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Dropout Rates in High Schools

go to college in the first place. As is noted above, these choices, and the factors influencing them, can vary radically between ...

Policy Analysis and Systems Theory

to cybernetics and to systems dynamics, which demonstrate changes in a network of variables (Heylighen and Joslyn, 1992). Systems...

NY Fiscal Crisis of the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty First Centuries

to declining tax revenues (Guardian Unlimited, 2003). But it wasnt just tax revenues that brought Manhattan to the brink of bankru...

Schools and the Value of Knowledge

school the least stressful (Mangione and Speth, 1998). Children do much better in their studies when they have achieved a smooth t...

Foreign Policy and the Impact of the Media

attention as possible to whatever political plight they represent (Meyers, 1997). Media coverage is something that cannot be avoi...

International Conflict, Realism v. Constructivism

when the threat that caused their creation no longer exists. The Constructivists, in contrast, contend that alliances exist becau...

Tax Cuts and the Economy: Revival or Collapse?

United States is in ailing shape. Despite several taxpayer-funded "bailouts", the economic picture is still quite grim: unemployme...

Strategies for Increasing Exports

a larger strategy where economies are facing difficulties1. Devaluation of a currency is not easy to achieve, in terms of exports ...

What Caused World War Two?

The writer argues that there are at least two schools of thought about what caused World War II: one that it was caused by World W...

Environmental Initiatives at GM: Truth and Myth

manner that goes beyond the superficial. This is especially true when analyzing the strategies employed by competing companies. In...

High-Need Schools, a Challenge for Teachers

a passion that they want to share it; at least the best teachers feel this way. Whether its math, English, physics, computers, the...

Teaching in New York High-Need Schools

hire qualified teachers for these difficult schools (Boyd et al., 2008). The findings are somewhat surprising. First, the researc...

Isolationism in US History

The Monroe Doctrine is a critical component of American history. Implemented during the administration of President James Monroe,...

The Relationship Between Personal and Organizational Ethics

ethics. Personal differences and preferences have the capacity to impact organizational ethics in a variety of ways. This is mos...

DEVELOPMENT OF A RECRUITMENT POLICY

candidates and to keep the existing employees. Her recommendation is that short-term tactics such as employee referral programs, r...

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein and the Concept of Leadership

Rico hails from a privileged background, and Heinlein makes it clear that only through Johnnies military indoctrination in Officer...

Andrew Jackson, His Presidency and Policies

had, or the worst, depending on ones point of view. This paper discusses why he was controversial, what he hoped to achieve, what ...

Bullying: An Article Analysis

jails and violent inmates. But violence of a different kind is becoming distressingly prevalent in society: bullying. This paper a...

No Child Left Behind Act and IDEA

was signed into law on January 8, 2002 by President Bush. The bill was initiated by the president and written as a bi-partisan act...

Psychological Well-Being and Islam

The sawm, the fourth pillar, is an annual fast that is held during the month of Ramadan. Again, communal identity is strengthened...

Creating a Greater Level of the Quality in Healthcare Services for Women and Children in Poor Nations

and the developing world. Maternal mortality rates (MMR) are heavily biased towards the poor environments. Overall 98% of the 600,...

Creating Financial Sustainability Poor Nations

defined this as "the capacity of the health system to function effectively over time with a minimum of external". It has become in...

Pro Sports and Policies on Drugs

drug abuse (which includes cocaine, opiates, LSD, PCP, and amphetamines) is disqualification of one year for first-year rookies an...

United States Foreign Policy Through the Ages

America as a sovereign power following the American Revolutionary War, there have been many conflicting views on what constitutes ...

UNITED STATES AND MACROECONOMICS

questions concerning the macroeconomic situation in the United States. What is the current macroeconomic situation? The Uni...

Social Disorganization and Organized Crime

concerning problems of our time. It has both direct and indirect impacts on the physical and philosophical infrastructural featur...

Niche Businesses and Effective Social Media Marketing

sells instructive courses in building log cabins for personal dwellings or for profit. This being a niche area of business, obviou...

Addressing Childhood Obesity in One Alabama County

Interventions Recent research contends that the nations school lunch program is actually "exacerbates" the...

SUPERVALU CASE STUDY

Having said the above, however, there are several problems with the PDP as it currently is formulated. The process throws ...

Making Environmental Policy and Market v. Regulatory Instruments

population. Convincing arguments are made for both sides of the conclusions. Yet, it is important to remember that human habitati...