Faculty

teaching, research, and service to the community and offers academic excellence at the institution and national level (Manning, 2013). Ultimately, GPU supports a learner-centered environment and employs a system of checks and balances that empowers faculty autonomy and…

Choosing an ideal MD program is a difficult process. Some of the factors to consider during the vetting process are academic programs and opportunities that the college offers, location and existing student-faculty population. These elements are important to make the learning process fluent especially during medical school as you want give 110% without any other distractions. After doing research, I think the MD program offered at George Washington University matches the qualities of a…

involvement, and demographic variables.” Student-centered elements influencing retention may be academic aptitude and campus involvement of the student. Tinto (1997) established “college grade point average, hours studied per week, and perceptions of faculty were related to persistence” (Campbell & Mislevy, 2013). Other risk factors influencing attrition rates are race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic levels, as well as student disability and mental illness (O’Keefe, 2013). Not only do…

Stoicism is a type of philosophy that declares that the fundamentals of moral values derive from knowledge. Stoics couldn’t effectively teach philosophy to their students because philosophy as a whole is interwoven and blended together making it far too complex to comprehend all at once (De Lacy 1). Epictetus is a philosopher who studied Stoicism in Greece and agreed with the common belief of other Stoic philosophers that in order for students to grasp philosophy they needed to split it into…

As a student at Olivet College many people hear about what is often known as the world class insurance program, how great the faculty is, and how great the job placement in the insurance industry is. These are just words to several people who do not truly understand the Olivet College difference. My experience at Olivet College has prepared me for a career in the insurance industry in various different ways. Whether it was from assisting me in my decision to become an insurance major, pushing me…

Immanuel Kant’s interpretation of Copernicus in cosmology states that the latter observed movements not in the objects of the heavens but in their observer. In relation to this, Kant rejects the traditional theory that the subject must conform to the objects. In his Copernican Revolution, Kant introduced a way of thinking regarding the relation of the human mind to the objective world. A powerful method of moral reasoning is established as Kant explains how both rationalism and empiricism…

Standard 1: Student Learning Results. Student Learning Result could be defined, as a continuous process of data and information collection, analysis and interpretation to know what objective that student will achieve of educational process. Therefore, the student will assess based on these knowledge.
 A point of strength for me is being able to work with the school’s team to develop a strategy to raise the academic level of students for a more suitable learning environment. During I worked…

Work life balance is a balance between flow and time, the flow of managing time by use of technology and setting priorities in life. The aim of this paper is to study gender perception (what faculties interpret) and perspective (how faculties view) on work life balance. The study is descriptive and pure quantitative in nature. It is based on the primary method of data collection. The variables considered in work domain are organisational policies, organisation culture, subordinate support; the…

for Global Engagement), is a professor in the Department of Government and Walsh School of Foreign Service, serves as the founding director of Georgetown's Berkley Center of Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and works with the senior leadership, faculty and administrators in order to strengthen global partnerships as well as initiatives, to discover new opportunities, and to provision the international aspect of teaching, research as well as outreach activities. Lisa Brown, J.D. (Vice…

Aristotle (384BC-322BC) was a Greek philosopher who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western philosophy and science. One of his most influential works is the Nicomachean Ethics, where he puts forward a theory of happiness that is still pertinent today. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher who has had a considerable influence on contemporary moral and political philosophy. Both Aristotle and John Stuart Mill develop their ethical theories around…