Public policy issue in higher education

Readings Read the following chapter in Shaw, K.M. & Heller, D.E. (Eds.). (2011). State post secondary education research: New methods to inform policy and practice. Sterling, VA: Stylus. Chapter 2: Can Access to Community Colleges for Low-Income Adults Be...

Vagal nerve

A patient accidentally has their vagus nerve supplying the heart severed during surgery. What would immediately happen to their heart rate, and why? The patient recovers from the surgery, but the effect on the vagal nerve is irreversible. The patient is then required...

Culture’s experiences

At the beginning of the semester, we discussed the crucial difference between a course in History or Anthropology and a course in Humanities: Humanities not only looks at a culture’s experiences (or struggles, to be consistent with the name of our course) but at...

Promoting Internally

Promoting Internally At one time, the idea of an organization promoting from within was seen as all good with no downside. But is it true that this is really the best way for an organization to go? Consider a time when you saw someone promoted and it was a positive...