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In her 2015 New York Times article, “Free Tuition is Not the Answer,” author Catharine Hill criticizes the free tuition plan proposed by some politicians saying that the plan wouldn’t work for low- and moderate-income families. Hill, the president and professor of economics at Vassar College, provides the Department of Education’s online College Scorecard as her source, Hill declares, “...too many institutions, both in the private and public sectors are not affordable for low- and…

Service learning is a reciprocal relationship between students and communities1; the focus is on enhancing the learning of all involved: the student, the teacher and the community, all of whom learn something from each other2. Students’ exposure to real life situations outside the classroom allows for application of theory as well as a prime opportunity for the student to work one on one in settings that are non contrived. This allows the student to develop and hone problem solving and critical…

fantasize about “free community college” definitely hit that trigger. And because you are all smart people, it should hit you all in the same way…

service experiences: that meet actual community needs, that are coordinated in collaboration with the school and community, that are integrated into each young person’s academic curriculum, that provide structured time for a young person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity, that provide young people with opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real life situations in their own communities, that enhance what is…

In community policing, there are two key players, the community, and the police. In order to achieve community policing, there must be an equal amount of effort put forth by both parties. One component of community policing is “community partnership.” In the community partnership component, the primary goal is to create an atmosphere of trust between the police and the community’s citizens. Once trust has been established, the community becomes an active part of helping the police identify…

when this organization started to now is that they have found major success which has positively affected hundreds of communities from around the U.S. and the world. You can visit HCZ to learn about their model. HCZ looks to attain their goal to ensure that all their kids graduate from college. HCZ has refined its techniques in Central Harlem, one of the most destressed communities in NEW York City. The HCZ project began in an area of twenty-four blocks and serving only 3,600 children and…

Some very interesting topics that I have learned in this module are the different approaches and strategies that police use to implement their way of law enforcement. With community oriented policing a philosophy that has become much more mainstream in law enforcement agencies within the past 30-40 years or so, we see how departments began to change closer to how agencies behave today as compared to the professional crime fighters (Gardiner, 2017). I’ve observed how police agencies have used…

Bereaved Families of Ontario – Southwest Region is located in London, Ontario. It was founded in 1984 by a group of bereaved parents. It is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing support services to families that have suffered the death of a child. The consolers are all volunteers and often parents who have lost their own children. Their website is a great resource for bereaved parents and those who wish to help console. The layout is simple and information required is easy to…

Though Michigan’s community colleges date back to 1914, when the first junior college opened in Grand Rapids, the majority of the state’s 28 community colleges opened after 1955 (Kolins & Stackpole, 2010). Now, collectively, community colleges in Michigan educate approximately 45 percent of all students enrolled in public higher education in the state and as of 2011, 73 percent of all residents live within a community college district (IPEDS NCES, 2016; Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, &…

Once of the interesting aspects of fencing a home on a corner lot is the additional fencing restrictions that come with it. While you will need to confirm this with your particular council, many councils in Australia place a restriction on the height of front fences on a corner lot as a way to make sure motorists have an unobstructed view when driving around the corner. Brisbane City Council, for example, limits the height of a corner lot fence to one metre. Picket fences suit these fencing…