Aging Population's Impact on Adult Education
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A 3 page research paper that discusses a prevalent demographic trend that is having a tremendous impact on adult education is the rapidly increasing number of older adults. On average, every "50 seconds another 50 baby boomers celebrate their 50th birthdays" (Morris and Ballard, 2003, p. 167). Baby Boomers are the generation born between 1946 and 1964 and they constitute one of the largest segments of the American population. Due to the progression of this demographic bump through the lifespan, the number of adult education programs for midlife and older adults has expanded tremendously over the course of the last 2 decades, with many programs moving beyond the traditional subject matters, such as recreational activities (Morris and Lane, 2003). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Alcohol & Academic Performance
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This 6 page paper addresses the relationship between drinking and academic performance. The thesis that alcohol does indeed affect performance is backed by literature that shows GPA is lower for those who consume large amounts of the substance. Other variables are addressed in this sociological analysis of the problem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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American Colleges Should Rank Themselves.
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(5 pp) Current college accreditation methods must change. College accreditation started off with the right idea, but now college ivy now hides its original goal and clouds an educational institution's mission statement as well as its methods towards accomplishing its perceived goals. Part of this murkiness is that the evaluation team or accreditors evaluate a college based on collegiality and assistance, avoiding all hint of comparisons among supposed equals. Comparisons of multiple factors are necessary if parents and students are to base their educational needs on informed choices. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Americans With Disabilities Act & Higher Education Institutions
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An 8 page paper. There was a time then students who were blind or wheelchair-bound were not allowed to enroll in numerous colleges in this country. The ADA of 1990 changed that. This essay discusses the changes in college enrollment since this law was passed. The writer discusses the kinds of services that are provided. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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An Assessment of Curriculum Design Strategies
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This 12 page paper looks at different curriculum design models outlines their framework and assesses their strengths and weaknesses for application in educational establishments. The models include the product or objectives model associated with Tyler, but subsequently improved, Hirst’s curriculum content model, the process model associated with Stenhouse and the situational model Lawton and Skilbeck. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEcurdes.rtf

An Assessment of Nontraditional Students in Higher Learning
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A 3 page overview of a 2002 report issued by the U.S. Department of Education that assesses the presence of non-traditional students in institution of higher learning. The author contends that this type of information has been collected, analyzed, reanalyzed, digested, re-digested, and vomited up for years. What is needed is a common sense approach to devise methods to accommodate nontraditional students. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Analysing the Impact of Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) on Overseas Bilingual Students' Learning in a University Setting: Problems and Prospects
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These 8 page paper is a proposal to examine the current and potential influence of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE’s) on international students in the university setting. The paper presents an introduction, literature review, problem statements and justification for research, methodology and an indication of some expected results. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Annotated Bibliography/Research on School Violence
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A 10 page annotated bibliography pertaining to school violence that lists the citation for each source and then offers a brief summation and analysis of the study article. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: kh10sv.rtf

Apollo Group: University of Phoenix
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A 5 page paper discussing the grand strategy of the Apollo Group, of which University of Phoenix is a part. The advantages of the grand strategy far outweigh the disadvantages. As one of the first organizations to offer extensive distance education using the Internet as a medium, University of Phoenix is the country's leading online university. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSstratApollo.rtf

Application Essay: Community College Dean
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A 3 page application essay for the position of academic dean at a community college. The community college occupies a position from which it can act as a liaison agent between business and the local community. Changing roles enable the community college to become a facilitator for community development, thereby contributing to positive growth of the entire surrounding area. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeduCommunCol.rtf

Applying TQM In Higher Education Institutions
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A 9 page paper that explores the application of total quality management principles in a hypothetical higher education institution. The writer first provides an overview of Deming's principles, then discusses the problems facing the college of business at a university. A framework is then designed that utilizes the principles. Comments from writers who do not believe TQM can work in this setting are reported along with a dispute of these comments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGtqmuni.rtf

Are Principals Prepared for the Business Aspects of Running a School?
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This 13 page paper provides an overview of a study of principals regarding whether they were adequately prepared to handle the business aspects of running a school in their college or university coursework. This paper integrates a methodology for the study and an approach to understanding the overall issue of the changing role of the school principal. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Article Analysis/School Leaders
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A 3 page article summary and critique that discusses a study conducted by Bush, O’Brien and Spangler (2005). This study evaluated a leadership program, which was formulated to follow the parameters of the Tri-dimensional Model of Administrator Preparation developed by Daresh and Playko in 1992. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Asian American Studies at the University Level
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This 5 page report discusses the historical, political, and social development of Asian American studies at the university and college level. As with virtually any academic pursuit, the world of Asian American studies has developed, changed, redefined itself and continued to move forward as its own unique, educational discipline. The movement supporting ethnic and women's studies bean in the late 1960s as university people -- students, faculty, and staff, began to recognize that university curricula generally did not consider or appropriately respond to the diversity of American society, especially racial minorities, women, and the working class. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assessing and Enhancing Research Design Validity
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An 8 page paper discussing descriptive research design. Research in education is unique among disciplines employing empirical methods in that it so frequently addresses issues that are mutable according to populations, administrative structure, external societal conditions or other qualities. Well-designed research can stand as relevant for decades, but lesser efforts may or may not be useful in practice at any time. The purpose here is to evaluate the methodology described in this paper, evaluating it on several points. Those points include internal and external validity, construct validity and statistical conclusion validity. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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