"High School Survey"

Do a research on a group of high school students.

Directions:

-Tell what age/grade seems to be affected? Does the age/grade have anything to do with normal development for that group? Are their health and safety concerns relating to the issue? If possible locate information that would help you solve this dilemma. State your reasons for selecting this particular issue. What have you learned from this and what would you suggest to high school students in dealing with this issue
-Tell what are the greatest concerns of these students today
-Tell at least 6 ideas/concerns, and rank them according to significance.
-Discuss a multifaceted way of addressing one of these problems--should the schools or community deal with this,how?
-Suggest issues that are not presently dealt with in schools, but need to be because of the impact it has on students
-Briefly indicate steps that need to be taken in order to help students deal with this issue.

Computer Forensics
Write a 2 page response for each case project in a Word document and save it in a location and with a name that you will remember

Case Project 12-1:

You receive a call from a high school student named Marco, who claims he has just received an e-mail from another student threatening to commit suicide. Marco is not sure where the student sent the e-mail from. Write a brief report on how you would proceed, including what you should do first in this situation.

Case Project 12-2:

A mother calls you to report that her 15 year-old daughter has run away from home. She has access to her daughters? e-mail account and says that her daughter has several e-mails in her inbox suggesting that she has run away to be with a 35 year old woman. Write a brief report on how you should proceed.

Paper should deal with the problem of high school students (grades 9-12) reading at or below grade level, especially those reading on a 3rd/4th grade level. It should NOT address middle school and elementary school reading programs or problems. It should include an analysis of the issue, a review of the literature and suggestions as to resolution of the problem.

Format:

I. Abstract
II. Problem formulation
a. purpose--statement of problem
b. hypothesis of problem to be studies
c. definition of any necessary terms
III. Review of literature
IV. Data collection
a. methods used to collect data
b. methods used to analyze data
V. Reporting results
VI. Summary and conclusion
VII. Bibliography
VIII. Appendices (if any)

I may take the paper you write and insert data I''ve come up with in my school (that''s what takes the paper from a B to an A) or I may just settle for a B. I have some pre-testing information right now and will have post-testing data available in December. I will definitely expand upon your paper once I receive it--it must be at least 25 pages long and I just can''t afford that. I can do the expansion--I don''t have time to do the research and I don''t remember anything about null hypotheses, accepting and rejecting, z-scores, t-scores and all that stuff. I also don''t remember APA format and don''t want to re-learn it! Thanks for all your help!

Assessment of Student Knowledge and Opinion on Economic Issues
Economics is a required course of study for high school students who attend public schools in Georgia. By requiring students to take a certain course the state is sending a message to its citizens that Economics is important. However, a 1993 study by William Walstad showed that there were significant deficiencies in the publics? knowledge and there Their awareness of basic economic concepts. The question educators can ask is economic education an effective means of advocating economic knowledge? The purpose of this research is to determine if students? opinions on economics issues will change as theretheir knowledge of the subject improves. As individuals begin to grasp fundamental concepts of economics their opinion on how economic issues should be solved might change. This study will examine students? knowledge and attitudes before and after after students take the required economic course. The results will show that studentswill have improved their knowledge of economics and change there (their) opinions on how to solve economic issues.
I need a header on the paper also.

This is to be written in a 9th Grader's view as it is for the Columbia University Summer High School Student Program. The first course choice is College Prep Approaches to Reading and Writing. The back-up choice is physical sciences.

Personal statement (250-500 words) describing academic preparation, personal interests, and motivation for participating in an intensive academic program.

Attached please find a document that has a list of activities, special classes and things that seem appealing about the Summer program. It also has a 307 word personal statement draft that would be used as a template for this personal statement.
Please use this document in editing and writing the new personal statement.

I am interested in writing about why high school students of color do not participate in co-curricular activites at the same rate as their white peers. Specifically, what barriers prevent or prohibit them from participating in high school sports, academic clubs, and other school clubs.

I want to tie in the correlation of participation in co-curricular activities, while in high school, and how it promotes a sense of belonging and engagement. also want to tie in the drop out rate, attendance and grades.



I am looking for the first chapter of my proposal. The importance of the study, the problem, etc.

The report requested is meant to be the Review of Literature Chapter of a dissertation on Attitudes and Values of High School Students. The format for this report must be done in APA style. While related reseach on attitudes and values of high school students of all ethnic groups is acceptable, particular focus must be on minority students (African American and Hispanic Americans).The review period should be no more than the past 15 years to the present (1988-2003). Some cited authors to be included are: Fordham (1988), Fine (1991), Kozal (1991) and Delpit (1995)

I have requested that the report be no more that 30 pages long with 25 cited sources and bibliography page or pages.

Please note, that the overall focus of the dissertation while primarily concerned with school life or issues, is also concerned with peer, family, and community affect and their affect and effect on student achievement in school. In addition, school reform efforts are proceeding without hearing and including student voice, in terms of the students perceptions of their experiences and elationships in school with peers, and teachers.

Hi, I'm doing a research about Iraqi high school students who have been living in Australia less than three years. I would like you to write about English language communication in the Middle east in general and about the English language in Iraq before and after 2003. I also request you to cover the educational system of teaching English in Australia.
Could you please use the Australian language and spelling style.

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Khalil Sallal
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You will choose one qualitative research article related to the chosen topic, Violence in Schools. The articles can come from the Regis Database (http://libguides.regis.edu/atozdatabases) or any site that publishes scholarly work.
Below are some references I have put together.
Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). Understanding school violence. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/schoolviolence_factsheet-a.pdf

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated violent death study. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/schoolviolence/SAVD.html

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated student homicides. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5702a1.htm

Chicago Public School students shot this school year highest since 2008. (2012, June 26). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/chicago-public-school-stu_n_1627258.html

Elliott, Delbert S., Hamburg, Beatrice., & Williams, Kirk R. (1998). Violence in American schools: A new perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Furlong, Michael., Morrison, Gale., Skiba, Russell., & Cornell, Dewey. (2004). Issues in school violence research. Binghamton: The Haworth Press.

Hill, Susan C., & Drolet, Judy C. (2009). School-related violence among high school students in the United States, 1993-1995. Journal of School Health (69)7, 264-272.

Kozol, Johnathan. (2012). Savage inequalities: Children in America's schools. New York: Crown Publishing Group.

Mills, Martin. (2001). Challenging violence in schools. Philadelphia: Open University Press.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). Indicators of school crime and safety. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2011/index.asp

Prothrow-Stith, Deborah., & Quaday, Sher. (1995). Hidden casualties: The relationship between violence and learning. Washington D.C.: National Health and Education Consortium.

Rose, Ingrid. (2009). School violence: Studies in alienation, revenge, and redemption. London: Karnac Books.

Schechter DS (2011, February 16). Forecasting Aggression: What Makes Some Troubled Youth Turn Violent? Cerebrum. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=30762

Timeline: A history of violence in American schools. (2012, December 14). CTV News. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/timeline-a-history-of-violence-in-american-schools-1.1079657

U.S. Department of Education. (2002). The final report and findings of the safe school initiative. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf

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In one or two sentences, please state your short-term (immediately after graduation from the MBA program) and long-term career objective(s).
How have your prior academic, personal, and professional experiences influenced your career plans?
Specifically, how will MBA studies and your participation in the Georgetown MBA Program contribute to your career objectives?
Optional Essay - One Page or Less

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You will choose one research article related to the chosen topic, Violence in Schools. The articles can come from the Regis Database (http://libguides.regis.edu/atozdatabases) or any site that publishes scholarly work.

Below are some references I have put together.

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). Understanding school violence. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/schoolviolence_factsheet-a.pdf

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated violent death study. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/schoolviolence/SAVD.html

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated student homicides. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5702a1.htm

Chicago Public School students shot this school year highest since 2008. (2012, June 26). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/chicago-public-school-stu_n_1627258.html

Elliott, Delbert S., Hamburg, Beatrice., & Williams, Kirk R. (1998). Violence in American schools: A new perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Furlong, Michael., Morrison, Gale., Skiba, Russell., & Cornell, Dewey. (2004). Issues in school violence research. Binghamton: The Haworth Press.

