University of Missouri System

Imagine a university professor accuses a student of cheating on a final exam. Before the student can defend herself, the university decides to expel the student. Understandably, the student decides she wants to challenge the expulsion as a violation of her due process rights. Can the student challenge the action? Surprisingly, the answer depends on which federal circuit the student lives in. In 1975, the United States Supreme Court held that state law could provide primary students a…

Is it a waste of money? Does it prevent violence? The reason why police body cameras has been pushed to the courts is because of the Ferguson shooting in Missouri. August 9, 2014 Michael Brown an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. But little over a week later, the failure of a Staten Island grand jury to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his fatal use…

testing nationwide” so even with eyewitness testimonies 75% of them get overturned or proven wrong in court, according to the innocent project. In “Ferguson is the wrong tragedy” written by McWhorter, the author talked about the recent case in Ferguson Missouri and how poorly the media portrayed the tragedy. The media relied on witness testimonies from when the event happened. The main witness was Michael Browns’ friend, who is obviously going to take Browns’ side. “We are told that this tragic…

According to Klein (2012), information laundering is, “the process in which, malicious speech becomes legitimized through discrimination across the internet” (p. 427). This theory may help guide further research in looking at the systems at which racism is distributed electronically. It might prove to be important to look at the process of how racism moves around from person to person on the internet. Klein’s research further addresses gaps in current research that he looks at hate…

study at Tufts University found that even with a TV show on mute displaying scenes with no explicit discrimination, the nonverbal body language of black and white actors interacting was enough to cause watchers to test higher for implicit bias afterward.” With the presence of such a mindset, it is unequivocally impossible for the practice of equality to be one which is present in the United States from the end of the Civil Rights Movement to the present. Jennifer Richeson, a Yale University…

influenced on, so many people have multiple different views and has proven nearly impossible to make a compromise so far. Some believe more gun control laws are the answer, others pull more towards the mental state of shooters, and blame the mental health system for not having more control over their…

President Obama 's plan is to make the two-year college free for all the Americans. The students do not even need to sign up for the FAFSA or any other student aid applications for that two years. Then it shows the studies by the University of Georgetown that support this argument by statistics and facts. It says that U.S economy will have a shortfall of educated students by 2020 if the routine stays the same. They mention that the requirements for jobs are increasing beyond High School…

Positive Influence Positive Leadership in the workplace is essential to produce phenomenal results. Teams of employees receiving positive reinforcement have the best chance for success. One often hears the negativity associated with the workplace. When one hears positive feedback on a consistent basis, one will eventually be conditioned to quality work performance consistently. It is essential for leaders to utilize this positive reinforcement as they strive to develop their employees. In…

Nurse Midwife; one who prepares the mother for birth, delivers the newborns for low risk patients, and provides care for the newborn and mother after the birth; is a career I wish to pursue due to the salary, educational requirements, and the work environment. I have always wanted to pursue a career in the medical field that would allow me to be in the company of people who seek my knowledge and assistance. After researching nurse-midwifery, I have reached the conclusion nurse-midwifery is the…

unarmed African American teenager in February, 2012. The victim, Trayvon Martin, was profiled by the shooter for wearing baggy clothing, even though Trayvon was just out to get some snacks. Two years later a similar incident occurred in Ferguson, Missouri. An unarmed Black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by a White police officer in Ferguson, and the officer responsible was not indicted for his actions. These two events spurred the Black Lives Matter movement, first by igniting a…