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    According to the Marshall University course syllabus policy 2.1.10, every syllabus should include a “grid showing the following relationships: how each course student learning outcome will be practiced, and assessed, in the course.” (Marshall University Course Policy). Every student at Marshall University is required to take a first-year seminar (FYS) class. In this class, the course objectives are to encourage inquiry based thinking, information literacy, integrative thinking, intercultural thinking, and metacognitive thinking in students. Other universities such as Brown, an Ivy League school founded in 1764, and the University of Illinois believe all courses and course syllabi should reflect Bloom’s and Fink’s Taxonomies (see Figures 1 and…

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    Tjx Company Case Study

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    Introduction and case background TJX Companies Incorporated (TJX) was founded in 1976 and includes six separate business concentrating on the off-price segment of the apparel and home fashion retail market. Altogether, it has over 2,400 stores and 125,000 associates and is the largest such retailer in the United states. TJX focuses on obtaining branded goods at low prices by purchasing wholesale from manufacturers and excess stock from department and specialty stores. This allows TJX to sell…

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    and more than 65% have manger positions globally. In the U.S 32% have manager positions are members of ethnical diverse groups. I think that the company can improve on this by having a more diverse management. Also to continue celebrating diversity in the company. Community an inclusion company will be involved get involved in activities and mentoring on their own time. Some of the fundraising that TJMAXX is save the children that helps give programs that offer healthy food, books, and places to…

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    argue that having a dry campus that many students are being put at risk because of the University policies that urge students to leave campus when it comes to drinking. It has been said that Universities that choose to remain dry are risking the lives of the leaders of tomorrow for better statistics today. While this may seem excessive and a bit of an overreaction at first, there are statistics on this subject suggest otherwise. I spoke with University Officials, students,…

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    the knowledge I would gain from the book I finally decided to choose. In all honesty, the thought of reading a book about volunteering had me wondering how much someone could talk about volunteering without being repetitive or eventually losing my interest. The book I chose to write my book review assignment is called Wide-Open World and to say the least, this book managed to hold my attention and share such personal information that it was relatable. I couldn’t set the book down and ended up…

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    1908 Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was Norma Williams and William Marshall’s second child (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). His mother was an elementary school teacher who taught him the importance of an education. She encouraged Thurgood and his brother to learn and think for themselves. His father was a waiter at a whites-only country club who would frequently visit the courthouse on his way home and listen to local cases (“Thurgood Marshall”, 2015). William would then…

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    Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933. He established a private legal practice in…

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    Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. Growing up in Baltimore, Marshall experienced a lot of racial discrimination that shaped his passion for civil rights. The city he lived in had a death rate for African-Americans that was twice that of Caucasians, and due to separations of white and colored, Marshall was forced to go to an all-black grade school. One time he was unable to use the bathroom because all public restrooms were reserved for whites. Marshall's first…

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    Thurgood Marshall is arguably one of the most important Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States. Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, he graduated from Lincoln University and from Howard University Law School. Thurgood began his legal career at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Working his way up to Chief Legal Officer, Thurgood ran the effort to end racial segregation for the next twenty years. One of Thurgood’s most famous cases…

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    Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2nd, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland and died on January 24th, 1993 in Bethesda, Maryland. He was an American attorney who was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1967. He was the first African-American to have the position & served for 24 years, until 1991. Marshall studied law at Howard University. As counsel to the NAACP, he used the judiciary to promote equality for African Americans. He won the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954,…

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