Hill, Susan C., & Drolet, Judy C. (2009). School-related violence among high school students in the United States, 1993-1995. Journal of School Health (69)7, 264-272.

Kozol, Johnathan. (2012). Savage inequalities: Children in America's schools. New York: Crown Publishing Group.

Mills, Martin. (2001). Challenging violence in schools. Philadelphia: Open University Press.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). Indicators of school crime and safety. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2011/index.asp

Prothrow-Stith, Deborah., & Quaday, Sher. (1995). Hidden casualties: The relationship between violence and learning. Washington D.C.: National Health and Education Consortium.

Rose, Ingrid. (2009). School violence: Studies in alienation, revenge, and redemption. London: Karnac Books.

Schechter DS (2011, February 16). Forecasting Aggression: What Makes Some Troubled Youth Turn Violent? Cerebrum. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=30762

Timeline: A history of violence in American schools. (2012, December 14). CTV News. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/timeline-a-history-of-violence-in-american-schools-1.1079657

U.S. Department of Education. (2002). The final report and findings of the safe school initiative. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf

Hi!

I need a Literature Review about The Relationship between Positive Behavior Support Programs and High School Student Achievement. It will require:

1- 15-20 resources (peer review, books, jurnals). They have to be research studies no websites or magazines. All of them from 2005 to today. No older references.
2- APA Style 6th Edition
3- I also need an annotated outline at the beginning of the paper. (probably one page)

Thanks for your help!


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1-simple language.
2-Online free sources only.
3-The research question "What are the roles of a teacher in teaching English Language (ESL) to high school students, and what are the steps to fulfill such roles?
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paragraph 1 is a summary of following article
paragraph 2 is a reflection of the article
paragraph 3 is a suggestion/s for classroom implemation

Why Is It Important to Examine the Transition from Middle School to High School?
The transition from middle school to high school is accompanied by both anticipation and anxiety (Mizelle & Irvin, 2000; Morgan & Hertzog, 2001; Zeedyk, Gallacher, Henderson, Hope, Husband, & Lindsay, 2003). Transition is receiving increased attention due to the fact that ninth grade course failures and high school dropout rates exceed all other grade levels (Hertzog & Morgan, 1998; National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2003; Roderick & Camburn, 1999). While a long history of research on the transition to college (Tinto, 1987) and transitions for students with disabilities (Letrello & Miles, 2003; Rogan, Hunt, & Wagner, 2002) exist, there is little empirical research examining the transition from middle school to high school for the general education population (Akos & Galassi, 2004; Mizelle, 1999).

Schiller (1999) defined academic transition as "a process during which institutional and social factors influence which students' educational careers are positively or negatively affected by this movement between organizations" (pp. 216217). This definition points to the shared responsibility of middle school and high school personnel for guiding young adolescents through this major educational transition.

Research on Impact of Transition on Student Outcomes
Currently, there is a lack of research on the impact of transition on students/families, and/or the potential of programs to assist students in the seamless transition from middle school to high school. Policy researchers have examined databases such as the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS) 1988/2000 (NCES, 2002). Results of this inquiry show that students from different middle schools attending the same high school (Schiller, 1999) and participating in full or partial transition programs (Catterall, 1998; Smith, 1997) transition with ease from middle school to high school. While the use of NELS provides valuable information about the impact of transition on student academic and social outcomes, the database is almost 20 years old. The primary data research approaches used to study transition issues include survey research (Akos & Galassi, 2004), longitudinal studies (Isakson & Jarvis, 1999), qualitative studies (Kinney, 1993; Morgan & Hertzog, 2001) and mixed-method designs (Smith, 2006).

Current research on transition from middle school to high school has shown

Students experience a decrease in achievement from middle school to high school (Alspaugh, 1998a, 1998b; Isakson & Jarvis, 1999). This achievement loss may represent the first time high-achieving students experience grades lower than As.
In an ex post facto study of 48 school districts, Alspaugh (1998a) found that students attending school districts with transitions at grade six and grade nine experienced greater achievement loss than students in districts organized K8. Seidman, Allen, Aber, Mitchell, and Feinman (1994) called the effect of multiple transitions on academic and social outcomes "double-jeopardy."
In addition to academic struggles, behavior problems in the form of suspensions and expulsions appear to increase significantly early in the ninth grade year (Graber & Brooks-Gunn, 1996).
Middle grades students identified academic ability as especially important to making it in secondary school (Zeedyk et al., 2003). After entering high school, students in the study added time management, ability to stay on task, social skills, and behavior as essential elements in success. Social matters such as bullying, getting lost, and establishing peer relationships at secondary school overshadow concerns about academics.
Kinney (1993) found that expanded social experiences in high school represent a new opportunity for students who experienced exclusion in middle school. He described social networks in middle schools as being limited to a dichotomy of popular students versus the rest of the student body. Students in high school were able to establish new social networks or cliques that did not exist in their respective middle schools.
Akos and Galassi (2004) found that students look forward to making new friends, having more freedom, and attending school events as they transition to high school. Students' greatest concerns revolved around the amount of homework, class difficulty, and organizational issues (e.g., getting lost). Conversely, parents were concerned that their children would feel negative peer pressure in both academic and social realms. The study also indicated teachers' concerns that students would feel pressure to do well in class, experience challenging courses, and have difficulty making new friends. Teacher perceptions were found to be different from students' perceptions in regard to worries about homework, and if transition programs are oriented purely around the teacher assessments of student worries, efforts may be misdirected (Brown & Armstrong, 1982).
Parents can play an important role in helping their children during the transition from middle school to high school. Falbo, Lein, and Amador (2001) found that students whose parents monitored their activities and intervened positively (e.g., schoolwork, peer networks, and direct participation at the school) were more likely to have a smooth transition from middle school to high school. Furthermore, it was noted by Feuerstein (2000) that increased school contact with parents typically resulted in reciprocal parent contact, improving overall communication between the schools and families.
What Do Effective Transition Programs Look Like?

Successful transition programs must involve collaboration between eighth and ninth grade buildings/personnel (Mizelle, 1999). Feeder middle schools and receiving high schools should communicate to identify what Gibson (1969) called the distinctive features of academic, social, and organizational logistics and philosophies in middle school and high school. Transition programs that consistently ask students to reflect on and to experience the complexities and nuances of the distinctive features of high school will have greater impact than isolated information sessions (Mizelle & Irvin, 2000).
Programs designed to reduce high school dropout rates must address the challenges associated with the transition to high school and provide targeted early intervention in order to promote academic recovery in failing students (Roderick & Camburn, 1999). Colleges have long used this approach to assist students entering college with academic deficiencies (Abelman, & Molina, 2001; Garing, 1992).
Successful transition programs address the information gap by providing students and families with a wealth of information about the academic, social, and organizational similarities and differences between middle school and high school (Mizelle, 1999). Zeedyk and associates (2003) suggested the following: expanding the number and duration of visits between schools; allowing students to spend a day with secondary school students; inviting secondary school students and teachers to speak at the feeder schools; providing mentoring to middle school students by secondary school students, etc.
High school dropout rates are significantly lower in school districts that have explicit middle school to high school transition programs (Morgan & Hertzog, 2001; Smith, 1997). Effective programs address curriculum (e.g., academic rigor of courses); facilities (e.g., location of classrooms, restrooms); and safety and discipline (e.g., rules and discipline code); and provide accurate information (e.g., organization and logistics) (Mac Iver, 1990).
Reframing the Transition Construct
While there is increased attention on transition programming, it tends to occur in isolated informational settings around curriculum selection or physical tours. Furthermore, there is little evaluation data showing that transition programming reduces students' perceptios of disconnect in social, academic, and organizational expectations. In 2002, National Middle School Association, along with the National Association of Elementary School Principals, put out a comprehensive joint position statement on supporting the elementary to middle school transition (NMSA, 2002). Many of the recommendations from the joint position are transferable to the middle school to high school transition. For example, the position paper points to the importance of involving families, recognizing the anxieties that accompany transition, and seeing transition as an ongoing process. In addition to building on those sound recommendations, practitioners and researchers need to further reframe the construct of transition to align with the This We Believe characteristic "a shared vision that guides decisions." First, it is important to stress the concept of the period of transition as starting in the middle of eighth grade and spanning the entire ninth grade year. Second, high schools and their feeder middle schools need to identify and share their unique academic, social, and organizational attributes (e.g., course grading, rigor of courses, disciplinary procedures, length of periods, extra-curricular activities available, role of guidance counselors). Next, each organization needs to reflect on the consistency of messages presented to students and families explaining the similarities and differences in academic, social, and organizational expectations (Akos & Galassi, 2004). Finally, we need rigorous primary data research focused on the transition from middle school to high school. Findings from these important studies are needed to inform local and national decision makers about issues ranging from curriculum conversations to dropout prevention, school configuration, and cross-building planning.

