When I look at the area in which I work, I believe the university is ready for change. When I first started at the university, we had a diversity plan. In the diversity plan, we only assessed or reviewed the enrollment and retention rates of African-American students who were native citizens of Kentucky. I had the opportunity to work with other state institution representatives to develop a diversity policy, which was more inclusive. We defined diversity as follows: Diversity, as a…
Measure for Measure is considered a comedy, which is sometimes misleading. Some critics consider the play as being the "dark" element of comedy for its bitterness and cynicism. The play certainly raises important moral issues in its detailed descriptions of Christianity. Measure for Measure can also be called a problem play, because it brings up a difficulty and then seeks to solve it. However, the difficulty lays in misunderstandings and hidden identities as it the moral question of the play.…
Subscription services have come to dominate academic publishing. Subscription-based services used for academic purposes are commonly referred to as research databases. They are particularly useful for retrieving articles in academic journals, repositories, archives, or other group of scientific or other articles. Academic journals consist of present original research, review articles, and book reviews in different scholarly disciplines. In academic journals, new research can be introduced and…
The sponsor’s of this program graduate school, provost office of academic affairs wants to get a report of how the program has helped the graduate students in motivating, training, mentoring them to be future faculty. The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program is offered by center which has to provide…
In recent years, an influx of international students in the U.S. have caused many colleges to face new challenges in terms of accommodating the new breeds of student. Devon Haynie (2014) claims that according to the 2014 Open Doors Report on International Educational, U.S. accommodates more of the world’s 4.5 million students from overseas than any other places around the world. Also, around 4 percent of the total college students in the United States consists of international students. Since…
On August 27, 2014, six men were arrested for conducting a human trafficking ring in Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. (The Associated Press par 1). Of these men, only one, Ronald Provost of Foxboro, is native to Wisconsin; he was charged with child enticement (The Associated Press par 2). The other five men were arrested for prostitution (The Associated Press par 3). Human Trafficking, according to the advisers of the Do Something campaign, is using force to make people do…
Before even crossing the threshold of their newfound campus, a college student is bombarded with situations to test their will. Entrance exams, interviews, putting together a portfolio, and before even that, taking one of the most important tests of one 's life in the SATs. This assault is designed to determine the compatibility of a prospective student to their given program. The ones who make it through the application process and begin moving forward need to be determined to take their…
production in the liver Noble-Bell G, Cox A 2014). The presence of Kussmaul respirations indicates the possible presence of metabolic acidosis as these represent the body’s attempt to maintain a normal pH in the presence of metabolic acidosis (Foster & Provost, 2012). If inappropriate action was not taken at this time, John would have developed cerebral edema or gone into a diabetic coma and died (Craig et al.,…
Retroactive Withdrawal November 14th 2017 I started having really bad panic attacks for no reason. I made the decision to go see a therapist the following day. I made the decision to see a therapist because I did not want to go on medicine. I thought I could talk through my problems. November 15th 2017 I went to the therapist (Joyce Mitchell). I explained my problems, she thought it would be better if I went to a doctor and got put on medicine. That same day I went to the family doctor Leigh…
During your lifetime there are many events that are memorable and influential. Individuals all have a basic memory processor including encoding, storage and retrieval. There are also those times in life when you behave in a not so admirable way and wish you could go back and change some of those actions and thoughts. In endeavoring to search for who we are, one will also discover the need to affiliate with other or place before they believe in themselves; this is evident in individual’s explicit…