Educational attainment in the United States

Richardson (1994, p. 5) concludes his study by making the observation that “... mature students were rather more likely than younger students to adopt a deep approach or a meaning orientation towards their academic work, and .... were conversely less likely than younger students to adopt a surface approach or a reproducing orientation.” Other determinants of academic performance not discussed above include self-motivation, family income, and parents’ level of education. While a positive…

culture and ethnicity may affect a person's physical and psychological health? Nurses often work with diverse populations with complexity in health and psychosocial problems, assisting them to promote wellness, whether regarding their mental or physical states, their environments, or their social habits, lifestyles, and choices. Nurses need to examine ways their cultural background may influence nursing care when working with patients from different cultural and ethnic groups. The article of…

For the United States, it was incredibly difficult to be raised in a period of sustained prosperity and consumption and respond to these hard times efficiently. American political attitudes and institutions adapted as needed to the horrific events. The focus of this paper is to relate functionalism and the Great Recession with one another, comparing and contrasting Durkheim’s ideas with what took place in America several years ago. Durkheim noted that function can mean either “a system of…

Our Sleep Sleep affects our daily lives in physical and mental ways. Also, getting enough sleep can help us to have a superior family structure, better socioeconomic status, and improve our health. Not only that, sleep is the best way to recover energy. Sleep is important for our well-being. Sleep quality and amount can change according races. Dr. Fuller-Rowell is professor in the college of human sciences at auburn University and has done tons of research about sleep. (“Thomas…

Rachael Berridge Professor Hohman English 100 4 December 2015 Literacy can mean different things to different people, but there is no denying the more common meaning. Jeff Magee, a teacher, said “Literacy is an essential aspect of our everyday lives that is embedded in our activities, social interactions and relationships. It is not only the ability to read and write, but to comprehend.” If you are able to comprehend more, the more successful you can be. Literacy dictates each and everyone’s…

As the Presidential General Election approaches a new feat needs to be addressed: the growing minority population and the political issues they are most connected with. These issues have become increasingly salient with the recent attention brought to illegal immigration and the Black Lives Matter Movement. In light of this political climate, the GOP has reached a point in U.S. history where it needs to expand its’ base and focus on minority groups. The changing population demographics are the…

Introduction The importance of getting an education is more crucial now than it ever has been in the past. At least 25% of employees in job markets in many areas of the United States have graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree. In some states that percentage increases to 35% or higher (Dill, Forbes). Knowing that job markets are extremely competitive combined with the truth spoken in the Family: A Proclamation to the World, that fathers and mothers are expected to be “responsible to provide the…

Francisco State University), friends and relatives accessible to the researcher via social media avenues, and business professionals contacted from the researcher’s personal networks. Furthermore, participants were also selected because they meet the following criteria: were at least 18 years of age, identified as being members of the female gender, and were employed in a full-time capacity (averaging 32 hours of work per week). These individuals were recruited from San Francisco State…

High School Dropouts This crisis of the drop out is been continuing for each year. “Dropping out of high school culminates a long-term process of withdrawing from school and has profound social and economic consequences for students, their families, and their communities” (Jolivette). The standard is to get many teachers to reduce high school dropout rates in the U.S . The rates are too high and the results. This is very high and the outcomes. such a high rate are to great…

have abortions later in their pregnancies than do White women and women of other races. The strong influence that Black women have on abortion depends on age, country, or area of ancestry or origin, level of acculturation, socioeconomic status and educational and occupational…