Hi Essaytown,
I wanted to make sure we are clear. You can post the order with a deadline date of Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 10pm EST. The specifications are as follows and can be sent to the writer:
Three chapters (Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5) plus an abstract

Previous research on chapters one and two is attached for the benefit of the writer. If any questions arise, please contact the customer immediately.

The purpose of the paper is to present a sound argument for the need of an anger management program in an Urban High School. So research and sources should be directed at 9th 12th grade urban High School students.

This request is a total of 20 pages. Please use APA style writing. When citing, please use APA style in-paragraph citations (with page numbers if they are available, if not please use paragraph numbers. Please do not use footnotes. A reference page completed in APA format is fine. Feel free to use the existing references from the attachment: References-resources and articles to support your statements or use new references. If you use new references please make sure they are from professional journals and attach a copy of the article with the paper.

The guidelines are as follows:
Chapter Three: Application (8-9 pages not including customers contributions)
This chapter describes in detail the counseling application you have developed. This chapter will include an overview of the program, goals of the intervention, description of the target population, and a complete description (week by week) of what will be done in the program.
The following subheadings should be used (underlined and flush left)
Introduction
Rationale [supplied by customer in file attachment: Anger Reference Draft]
Using Anger Management in Groups
Objectives
Practical Considerations
Procedure
Week by Week Interventions [supplied by customer in file attachment: Anger Reference Draft]

Summary

Chapter Four: Program Evaluation (5 pages)

This chapter presents the procedures that you will use to evaluate the outcome of the intervention when it is actually carried out and your views of the strengths and weaknesses of the application that you have created. This chapter must include the following subheads although more can be used if needed.

Evaluation of Program Outcomes
Strengths of the program
Limitations of the program

Chapter Five: Summary and Recommendations (5 pages)

This chapter summarizes the work done and suggests directions for future work on the topic, including research and program development. Included in this chapter is a discussion of how the student intends to revise the weaknesses described in chapter four. The following are suggested subheads:

Summary of the Program
Comparison to Other Programs
Recommendations for Program Improvement
Recommendations for Future Work in this Area


Abstract (1 page)

Please let me know immediately whether or not you can meet the requirements of this request.

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Professor Instructions:
This class requires each student to complete a research project in ASA format. For this project students will collect primary data, which they will enter and analyze using a computer program. The project will proceed in several steps.
1. Project topic Hand in topic with one dependent variable and seven independent variables. Dependent variable should be dichotomous
Dependent Variable: Support or Not support random drug testing of any high school student by their school (meaning not just those in extracurricular activities)
Independent Variables: Age, Sex, Race, Education Level, Religious Affiliation, Have they ever been subjected to random drug testing, do they support the legalization of marijuana
I am throwing in a extra variable as well: Do they have a high school student either living or not living at home
2. Project Proposal (this is part I need literature review for as I am not familiar with them)

Introduction 1-2 pages This explains what your topic is and why that topic is important (Completed)

Review of the Literature (this is the part I need so I can figure out how it should be done and what it should look like) This section should use the scholarly peer reviewed articles you have selected to report what is already known about your topic. This is NOT intended to be an annotated bibliography. You will get a zero if it is a annotated bibliography. This section should be six to eight pages in length.

Methods: Outline your methodological approach, describe sampling plan and list hypotheses (Completed)

Reference Page (Completed)

Questionaire you will be handing out (completed)

My Comments:
For the Literature Review section I really would like to start with a history section and include supreme court decisions on the matter etc. Then move on to influences of this topic such as cost and religion etc and from there not sure what direction to go I will attach my introduction and hypotheses and articles. If you find any more articles and use them please provide a link where it can be downloaded as we have to turn in hard copies of sources. This has to be in ASA format.

At least 250 words or more, excluding direct quotes and citations.


1) Explain your opinion on the legalization of illicit drugs. Do you believe that legalizing drugs will "increase" or "decrease" drug abuse?


2) What do you think is the availability of drugs in high school? What drugs do you think are regularly available to high school students? In your opinion, do you think using drugs in high school (even experimenting) can have long term negative affects on a person?

EXPLAIN.

3) Do you think "addiction is a disease"? Why or why not?

Please explain your answer.

4)Which drug (drug classification) do you think has the most detrimental effect on the body's nervous system? Explain your answer.


5) FOUR LOKO is a drink comprised of 23 and a half ounces, with 12-percent alcohol and the caffeine equivalent of at least two cups of coffee.

Energy drink consumption has been on the rise over the last 3-5 years. A number of deaths have been associated with energy drink consumption in otherwise healthy young adults. Combined with alcohol many young people are using these types of drinks to stay awake yet intoxicated.

SB 39 aims to block the selling of caffeinated beer beverages in CA and is waiting to be signed by Governor Brown.

What is your opinion on the safety of energy drink consumption?
What is your opinion on caffeinated alcohol drinks? Would you support the passage of SB 39?


6)Many Americans have trouble getting to sleep. As a results they may turn to sleeping pills to help them get some ZZZs.

How do you feel about the prescribing of sleeping pills for people to assist them with sleeping? Should our medical industry instead be writing prescriptions for vigorous activity which would also help people sleep better? How about a prescription for caffeine avoidance?

Please explain your answer.

7)Considering the following:

1. Alcohol kills more young people than all illicit drugs combined. (Grunbaum,. 2002)

2. Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and non-fatally injure someone every two minutes (NHTSA 2006).

3. During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths versus 18% rate for Marijuana and Cocaine (NHTSA 2006).


Do you think that alcohol should remain a "legal drug" free of regulation on consumption?

8) Discuss your position on red wine consumption as a protective factor for heart disease.

What is it specifically in red wine that is considered cardio protective? Or is this just another excuse for people to regularly drink wine?

9)How do you feel about the wide availability of medical marijuana cards and clinics?

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UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS EQUITY TO IN-STATE TUITION:
REDUCING THE BARRIERS

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 5101

SECTION 012

RESEARCH DESIGN IN EDUCATION
SUMMER 1, 2011

York Williams, title








Immigrant undocumented students
challenges for residency for tuition
purposes and permanency in the
United States






Lori Daniels June 14, 2011

Table of Contents


Abstract ..
Acknowledgments .
Table of Contents
List of Tables ..
Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction ...
Purpose of the Study..
Importance of the Study & Research Problem ..
Research Questions (number them)
Methods ..
Limitations .
Terms ..
Theory .
Chapter 2
Literature Review
Outraged


Chapter 3 Methodology & Procedures
Study and Design
Population
Procedures
Trustworthiness, Validity, Reliability
Ethical Consideration












INTRODUCTION

In todays universal society it is more important than ever to receive a quality education and to go to college. However, many undocumented immigrant high school students face many issues surrounding illegal immigration. The lack of legal residency and any supporting paperwork, green card, social security number, government issued identification, basically portrays undocumented students as nonexistent to the American federal and state governments. This occurrence has controlled the lack of undocumented students who are eligible to attend postsecondary educational institutions.

