Types of educational institutions

potential college students fill out applications, a majority of the applicants will face the question regarding their race. Most educational institutions often strive for blind admissions in order to establish a fair picking process. However, affirmative action has served as an exception because it allows universities to aid specifically minority students in need of educational opportunities compared to privileged students. Unfortunately, Caucasian applicants, who do not obtain any benefits from affirmative action, have blamed the process for their college rejections. Many of these students who claim to be “disadvantaged” have voiced their opinions to court, and the constant pattern of lawsuits…

All members of society are incorporated or affiliated with some type of institution whether formal or informal in their lifetime that has the potential to influence them. Whether it be the educational institutions they experience in their young adult life or the family household they have grown up there whole life to, it is evident the amount of significance institutions have in influencing one’s beliefs and moralities throughout life. In Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel”, the author explores a…

In most cases, international students when coming to America put most if not all of their faith in poorly supported American educational institutions when it comes to aiding language barriers. International students attending higher educational institutions in English-speaking countries make valuable educational and economic contributions. For these contributions to continue, universities understand the adjustment issues these students face and implement appropriate support services. (Trice,…

to structure possible solutions in curbing the downfall of the U.S. educational system. I will first provide a brief overview of two economic theory models, capitalism and communism that will further structure my analysis. Capitalism is an economic system in a free market society where price dictates the laws of demand and supply for goods and services. Prices send signals to consumers and producers who in turn determine what goods to produce and how much to consume.…

Within the United States’ culture, racist and sexist ideologies permeate the social structure and serve as norms to such an extreme degree that they become hegemonic and seen as common and natural. From corporate institutions, to religious institutions, to academic institutions, Black women have been slighted the opportunity to be seen as equals when it comes to their counterparts. The education of African American students and women alike have been influenced by a number of institutional and…

reflect the level of complexity and detail of real-life tasks, including locating information; evaluating the credibility of sources; understanding multiple viewpoints; synthesizing information from various sources; creating complex explanations, solutions, or theses that capture multifaceted realities; and integrating source material into an original work, (Banta et al, 2009). K-12 institutions also embrace alternative credentials, known as Competency-Based Education (CBE). In CBE, students…

Public education is a constitutional mandate in Mexico (Rosado, L., Hellawell, M., Zamora, E., 2011). According to Article III of the Mexican Constitution, every individual has the right to receive an education (Chamber of Deputies, 2006). The Mexican Constitution states that the federal, state, and municipal government as well as the government of Mexico City will impart preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school education. Basic education, which consists of preschool, elementary and…

A. Leadership Style of Administrator Over the past several years we have been an institution directly involved in school improvement. We are still a school of improvement due to the letter grade that we received by the educational outcomes on our benchmark assessments. Due to our institution being a school of improvement, we have had over the past several years two or three different administrators. This has made it difficult to establish any type of consistency in our school leadership…

The most significant problems an individual may face when presenting themselves to the LGBT community are faults in the educational system, underrepresentation of gay role models, and failure to change the establishment only until after a tragic event has occurred. All these factors can be debilitating for LGBT youth who are isolated and afraid of a world that labels them as different. What, if any type of outreach programs are available to LGBT youth, and are they effective in addressing…

A Rhetorical Analysis of “Chubb and Moe: Higher Education 's Online Revolution” by John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe In beginning, the article Chubb and Moe: Higher Education 's Online Revolution” by John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe defines the important impact of online technology in the field of teaching as a form of revolutionary change in collegiate education. The ethos of the Chubb and Moe (2012) is based on the elite educational institutions of Harvard University and MIT as supporters of…