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be easy as long as Western countries continue to be a party in the trouble spots in the Islamic world. The University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole wrote in The Washington Post that the United States was fundamentally responsible for the creation and spread of the Islamic State. As Western countries escalate attacks on ISIS in Syria, terror threats will increase accordingly. You cannot do the same thing again and again and expect a different outcome each time. Augmented Western attacks on…

Differently...and Why. Richard Nisbett’s psychological and philosophical analysis in The Geography of Thought, is Nisbett’s way of “pushing the world in a certain direction” as he examines the pros and cons, of two very different societies: Asian and Western. Nisbett’s purpose is to examine why the world behaves as such and how different outlooks on life can skew an entire society. Nisbett uses comparison and contrast, studies and statistics, and exemplification, to explain how and why the…

I am writing to you to inform you of my interest in the Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing Pre-Licensure program at Western Governors University. After thoroughly exploring all of my options I have come to the conclusion that the Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing program at your institution is my best option because it suits my personal lifestyle with its flexibility, affordability, and innovative approach towards education. I haven’t always known I wanted to do nursing. I actually thought for a…

An excerpt from Fareed Zakaria’s ‘The Post-American World’ appeared in Newsweek in May of 2008. In this excerpt Zakaria asserts that “The post-American world is naturally an unsettling prospect for Americans, but it should not be. This will not be a world defined by the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else (Zakaria. pg 1).” With this powerful statement Zakaria is issuing a proclamation that America is not in decline, but that there are other countries narrowing the competitive…

student researcher at Western Governors University, wishes to conduct a study revolving around training staff members at C.S. Lewis Academy in different parent and family involvement strategies. Approval of the administration at C.S. Lewis Academy has been obtained prior to this announcement. By signing this consent form, you agree to participate in this study. The data collected will be used only for the purpose of Jane Webster’s capstone project at Western Governors University. Description…

The questionnaire was handed out to 53 Western Michigan University students. The questionnaires were given to classes at both the College of Engineer and Applied Science and Western Michigan University Main Campus. A copy of this questionnaire can be found in Appendix A. The majority of these questionnaires were taken five minutes before a class. The students were asked…

Meenakshi Durham from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa focused her studies on South Asian femininity. Durham states that the consequences of using South Asian traditions as trends are that they are “discarded arbitrarily, without consideration of their origins or meanings beyond the fashion…

Herbert Marcuse- Marcuse, Herbert. “Liberation from the Affluent Society.” July 27th 2016 The more money you make, the more likely you are to spend more. For us to be able to survive in our modern society we are enslaved to working every day to survive or live a certain lifestyle. The debate for the need to raise the middle class always seems to forget the lower class, for every election in North America we hear politicians argue about strengthening the middle class. Can a society have a…

historically, and the Classical education movement, a knowledge of Greek, Homer, and Latin has become considered the epitome of education. The Iliad’s adoption into the institution of education has placed it into tradition. In his book on the history of Western education, Edward J. Power stated that Hellenistic education followed a familiar cultural doctrine, prioritising…

do I answer that one? I had a real summer job for the first time, but only made around two thousand dollars. College, when inexpensive, costs thousands of dollars a year. According to the College Board the average cost of tuition at an in-state university is 8,893 dollars for the 2013-2014 year. Out of state jumps to 22,203 dollars, even if that college is closer to a future student. The…