These constraints include opposed rights to admission, immigrant-specific obstacles to financial aid and disputes regarding in-state tuition privileges. Immigrant families with low-income, particularly Spanish immigrants, who are attending inner city high schools, are at a greater risk of having unfulfilled dreams of attending a university. Undocumented students are greatly concentrated in urban areas such as Texas, California and New York; however, these individuals are established across the states. Additionally, undocumented students are more likely to begin their postsecondary careers at community colleges rather than four-year institutions because access and lower cost.

Often time minority students from low socioeconomic status might have difficulty identifying their self?worth, and may develop inferior beliefs, and experience academic failures. It is essential that students of every racial background express their own ethnic identity and improve how they see themselves. Discrimination generally cuts across all underrepresented groups, African Americans, Asian American, and Latino/a. African American students consistently reported significantly more racial?ethnic conflict on campus; pressure to conform to stereotypes; and less equitable treatment by faculty, staff. (Ancis, Sedlacek and Mohr 2000)


Because of these instances the United States is currently evaluating an immigration law reform act.


The Dream Act was established in 2006 by Senator Dick Durbin democrat of Illinois and he presented the DREAM Act (S.729) in the Senate and Representative Howard Berman a democrat from California who introduced the American Dream Act (H.R.1751) in the House. (Palacios pg. 2) The In-state resident tuition legislation act that will benefit undocumented students is a significant policy to provide access to immigrant college students to four year institutions, the military and eventually the right to citizenship.

The Dream Act has established standards for the promotion of success for all undocumented students to attend a university of choice being a four year or community college. However, with the present new legislation that makes it a crime to be in Arizona without legal status and requires police to check for immigration papers many immigrants who have lived here illegally for many years and lead productive lives will be subjective to racial profiling. Besides Arizona, there are other states that are contemplating initiating this policy. I think that this will have a negative impact on the public school systems as well as universities and colleges in enrolling undocumented students because they already face many, cultural, social, and economical challenges. These stigmatisms could create difficulties in undocumented students identifying their self-worth, and may develop inferior beliefs.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The purpose of this study is to identify specific policies and procedures to provide the resources and capital to assist undocumented students as well as review key elements of showing the correlation of ethnic identity in access and equity to higher education. hat would help eliminate students frustration. And to illustrate there is no accountability system surrounding the success of undocumented students postsecondary education divide significant structure. In most states undocumented students whose family are long time residents
of the area and pay state and local taxes are considered a resident of that particular state. The realization for many first-generation, undocumented students is that they cannot attend a college/university of their choice because they are not documented. Moreover, after graduation they will have even more difficult than their peers finding a job because they dont have the proper documentation. Undocumented, underrepresented students are at a disadvantage to receive learning opportunities and achievements than their peers. Moreover, immigrant families need greater access to accurate information about college in a consistent manner.

IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY AND RESEARCH PROBLEM

The need for change is evident, reforms for better immigration laws for public education to create opportunities, access, and respect for undocumented students is imperative. Undocumented high school students need to have the accessibility to secondary learning and know that laws were created to employ citizenship and in-state tuition eligibility for residents who contribute to our society and social order.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Without the fundamental requirements met how will undocumented students achieve their goal to attain a degree, and seek a rewarding career?

Is it unjust to extradite an illegal alien who has been living a constructive life and contributing to benefit our society?

Because of the current economic hardship in the U.S., is it fair to allocate money for college to immigrants or only to American students?
METHODS


I first plan to visit

LIMITATIONS

Senator of Arizona, who has created a hindrance on immigrants who exist in that state. Moreover, federal law still prohibits states from granting unauthorized aliens residential rights for postsecondary education for in-state tuition. bigotry and prejudices against someone who is different still thrives even today. and state laws to the contrary are preempted by federal law

TERMS

Undocumented Immigrants
Immigrant
Dream Act
Antiaffirmative Action
Sociocritical Literacy

THEORY
Helms theory of racial identity most influential three concepts: Racial Identity ego status 1. Conformity, negative stereo type of group, commitment to white standards, Adaptation assimilation accepted into white culture, 2.ego status Dissonance much confusion discriminated against will always be viewed as an minority repress anxiety, People of Color Racial Identity, and White racial identity self-actualization. ethnic statuses mature, being able to perceive and cope with the realities of racism and other oppressive forces 3. Immersion/Emersion immerse into own cultural group reject white culture self blame for ignorance emersion educated about your culture true understanding strengths and weaknesses

LITERATURE REVIEW

Higher Education and Childrenin Immigrant Families ??" Sandy Baum and Stella M. Flores

The article describes how new immigrants emerge in the U.S. every day, and how ones country origin, socioeconomic status can determine the educational goal attainment of immigrant students. The author talks about Asian immigrant parents who are primarily in the engineering and medical fields, whereas Latino and Caribbean immigrant parents are labor workers. The effect of having educated or non-educated parents plays a vital role on the success of immigrant students in attaining a post-secondary degree. The younger an immigrant enters the U.S. preferably before the age of thirteen the more likely they will succeed in secondary education because the language skills should be well-built.

The authors mention some of the barriers for immigrants attending higher education as language, not proficient in English, applying for college, financial aid, and lack of academic preparedness. Students with low income are able to enroll in college; however, they have a greater difficulty of completing college. Mexican parents do not want their children to leave home to attend college, discouraging to Mexican students.

Most immigrants who have permission from their native country to attend a university in the U.S. have been selected because of their intelligence and skills. The authors found this true except for Mexican immigrants who most likely have a higher social economical status. The article illustrates that more the half of illegal immigrants 53% has graduated from high school, and has attended postsecondary education. The research is contradictory in show a high postsecondary outcome of immigrants overcoming financial and legal barriers. This pertains to the students who arrive before age thirteen.

Outrage by Dick Morris & Eileen 2007 (Harper Collins Publishers)
Chapter 1- Immigration: The Wide Open Door

This chapter first discusses the extensive measures that the United States conducts on a daily basis to keep unwanted illegal immigrants from crossing our U.S Mexican borders. The chapter describes this as only half of the problem, the other half of this issue is illegal immigrants living in the U.S. with expired visa and the fact that our government does not kick them out. These immigrants come here legally as visitors tourist, workers or students; however, 50% of these immigrants never leave. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the governmental agency responsible for protecting our borders and illegal visitors form residing in the U.S.
There are about 11.5 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. Roughly about four to five million of them are here on expired visas. Sixty percent of these immigrants apply for permanent residency and many are granted regardless if they are legally or illegal living in the U.S. In 2001 there were 7,588,775 issued visas and 32,824,000 numbers of admissions into the U.S. The chapter talks about the fraud on the part of the immigrants, identity fraud, document fraud, counterfeiting, and corrupt employees, widespread lying and misrepresentation on the part of the applicants. Over $1billion dollars a year is spent on the imprisonment of about 300,000 illegal immigrants in the U.S. The consular officer is an ICE employee rarely who evaluates the application of the applicant; rarely does he turn an applicant away because of fraud. The consular does not want to complete the lengthy document that must be completed to justify the denial. One area where the consular is enforcing the law is on student visas.
Since the 911 attacks the government is doing better at identifying who enters the U.S. by having the home country fingerprint and photograph the immigrant before leaving, and the U.S. fingerprints the immigrant once they arrive to validate the accuracy of the entry is the same person. However, even with these provisions in practice not all U.S. airports and seaports fingerprint the immigrant when they leave. Without efficient exit check points there is no way to check immigrants whose visas have expired. Most of these immigrants live in poor minority cities.

Ethnic Identity
In Ortiz and Santos results suggest that like Asians, Latino/as identify as a distinct group. They are characterize
d as Puerto Rican, Chicana, Mexican, Dominican, Latino/a, 7 of 9 however, most prefer Mexican American (given that the study was done in California. Within this group some of the sub?groups have a negative association attached, Ferdman & Gallegoss (2001) model of Latino Racial Identity Orientation, (Ortiz & Santos p.133). Mexican American racial classifications do not fit neatly into the binary classification used by the United States, which leads to mistaken in ethnic identity.

