Council of Independent Colleges

Concordia University – Portland Concordia University is a private, non-profit liberal arts university that caters to Christian students, but welcomes students of any faith. Concordia University is nestled in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. Portland is considered to be one of the greenest, versatile and most eclectic cities in the country. Concordia University is located in northwestern Portland, which features unique restaurants, art galleries, eccentric shops and seasonal events.…

is called the Jiffy Lube University (JLU) and has received accreditation from the American Council on Education. In 2012, employees could earn up to seven hours of college credit in technical and management courses (Jiffy Lube, 2012). However, under Kenneth Barber’s leadership, Jiffy Lube qualified for an American Council on Education re-accreditation, and now employees can earn up to 25 hours of college credits (Training Magazine,…

allow it to lapse to remain certified and to use the NP-C credential earned. AANPCP’s certification and recertification programs are accredited by the ABSNC of the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS), formerly known as the ABNS Accreditation Council. ABNS is the only national peer review program for professional specialty nursing certification. Accreditation by ABSNC demonstrates AANPCP’s compliance with the ABSNC Accreditation Standards, the highest quality standards available in the…

By 1754, the colonies in America were not sovereign, as they did not have an independent economic system, political system, or a sufficient security system. Individual colonies each exhibited many aspects of sovereignty, but were not completely self-sufficient, and as a whole the colonies did not have a common goal in mind, meaning they were not united. Colonies such as Massachusetts were close to being sovereign while colonies such as Virginia were more tied to England. However, no single…

“Wellness is both a dynamic process of physical, mental, and spiritual optimization and integration and an outcome of that process” (Myers & Sweeney, 2007). The origins of wellness was discovered over 2,000 years ago by the teachings of Panacea and Hygeia. Panacea and Hygeia were the daughters of Aesculapais who was the ancient Greek God of healing. Panacea believed that the support of healing comes through treating existing illnesses. Hygeia was certain that educating positive ways of living…

social connections which leads to social capital and improved quality of life. Gilson and the National Council on Disability and Social Security Administration state, “There is evidence that completing almost any type of postsecondary education significantly improves an individual’s chances of securing meaningful employment” (qtd. in Sheppard-Jones 120). PS educational opportunities are college or university settings, career center settings or comprehensive transition programs…

event, and desensitising themselves to the horrific experiences they’ve had” he says. “So all the things that therapists already are doing are the right things according to this theory as well.” “We now have quite convincing evidence, from two independent laboratories, that you can, just by performing a cognitive task, produce a temporary virtual lesion in the hippocampus, during which time healthy, young undergraduate students show characteristics typically observed in amnesic patients,” added…

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 Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). According to Sarver, Cichra and Kline (2015), many hospitals, especially ones…

Imagine if you will, a classroom, it could be modern or traditional, there may be some desks with chairs attached or maybe a few round tables with seats all around them. No matter what comes to mind when you think of a classroom, there is usually a front of the room, and a teacher standing there. The front of the room is seen as a place of power; all students must pay attention to whoever if speaking at the front of the classroom. This is the usual scene in a classroom, a teacher talking and the…

The Royal College of Art has been named the world's driving college of Art and Design in the 2016 QS World University Subject Rankings. The RCA takes the top spot over top-positioning colleges including MIT, Stanford, Yale and Rhode Island School of Design. This is the second support of the RCA in the same number of weeks: the Chancellor George Osborne promised £54 million in a week ago's financial plan to manufacture another Royal College of Art (RCA) grounds in north Battersea including a…