psychologists' work environments vary by place of employment in different states. For example, counseling psychologists in private practice frequently have their own offices and set their own hours according to their personal schedules. However, they usually offer evening and weekend hours to accommodate their clients personal…

else of social changes that contribute to the issue of socioeconomic class so much that these social changes shape our Kansas State University community perspectives as much as our state and country perspectives. Besides, the issue of socioeconomic class make me reflect daily on where we are going and what we see as students in Kansas State University, as part of both the state of Kansas and the United…