The authors also discussed the Latino/a culture and traditions, describing how family members, music, food, language, religious beliefs, and cultural events contribute an important role in ethnic identity. Senior family members describe the traditions, cultural experiences and value of their history. For many students they lost their cultural awareness during high school. However, college became a time for students to return to their cultural background and understand the importance of family in their ethnic identity development.
In Ortiz and Santos critically examined immigrant Asian American family structure and its generational effects on ethnicity. Asian racial groups have sub?groups that self identify as Chinese, Cambodian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Filipino and Korean. Additionally, within these sub?groups are varied religious beliefs, Christian, Catholic or Buddhist which also contribute to ethnicity. This is the only group that had a significant interaction with mainstream America during high school. In the Asian culture the extended family often lives in one 5 of 9 household, children, parents, grandparents, and they speak their native language. They believe in strong family ties, and that children must be respectful of their elders. Asian parents tend to be strict and have high expectations for educational achievement and preserving and protecting Asian culture.
Asian students felt that their cultural values were transforming, just from living in the United States and that Asian assimilation to mainstream American had occurred. An Asian female participant in the study discussed the strict cultural background and how she concealed her interracial dating from her parents. The author states that once ethnic identity is weakened when a group adopts the host society, group members sometimes lose all traces of their identity. However, Asian acculturation with the mainstream culture is strong and bicultural according to Berrys Model of Identity. Students value their language and traditions as well as positively interrelate with society as a whole. Asian college students had positive interactions with mainstream America, which made them begin to examine their own culture. However, some Asians feel that if you acculturate fully you have sold out your race to mainstream America.

The Dream Act
The immigration law reform act is one of the changes President Barack Obama has promised the American people. He is genuinely taking into consideration the Dream Act, along with other strategies to improve immigrant existence in the U.S. The initiative of the DREAM Act would allow states the right to determine eligibility for in-state tuition. The DREAM Act would successfully revoke a condition, Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which has discourage states from offering in-state tuition to undocumented students unless they offer the same benefit to all out-of-state students. (Palacios pg. 2).

Some of the common barriers to college for undocumented students are the same as their peers such as and the insufficiencies in the academic preparation of the high schools years and financial difficulty. Under the Dream Act undocumented students who are enrolled in institutions of higher education and meet all of the requirements for conditional permanentresidency status would be eligible for federal student loan and federal work-study programs. However, with the current financial downturn in the United States economy, many federal and state programs will be negatively affected. This will have an impact on low-income students as well as undocumented students who want to participate in college grant programs, financial aid, tuition cost and the university/college student scholarships and loans. Because of the current economic hardship in the U.S., is it fair to allocate money for college to immigrants or only to American students? If immigrants are serving in the U.S. military and contributing to the economical structure than I would think that most would say that it is fair.
The Dream Act is a policy which states that, undocumented students willing to attend college or serve in the armed forces have the full ability to contribute to our society by creating a clear path to citizenship and allowing states to determine eligibility requirements for in-state tuition.
The DREAM Act, would allow illegal immigrants who were brought here at a young age by their parents a pathway to conditional legal status if they arrived in the United States before age 16, have been in the country for five continuous years, and have graduated from high school or obtained a GED or serve in the military.

To be eligible to apply for the Dream Act permanent residency the individual must live in the U.S. before the age of 16 and have continuous residency for five years. The individual must be able to speak English. The individual must enroll in some form of higher education, a trade school, community college, a four year institution or the military. Within a two year period and if the student has followed the aforementioned criteria the undocumented youth can petition for conditional residency. While in the conditional status a student cannot apply for Pell grants, but can utilize personal scholarships and loans. If the criteria are not met after six years the undocumented individual conditional status will lapse and they could be deported back to their homeland.

The Dream Act is still awaiting approval while many immigrants have spent more years illegally in the United States than in their home countries. The Dream Act gives hope to many immigrant American families for authorized work, education, and permanent residency. Hopefully the Dream Act immigration law reform will be passed this year along with many other initiatives the President is implementing to improve access to institutions of higher education.

Creating Pathways to College for Migrant Students: Assessing a Migrant Outreach Program





The article on Higher Educational Access for Undocumented Students suggested that:

Students should be encouraged to take student success courses during their first semester to learn early on about the transfer process, and/or major requirements to avoid taking unnecessary or inappropriate courses since cost is a major concern. These courses can also help students establish connections with undocumented student support clubs. Getting involved with undocumented student support clubs is particularly valuable because they provide students with peer role models and allow students to share information. The clubs also provide students with a sense of empowerment and official institutional (Perez pg. 35)

Most undocumented students situation correspond with the first-generation student as well as the low-income student. Poor students with no financial means and social capital are questionable to make it to college. The RAND study showed that economically disadvantaged families have been hit even harder by the recession, increasing the amount of financial aid and while the increase in Pell Grants to $5350 in 2009 and $5,550 in 2010 is encouraging, the cost of college education is significantly more. Additionally, undocumented students are not privy to state and federal grants.

Summary
Policy-makers and educationalists must effectively target services needed by undocumented students to improve the impact of accessing a secondary education on students security as a citizen. The Dream Act is an example of legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented students who were brought to the US as minors. Although efforts are being made to reform immigration laws, the legal status of undocumented students remains uncertain. As of now, prior to the Dream Act being standard, we should continued to try and improved involvement with parents, community leaders, counselors and teachers so that undocumented children will achieve their innate potential. A degree gives the student the potential for more career opportunities, earning power and recognition. To empower students this freedom the government would have to remove the barriers that persist in undocumented children from achieving goals.

A program could be designed to implement the effectiveness of undocumented students access and equity in institutions of higher education.

Identify older undocumented students to serve as role models.
Counselors (needs assessment) should be knowledgeable about government and college
admission
Identify private sponsors who can provide financial support to undocumented students
Involve Community partnership in internships and permanent positions after graduation
Survey undocumented student (for changes they would like to see)
Colleges/universities should support the Dream Act

The United States cannot maintain its global position if they do not utilize all the talent that is available, which includes undocumented students. I do think that the rules should apply to all U.S. citizens given the fact that taxes local and federal are paid by the people. So why would an immigrant who has only been paying taxes for a few years have an advantage of lower tuition cost than a person who has paid all their life.
On a daily basis I help undocumented students understand the legality of gaining residency for tuition purposes. There are many students who interpret the rules to favor their circumstances, however, I must examine each case individually and make an accurate assessment. Many of the students have attended PA public school system their entire lives. Additionally, many of their family members own businesses and work in prominent companies but are not considered residents for permanency or tuition purposes.
After all the _____ bigotry and prejudices against someone who is different still thrives even today. With all the talk about diversity and valued beliefs one would think that Americans would conquer their bias opinions of another culture integrating with the American society. America is made up of a melting pot of all races, colors, cultures, and economic status. However, there are more people who are accepting of immigrants, but you still have individuals, like the Senator of Arizona, who has created a hindrance on immigrants who exist in that state. Moreover, federal law still prohibits states from granting unauthorized aliens residential rights for postsecondary education for in-state tuition.


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I am african american, work for a major university, grew up in an urban metropolitan city, I work as the certifying official at my univeristy were I determine residency for all students. etc.

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I?m requesting a grant proposal written using the following Guidelines and Hypothesis
The FREE bibliography will also need to follow the following guidelines (there is a section on this below-about mid ways down) ?..One full page will need to be designated to the Methodology. Also one full page will need to be designated to the Literature Review all at which using the guideline below?.this is very important otherwise it will need to be rewritten.

The scenario is that I?m submitting a grant proposal to the NIJ:
The NIJ (The National Institute of Justice ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP).

