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During the Portfolio II period, I implemented suggestions and recommendations from the review committee’s previous portfolio review’s feedback, engaged with the professional community, and continued to reflect on my experiences, coursework, and goals. Whereas the coursework and experiences during Portfolio I opened my mind to new possibilities and research interests, the coursework and experiences during the Portfolio II period guided me to focus on the topic of first generation college students…

xecutive Report: University of Southern California (USC) Summer Bridge Program Overview The Academic Counseling Services (ACS) is a unit of the Undergraduate Programs in the Office of the Provost. The purpose of the ACS is to identify and assist specific populations in an effort to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students at the University of Southern California (USC). In collaboration with academic partners, ACS offers general academic advising, tutoring services,…

Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) [Aquoi, Louvain, Paris, Ypres]. Jansen tended to support the Augustinians in a struggle against the Jesuits, whom he accused of granting absolution without sufficient regard for the disposition of penitents. He maintained that the utter corruption of human nature made man helpless, without free will, and completely dependent upon the grace of God for salvation. He and his followers (the Jasenists) were noted for their severity and moral rigorism. Jasen was…

see her happy. He wishes the best for her. I see this as a story of after a couple broke up. She broke up with him but he cares for her so much that he wishes all good possible things to come her way.” (Natalie). But Rebecca Wehner and Mattingly Provost had a different opinion about it in their interview. Mattingly says “Carlos is wishing the reader a happy new year.” (Mattingly). The repetition used in this poem is shown in stanza 3 when Drummond says “...For you,¨ He also uses it in stanza 4…

Rhetoric is language “designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience”. It is important to use rhetoric in order to effectively make an argument. In “Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age”, Cathy Davidson uses Pathos, Logos and Ethos to convince the reader that collaborative learning is a new way that can provide society with a great opportunity to advance in problem solving and learning. The author has established her credibility as a Professor for interdisciplinary…

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Honor Program 6 (HP VI) students held a film presentation of a documentary they created in celebration of Black History Month. The film explored racism in cartoons, social media, news, T.V., music, and even award shows. Not only did the documentary touch on the everyday struggles of the black community, but touched on racism of all cultures observed globally. In addition, the students highlighted in their documentary how media has skewed the facts and has- and still…

Below are recommendations based on the results of this study. The researcher plans to share these recommendations with the Office of the Provost, the Office of Student and Academic Services, the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development and any other offices or departments that can benefit from this information. The researcher will also present the findings of this study during various conferences…

A committee of scholars appointed by Boston University concluded in a report to the university's provost that, "but that Dr. King plagiarized in the dissertation by appropriating material from sources not explicitly credited in notes, or mistakenly credited, or credited generally and at some distance in the text from a close paraphrase or verbatim quotation…

Introduction One of the many ways by which the federal government of the United States offers transparency to taxpayers is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Established in 1967, this Act was designed to “keep citizens in the know about their government.” (United States Department of Justice, “What is FOIA?”, n.d.) Sadly, many American citizens are unaware that they can request any information from a federal agency as long as such disclosure does not fall under the nine exempted…

Affording a college education can be quite difficult for a majority of people seeking higher learning. Although Financial Aid has been able to help millions of Americans pay for school, there is still a large number of people who are unable to receive its benefits, namely international students. As a result of this, many of them do not come to the United States for school, because it appears too daunting to pay. It is obvious that there would be a number of ramifications that would happen if the…