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Review of the Literature A recent study conducted by Education Trust (2016) found that over the past decade, graduation rates for African American students improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for white students. However, because completion rates of African American students progressed at a slower and lower rate the graduation gap has grown. Of the 232 institutions studied 68.5 percent of the institutions had an African American student graduation rate increase, while 31.5 percent of…

There is a widespread belief that NASA is struggling to maintain funding to accomplish its mission, but there might be hope through the political process within Washington that NASA will gain what is needed to press forward (Leahy, B., 2006). Consequently, what would it take to continue our planetary exploration agenda? The values behind the space exploration program in the United States is undermined due to the funding required to maintain the program with the public sector. The cause of this…

What does it mean to be an American? I don’t feel like there will ever be two people that have the same opinion or thoughts on being an American. Life, each person’s individual experiences, beliefs and ideas define what it means for them to be and American. If you’ve never live anywhere else how would you truly know what it means to be and American vs an African, European, etc. Family, education, multiple culture, and technological advancement that what America means to me. America has played a…

To be an effective leader we need to understand our own style of leadership. My leadership style is transformational. A transformational leader is enthusiastic, innovative, charismatic, and serves as a mentor for subordinates (Deluga & Sauza, 1991). In this essay will discuss how characteristics of transformational can be applied in my workplace. I am surprised to find my assessment in this style, I feel that I my leadership style is procedural yet the results show I’m quite the opposite.…

War, it has been and occurring issues for decades and centuries. Two major events that struck and caused the United States to take part in war were, World War Two attacks on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces and the terrorist attacks of September eleventh (9/11). A presidential address was made for both attacks on the nation, one by President Roosevelt on the attacks on Pearl Harbor, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” and the other later in the years by President Bush, “A Great People Has Been…

Industrial Revolution, they controlled most of the wealth, and thought that since they or their parents worked hard to get it they deserved it. The Republican Party was corrupt at this time, and was more successful than the Democrats. All the Republican Presidents during this time period were corrupt in some way, and even the leaders of the Republican Party were corrupt, men like Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine. In fact, there was so much corruption that reformers were few and frowned upon…

Vargas 1 Broken Rights In December 5 1865, the 13th amendment was ratified it abolished slavery and granted freedom to the former slaves.. The amendment was followed by the 14th amendment which granted freedom to anyone born in the United States, former slaves included. After the Civil War, African American rejoined society as citizen, the 14th amendment which was issued was supposed to grant and protect those rights. This period after the Civil War was known as the Reconstruction Era.…

The Land of the Unfree The word “patriot” has changed in meaning throughout time; however it has always seemed to be defined as someone that vigorously supports their country. Within the last few decades terrorism has become a major issue and if it wasn’t for the creation of the USA Patriot Act in 2001, by President George W. Bush, we probably would have had a larger amount of terrorist attacks then we actually had. The Patriot Act has helped monitor foreign communications, as well as…

elections. The media plays a huge role when it comes to providing voters a platform about the political parties and their respective presidential candidates. From the Democratic parties we have Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, as the front runner for the Democratic Party. And from the Republican side we have the billionaire Ms. Donald Trump, as the front runner for the Republican Party. And throughout their candidacy, the media have covered their respective political…

Before, Fidel Castro became president there was a time where Cuba was like the rest of Latin America it held a religious foundation. The Communist Party ruled the island, so churches were closed, nationalized properties owned by a religious organization. Soon, little by little, religion made a comeback; the government eased restrictions on open displays of religion and even churches were reopened.…