Essays on Academic Institutions

Recent changes to the healthcare system have called for a variety of transformations, spanning across the different aspects of health care practice. In the recent past, the nursing profession has been sidelined from major decisions regarding health care, leading to a limitation to the extent to which nurses can stimulate changes in healthcare. The Affordable Care Act is the second largest overhaul of the healthcare system in the United States since Medicare and Medicaid. The increasing need to align health needs of the American citizens with the transformations brought about by the implementation of the Act has led to ...

Originating from the Latin word plagiarius (kidnapper), plagiarism refers to using the work of others and presenting it as one’s own, i.e. without acknowledging the real author. It is a grievous offence and academic institutions, all over the world, seriously punish such academic dishonesty. Although mostly plagiarism is intentional, it is possible to plagiarize accidentally as well. Forgetting to put quotation marks or giving proper citation, due to carelessness or inattention, is an example of unintentional plagiarism. However, in both cases, plagiarism represents an intellectual theft and thus, it is punishable. Plagiarism undermines one’s credibility and reputation, ...

Marchant (2013) wrote the article Management Accounting in the 21st Century: A Profession for Which the Time Has Come, about the growing importance of management accountants in the new century. The author indicates that the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of an economy based on the information age, in which knowledge is a primary source of competitiveness. As the boundaries of traditional industries become a blur, there is a new level of demand for the skills of today`s accountants (Marchant, 2013). Marchant (2013) underline the importance of developing an analytical ability, by assembling a team of professionals ...

Segregation in the South during the 1960s And 1970s

Abstract Segregation in the south was mainly by race and resulted to distinctions with regards to income, education, residence, and employment. Segregation in the south brought forth the ancient and even recent societal and organizational segregation. Segregation took many forms including, gender segregation, residential segregation, employment segregation and even educational segregation among other types. Some actions which portrayed the highest degree of these segregation included Africans enslavement in huge plantations, involuntary blacks emigration, forced relocations to reserves, the internment of minorities including the Japanese Americans, setting up of immigrant enclaves and forced displacements among other actions which were inhumane. ...

Being an international student at the Eastern Kentucky University pursuing my major in Elementary Education, have experienced a different learning environment in this institution as opposed to my native nation, Saudi Arabia. The most dominant difference is based on how the education system operates in Kentucky as compared to Saudi Arabia. For starters, there is a variance in the overall hierarchy of leadership and role division as opposed to my native country. Additionally, Learning from Abroad showed me that problems existed everywhere regardless of the economy of the nation. Initially, I thought the American education system is unflawed due ...

Introduction

Examinations are an essential form of assessment utilized in monitoring a student’s progress. The feedback generated from these evaluations give the teachers, guardians and any other concerned party an overview of the student’s progress in the academic field. Proper interventions are made as per the grades scored by individual students. With this in mind, it is imperative to acknowledge the fact that grades are an influential aspect of the learning process as they give an overview of the student’s academic progress. However, they do not measure the overall student’s intelligence. As such, assumptions should not ...

When a Ferguson grand jury declines to charge policeman Darren Wilson for murdering Michael Brown, Ta-Nehisi Coates watches as his son Samori walks into his bedroom and cries. Michael Brown is a young African American boy who was unarmed when he was shot by the police officer in Missouri. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, a winner of the National Book Award and a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” 2015. Between the World and Me is a critical response he writes to his son that explains and details his experience of racism in the United ...

Leadership is the act of guiding and leading an organization or a group of people. It also refers to the ability to undertake and implement a successful function. Leadership usually involves a number of activities. A good leader should establish a clear vision and share it with other team members so that they get to follow voluntarily. To add on, he or she must provide the requisite information, understanding and methodologies to achieve the vision. Leaders must balance and coordinate conflicts of interests among members and stakeholders. In times of crises, they are required to rise to the occasion ...