The problem that I want to address:
Is on delinquent/criminal behavior or evaluation of prevention programs, interventions, and strategies; studies of crime prevention in specific situations or environments using physical design, access control strategies, and technologies; research on community-based and faith-based approaches that prevent crime; research on deterrence mechanisms that prevent crime; and studies that develop cost-benefit methods that can be applied to crime prevention or control programs or that assess the cost effectiveness of specific crime prevention strategies, programs, and technologies

I want to propose that the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) programs in Alabama be made more readily accessible and offered in all if not most high schools as a credit with incentives (incentives such as extra credit or exemptions for exam etc etc)
Hypothesis: Providing accessible skill and character building ROTC programs as a high school credit with incentives would entice high school students to take the program which in turns will lower the statistics of juvenile criminals and future laws breakers.


General Requirements and Guidance
The proposal will need to state the problem under investigation (including goals and objectives of the proposed project) and the relevance of the project to public policy, practice, or theory. The program narrative section should state the research question and objectives and explain how the work will contribute to knowledge and practice. It should describe in sufficient detail the research methods and analytic strategy.

Your project should include these elements:
The Program Narrative which includes:
a. Abstract
b. Table of contents.

c. Introduction
? State the topic or problem
? State the research question or hypothesis
? Explain the significance to general knowledge (why is this research important?)
? Literature Review
? Previous research
? Methodology
? State your approach to data collection
? What data to you plan to collect
? What analysis techniques do you plan to use



c. Main body, which includes:
? Problem, purpose of this application, goals, and objectives.
? Review of relevant literature.
? Research design and methods.
? Implications for policy and practice.
? Dissemination strategy

Explain what your dependent and independent variables will be. Write the appropriate number of hypotheses for your topic and your variables. Explain why you are doing this research, why this is a problem that, in essence, you need money to solve. Remember that you are writing a grant proposal and your proposal is being written to lay out your study design in a persuasive manner

? State what the dependent and independent variables will be for your research project phrase a testable hypotheses
? Program Narrative
? Goals
? Objectives
? Steps to be taken to accomplish the Goals and Objectives (Research Design or Methodology)
? Evaluation


? The proposal should introduce, define, and contextualize the topic.
? Give an overview of the topic and highlight its relevance through the use of valid scholarly resources.
? The proposal should suggest why the researcher wishes to investigate the topic by commenting on why the proposed research is important.
? The proposal must describe a detailed methodology for conducting your research
? The objective in writing a proposal is to describe what you will do, why it should be done, how you will do it and what you expect will result from your research. .


Methodology portion: This is the guts of your research project. You must describe the methodology you would employ if you were actually conducting the research. Tell me what you are investigating and how you are investigating it.

Are you doing:
? A qualitative or quantitative study
? A descriptive or exploratory study
? Do you want to predict something
? Are you using a sampling technique and if so, which one
? Why did you choose this one over the other sampling procedures
? How will you get your sample
? What will you do to ensure internal and external validity
? How will you collect the data you will analyze
? If you are using a survey or questionnaire, provide the major questions either as an appendix or included in the narrative
? How will you account for non-response issues
? If you are using secondary data or meta data, how ill you ensure reliability and validity
? Explain what the data was originally collected to show and how you are using the data to answer your research question
? What levels of measurement will you use and why
? What scales will you use and why
? Explain how you will code your data


A literature review describes what other researchers have found about a topic. They can help you with your operational definitions as well as helping you decide on your variables. Your literature review should discuss the methodology and the findings/conclusions of other researchers.

These may be contradictory articles. This is fine. Discuss the articles and the findings. It is acceptable to explain in your literature review how they differ. The operational definitions could differ; was the study a probability or non-probability investigation?

Some sources for your literature review could include:
? Criminology
? Journal of Crime and Justice
? Journal of Crime and Delinquency
? Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
? Journal of Quantitative Criminology
? Journal of Criminal Justice Education
? Various studies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics


? Variety of sources
? Reference materials
? Books
? Journal articles
? Government publications
? Government publications
? Include data from all three branches of government
? Most are available free of charge
? State and local government documents also available
? Rate the source on a variety of criteria
? Is the source scholarly or popular?
? Peer reviewed or commercial
? Is the author an expert?
? Author bio
? Does the source seem objective?
? Does the author or publisher have a vested interest?
? Does the author benefit from the work
? Does the text cite its sources?
? Check bibliography
? Do other scholars cite the text?
? Number of times a source has been cited
? How did you find the source?
? Library searches more reliable than Google
? Is the source well written and edited?
? Accurate- is it true?
? Reliable ? how consistently does the evidence support the claim?
? Balanced ? present all credible angles
? Sufficient ? enough evidence been gathered
? Relevant ? logical connections
? Untainted by stakeholders? investments ? is there bias
? What does it involve?
? Quotation
? Copy the language of a source exactly
? Citation
? At the place in your text where you borrowed language or idea you MUST cite to the source
? How you cite depends on the style
? Documentation
? Works cited, reference list, bibliography
? What must you cite?
? Quotations
? Paraphrases and summaries
? Ideas and information that are not common knowledge





May be helpful???
? The statement of the problem is the focal point of your research.
? It is just one sentence with several explanatory paragraphs.
? You are looking for something wrong (problem).
....or something that needs close attention
....or existing methods that no longer seem to be working.
? Questions to ask (yourself or whoever):
? What's the problem we are addressing? (Remember - the problem is not your need - it's the community's need)
Who else is addressing, and what are the gaps in how it is being addressed? Gaps can be programmatic, population, time/seasonal, or material. Gaps are the reason that you have a need!
? The problem statement is just one sentence but it is always accompanied by several paragraphs that elaborate on the problem.
? Present persuasive arguments why the problem is important enough to study.
? Include the opinions of others (politicians, futurists, other professionals).
? Explain how the problem relates to business, social or political trends by presenting data that demonstrates the scope and depth of the problem.
? Try to give dramatic and concrete illustrations of the problem.
? What do you need in order to try to solve the problem? This must tie to the approach you have already described. It's an opportunity to once again describe what you will be doing.
? What resources do you already have? From whom? Don't forget volunteers, donations and in kind services. Show the community participation in your project.
? The purpose is a single statement or paragraph that explains what the study intends to accomplish.
? A few typical statements of purpose are:
The goal of this study is to...
... overcome the difficulty with ...
... discover what ...
... understand the causes or effects of ...
... refine our current understanding of ...
... provide a new interpretation of ...
... understand what makes ___ successful or unsuccessful
? It is important because it shows what previous researchers have discovered.
? It is usually quite long and primarily depends upon how much research has previously been done in the area you are planning to investigate.
? If you are planning to explore a relatively new area, the literature review should cite similar areas of study or studies that lead up to the current research.
? A definition of terms section should be included when appropriate.
? Include it if your paper uses special terms that are unique to your field of inquiry, or
? Terms that might not be understood by the general reader.
? "Operational definitions" (definitions that you have formulated for the study) should also be included.
? An operational definition helps us measure our variables
? An example of an operational definition is: "For the purpose of this research, improvement is operationally defined as posttest score minus pretest score".
? The literature review should point to the most recent and relevant studies related to your topic of interest.
? Each research study discussed should be clearly and thoroughly explained in its own paragraph or set of paragraphs, and should give a complete description of that study?s findings.
? The methodology section describes your basic research plan. It usually begins with a few short introductory paragraphs that restate purpose and research questions.
? State exactly when the research will begin and when it will end.
? Describe any special procedures that will be followed (e.g., instructions that will be read to participants, presentation of an informed consent form, etc.).
? Define the population
? Draw a representative sample from the population
? Do the research on the sample
? Infer your results from the sample back to the population
? Describe in minute detail, how you will select the sample.
? Use specific names, places, times, etc.
? Don't omit any details. (This is extremely important because the reader of the paper must decide if your sample will sufficiently represent the population).
? The analysis plan should be described in detail.
? The research questions should be addressed one at a time followed by a description of the type of statistical tests that will be performed to answer that research question.
? Be specific.
? State what variables will be included in the analyses and identify the dependent and independent variables if such a relationship exists.
? If you use tables or graphs, refer to them in the text and explain what they say.
? Outlines the project?s activities
? Explains expenditure of funds
? Improves policy-making
? Project Implementation
? Realizing unintended consequences of the project
? Describe your criteria for success.
? What do you want to happen as a result of your activities?
? How will you measure these changes?

I am in need of a 200 word/3-Page written Gestalt Analysis on how client behaviors and student developmetnal levels effect the group stages and counseling process; particularly high school students. There should be some discussions points on group techniques and how it best works with the high school level students.

Also, I am a career coach at a local high school and I will also need some discussion points on how group techniques tie into background as a career coach for high school seniors.

Write a 3- to 5-page final draft of a persuasive essay, using the elements of writing and supportive evidence, about the best way(s) to motivate high school students to complete their classes successfully, with a sense of accomplishment and pride, and graduate with their peers.

Dear writer.
I am applying graduate school in Korea. I am applying for Graduate school of International Studies Program in Ewha Womans University in Korea, This program will be conducted everything in English. I am applying for International Business Major. I need a statement of purpose of what do I want to study there . Below is my background and reasons of study. Please let me know if you need any additional information about the school or myself. They require 200 - 550 words for the statement of purpose.

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Background
I have graduated from University of Massachusetts Boston with a Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems in year 2000. I am currently working for Information Technology consulting company, as a part of the Information Technology staff (systems analyst) in United States. I have been working here for 4 years. I support senior consultant in the development and analysis of the information system in the area of strategic systems planning, business information planning, and data modeling. Also, Conduct extensive market research and identify new business opportunities in LABBLEE?s enterprise target markets.

Reason for why I want to go grad school
I want to change my career in different field.
To pursue short term dream - I want to work in the company where the company is dealing with global economy and business.
To pursue my long term dream - I want to become a female entrepreneur of business consulting company.
I always feel that in our current society globalization has become the driving force that shapes our daily lives. AndI feel that it is now crucial for future profession to learn in a multicultural environment. (The major reason select Int?l business major)
Gaining Master degree in International Management will provide me managing form a cross-cultural perspective and which includes language and culture classes.
They also offer classes about Korean current economy as well.

I came to United States to study abroad when I was high school student and receive B.A degree in UMASS BOSTON and currently working in US. And I want to go back to my county where my family leave and get a mater degree. I would want to study in Korea (my home county). It would be great opportunity to learn about current Korean economy

There are many complex issues facing educators today. In order to fully understand each issue and find plausible approaches to minimizing it, educators must be able to see both sides of the situationthe pros and cons of the various approaches. This assignment is a two part process to enable you to see both sides of a controversial position facing educators today. See you topic below:

Topic: Mandatory drug testing for high school students


1. For the Pro position of your paper, provide scholarly evidence that supports the point of view. Support your paper with factual data, not emotionally charged opinion.

2. Use at least 3 different resources which can range from newspaper articles, respectable internet sites, books, and journals. You may not have 3 of the same resourcesyou must have three different resources.

3. Use the following format for the Pro position part of your paper:

a. Description of the issue
b. Address why the issue is important to educators
c. Address what the future consequences are if the issue is not addressed
d. Address what the advantages are of supporting this position

4. For the Con position of your paper, provide scholarly evidence that refutes the point of view. Support your paper with factual data, not emotionally charged opinion.

5. Use at least 3 different resources which can range from newspaper articles, respectable internet sites, books, and journals. You may not have 3 of the same resourcesyou must have three different resources.

6. Begin the Con position of your paper on a new page. Use the following format for the Con position part of your paper:

a. Description of the issue
b. Address why the issue is important to educators
c. Address what the future consequences are if the issue is not addressed
d. Address what the advantages are of supporting this position

7. The length for each position should be 3 pages, double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point font. The total paper will be between 6 pages long.

8. Include a separate page for the scholarly references that were used.

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By using the below essay to anwser the questions that follow

Bullying Prevention Programs
Bullying refers to any physical or verbal behavior that harasses or hurts the bully victim. The upcoming topics of the paper will be based on the devised thesis statement for the subject. The devised thesis statement for the paper is, ?Because the bullying has become life threatening for most of the people, bullying prevention programs should be implemented to control and ultimately eliminate bullying from our society.?
With reference to the thesis statement devised above, the paper will be focused upon discussing an implemented bullying prevention program. The scope of the discussion will take into consideration the how?s and why?s of the program invention, what?s and who?s, and finally, the impact that the program has had on the current situation of the problem.
In modern and developed countries, one major threat to the well being of youngsters and young adults is bullying. What started as just a few students or youngsters getting together picking on someone has now become a serious threat to the physical and mental well being of the society as a whole.
Bullying has become a major point of consideration for all the countries at a national level. It may sound something trivial but it has very strong impacts on those who are affected by it and those who actually do it. People who are affected by it are traumatized for a longer period of time while people who do it and are not stopped might turn out to be future criminals or outlaws.
Due to heavy prevalence of this problem, schools and colleges are now looking towards a proper and systematic solution to address it. The paper revolves around the solution and aims to analyze a Bullying Prevention Program (BPP) in detail so that sufficient understanding can be developed on bullying and how it can be prevented (Indiana University, 2012).
Determining what is bullying and is very easy but can be confusing. It is important to know that bullying is carried out by a bully due to the emerging desire to hurt a person or affect him / her negatively. Bullying can take place at all levels, in schools, colleges, universities or even workplaces however in different places it exists in different forms. There are at least twelve different types of bullying some of which are client bullying, serial bullying, institutional bullying, organizational bullying, corporate bullying, pressure bullying, gang bullying, secondary bullying, pair bullying, vicarious bullying, cyber bullying, residual bullying, regulation bullying, and peer bullying.
The chosen program for the purpose of academic discussion is Olweus Bullying Protection Program. The program is universal and has been developed and designed by Dr. Dan Olweus. The program is known as one of the most comprehensive and effective programs for bullying protection. Dr. Olweus recognized the need for the program when there was a drastic increase in school violence emerging from bullying (Bauer, Lozano, & Rivara, 2007).
In some ways or the other, bullying acted as a child of criminal activities acting on an international scale. The future appeared darker due to bullying thus it was important to devise a solution for the problem. The program is basically designed for schools and aims to treat both the people who are bullied and the people who are bullies.
The problem we are dealing with is bullying. While most people may disregard it by taking it non-serious, the statistics indicate that more than 50% of the students want to willingly give up on school due to the bullying problems. The statistics also indicate a noticeable increase in the rate of child and youth suicide, school violence, bathroom harassment, and emotional / mental disturbance all due to bullying. This is not only affecting the current education system and quality but also affecting the overall society negatively (Bauer, Lozano, & Rivara, 2007).
Thus no matter how much we try to portray the scope as limited, we cannot because the scope is actually huge, and is increasing more day by day.
Bullying has been a part of the western society since the early beginning but it was somewhere around in the 1970?s that Dr. Olweus took the initiative of carrying out the first systematic research to study on these problem. Gradually the bullying increased and resulted in successful suicide attempts by young boys. It was the first time that the matter was taken seriously into consideration nationally. However the efforts of taking the matter seriously were only in Scandinavia and not in other areas of the world.
Due to the increasing rate of bullying and bully victims, Dr. Olweus finally developed the Olweus Bully Prevention Program. The program was first evaluated on a large scale project and then became the pioneer, universal, and most successful bully prevention programs (Olweus, Limber, & Mihalic, Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Book Nine -- Bullying Prevention Program, 1999).
The purpose of the program is to reduce bullying by preventing and controlling it. Expanding on the purpose, it would not be wrong to say that by implementing this program the schools want a better output in terms of students. Bullies are most likely to turn into violent crime committers; hence it is a danger for the overall society to nurture bullies.
Therefore, it is important to treat the bullies and not handle them violently immediately. Treating them will diminish the violent nature that prevails within them however handling them violently will only stop them temporarily. To sum it up, the purpose is to reduce bullying by preventing and controlling it along with treatment of the bullies and the bullied in order to maintain the societal balance.
The program elements constitute of elements that enable the program?s implementation. In order to be implemented successfully the program should have the right kind of target segment and the right kind of content along with the program team. The elements include who the program targets, the team for implementation, and the program contents. All the elements are discussed in detail below (Olweus, Limber, & Mihalic, Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Book Nine -- Bullying Prevention Program, 1999).
Target
The program targets students. Basically the elementary, junior and high school students are largely the victims of bullying therefore the program has been specifically designed for them. Since the bullying can be carried out by any one, also a teacher, the program aims to train the children to handle bullying and address it in the right way.
Content
The content of the program consists of the individual components, the class room components and the school wide components. The details of each component are discussed below in detail.
Individual Components ? These components include different kinds of interventions designed for the bully ? students and the bully victims. The interventions are supposed to be carried out by the teachers of the students however they may be assisted by a mental health expert or a counselor.
Class room Components ? These components include designing a set of class rules against bullying and having student meetings to monitor bullying and bullying protection at regular intervals. This would create a sense of accountability in the minds of the students. If they are being bullied the meetings would help and encourage them to reveal. If they are bullies, they would know that sooner or later they will be exposed and will be punished in some way for the other. Thus for the bullies the meetings will act as deterrents.
School wide Components- This is the most comprehensive component in nature and includes planned interventions, anonymous surveys to assess the nature and extent of bullying, school conferences every once in a while and a bully prevention committee that will constantly monitor and focus on the issues related to bullying. The committee has also been designed for students who don?t have a control over their violent abilities and carry out bullying due to their lack of control. The committee will then work upon treating such bullies and also save them from serious consequences.
The Team
The team constitutes of the school staff along with the teachers, administrators, counselors and other health experts within the school. The team constitutes of both internal and external team. The above mentioned team is internal that is made from within the school while the external team is temporary team or a visitor team that can be called for a special intervention for students to treat a specific bully issue.
The impact of the program can be judged by the level to which bullying has been reduced in schools where the Olweus Bully Prevention Program was implemented. The results basically show a significant decrease in bullying and victimization, a significant decrease in the anti social behavior of the students such as fighting, isolation etc., and over all positive improvement. The regions where the program was implemented show significant improvement and a significant decrease in the amount of bullying. However it is important to note that the problem still exists and hasn?t been eliminated completely. It is important for every school to have such a program as a part of its core syllabus in order to prevent students from mental and physical suffering (Whitted & Dupper, 2005).
The cost of the program is almost $300 that includes the cost of the content and the cost of required for the materials required by the teacher. Additional costs may be required by the on-site project implementing coordinator. Therefore the program should be implemented in schools world wide as it is a reasonable and affordable program that can improve the school?s environment by prevention of bullying (Bauer, Lozano, & Rivara, 2007)..

Bibliography
Bauer, N. S., Lozano, P., & Rivara, F. P. (2007). The Effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in Public Middle Schools: A Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, 266-274.
Indiana University. (2012). Bullying Prevention. Indianan: US Department of Education.
Jones, L., Doces, M., Swearer, S., & Collier, A. (2012). Implementing Bullying Prevention Program - A How to guide. MacArthur Foundation .
Olweus, D. (2005). A useful evaluation design, and effects of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. Psychology, Crime and Law, 389-402.
Olweus, D., Limber, S., & Mihalic, S. (1999). Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Book Nine -- Bullying Prevention Program. Penssylvania: Pennsylvania Cmssn on Crime and Delinquency.
University of Colorado . (2012, September 8). Model Programs: Olweus BPP: Blueprints for Violence Prevention. Retrieved from Center of Study and Prevention of Violence - Institute of Behavioral Science: http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/modelprograms/BPP.html
Whitted, K. S., & Dupper, D. R. (2005). Best Practices for Preventing or Reducing Bullying in Schools. Oxford Journals, 167-175.
Wright, J. (2004). Preventing Classroom Bullying. Intervention Central.

Use the above essay to answer the following questions.
1.At the top of the page,write your thesis statement.
2.Create a detailed outline of your paper,which lays out a summary of the information you will present in your final paper.The outline must include a minimum of ten main section heads and a minimum of two subtopics under each section head.The outline also must follow the format taught in class(e.g., use of Roman numerals,capital letters).
3.for each subsection head in your outline,write the last name(s) of the author(s) and year of publication of the article(s) that you are relying on to create those subsections.
4.submit a minimum of 8 abstracts of the sources you will be using to write your paper.(THE SOURCES CAN BE FOUND IN THE ABOVE ESSAYS)

Use the below outline as a guide to your outline

I. Introduction:
A. Statistics on prevalence of drunk driving in United States (source #, p. #)
B. Cost associated with drunk driving (source #, p. #)
C. Two approaches to reducing drunk driving (source #, p. #)
1. Punishment (source #, p. #)
2. Rehabilitation (source #, p. #)
D. Thesis statement

II. Scope of problem
A. Summary of most recent estimates of number of drunk driving incidents in U.S. (source #, p. #)
B. Summary of most recent estimates of drunk driving fatalities in U.S. (source #, p. #)

III. Define drunk drivers
A. Legal limits (source #, p. #)
1. DUI- Minimum blood alcohol content .08 (source #, p. #)
2. DWI- Minimum blood alcohol content .07 (source #, p. #)
B. Prevalence- offender demographics
1. Gender (source #, p. #)
a. Male (source #, p. #)
b. Female (source #, p. #)
2. Ethnic groups (source #, p. #)
a. Caucasian (source #, p. #)
b. African American (source #, p. #)
c. Hispanic (source #, p. #)
3. Age (source #, p. #)
a. Legal age (21 and over) (source #, p. #)
b. Under age (under 21) (source #, p. #)

IV. History of DUI legislation
A. First legislation passed in 1910 (source #, p. #)
B. California first state with legislation against drunk driving (source #, p. #)
C. Many states had passed laws by the 1990s (source #, p. #)
D. Currently all states have laws against drunk driving (source #, p. #)

V. Punishment
A. Confinement (source #, p. #)
1. Prison (source #, p. #)
2. Home detention (source #, p. #)
B. Fines (source #, p. #)
C. Removal of privileges (source #, p. #)
1. Take away driver?s license (source #, p. #)
2. Take away license plates (source #, p. #)
3. Ignition interlock devices (source #, p. #)

VI. Treatment programs
A. In-patient (source #, p. #)
1. Alcohol-related programs (source #, p. #)
2. Mental health therapy (source #, p. #)
B. Outpatient (source #, p. #)
1. Alcohol-related programs (source #, p. #)
a. Alcoholics Anonymous (source #, p. #)
b. Alcohol education classes (source #, p. #)
2. Mental health therapy (source #, p. #)

VII. Study #1- Smith & Jones, 2008
A. Do ignition interlock devices reduce recidivism for first-time DUI offenders? (Research question)
B. 350 convicted DUI offenders in NM from 2000 to 2004 (Sample population)
C. Data obtained from interviews, questionnaires (Data obtained)
D. 55% of sample population did not recidivate after 1 year (Findings)
E. Small sample size may affect findings

VIII. Study #2- Wells, 2007
A. Are repeat DUI offenders who receive 1-3years in prison less likely to recidivate?
B. 1500 offenders, nationwide, examined in 2005
C. Data obtained from interviews, questionnaires
D. 51% of those offenders did not recidivate
E. Problems with data collection may have skewed results

IX. Study #3- Wilson, 2004
A. Does the combined punishment of imposing a fine and revoking a DUI offender?s driver?s license reduce the likelihood that the offender well drink and drive in the future
B. 4000 offenders from three Midwest states
C. Data obtained from self-report surveys, interviews
D. Offenders who received combination of punishments less likely to drink and drive; however, if they received only, not less likely to drink and drive
E. Self-report survey may have led to underreporting, inaccurate answers

X. Conclusion
A. Summary statement of problem and impact on society (source #, p. #)
B. Restate the thesis
C. Future implications (source #, p. #)
1. Create more ways to educate people about drunk driving and the repercussions for committing it (source #, p. #)
2. Conduct more studies examining combination of punishment and treatment to reduce recidivism (source #, p. #)