Legacy Admission It is a dream of many students to be admitted into an elite college or university. However, getting into one has been a controversial issue on college admission for so many years. Some says that money matters more than brains, wherein college officials favored legacy student over the common applicant. Legacy admission is a process in which a student is admitted without enough credentials and not based on academic standards. Legacy students are getting preferential treatment because they are child of a wealthy, popular, educated, or alumni of the university.
Based upon social class and political power in public policy, the United States has proven to be a nation where the economy, society, and political system do not function in the same way for all of its citizens, and everybody works for the benefit of the few, and against the interest of the many. Professors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson argued in their book, “Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer – and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class” (2010), that changing tax rates has been a major factor underlying growing inequality. They claim that the globalization and technological changes are not the causes of economic struggles of the middle and working classes in the United States. Instead they blame a long series of policy changes in government that significantly favored the very rich since the late 1970s. Those changes were the result of, well-financed and well-organized efforts by the corporate sector to push government policies to lean in favor of the very wealthy.
Workshop Three (Individual Assignment) Case Analysis Averett University International Business Course, BSA 545 February 20, 2013 Question #1: There are several factors that need to be examined in the argument that developing countries ought to be able to maintain their subsidies, the ones to which Hochberg objects, because these countries need advantages to break into and become established in world markets. Will subsidizing exports help the domestic economy in the future? Will the change in operations lead to job exports from the United States and harm the developing countries economy for not leveling the playing field? Will new operations contradict U.S. policies by facilitating the export of products used for repression and providing corporate subsidies? Changes in operations will help increase job exports.
Many have argued that schools should provide an environment free from ads and corporate influence. But others argue that corporate sponsorships are a necessity for “cash strapped schools.” Budget cuts are attacking schools all over the nation, so it's nice to see that corporations are helping to keep sports programs running. it can also be a way of showing community togetherness, like if it's a local business or corporation throwing support. Public schools need to be run by a business and obtaining corporate sponsors would be a great way to bring money into the schools. The problem is that the funding is low due to all the spending the government does and in the end limits money for education.
Nike start to defend their self. Audits of Nike generally have determined they Nike pays wages above the legal minimum. Critics are not satisfied, however, arguing that in most cases the wages still do not constitute a fair living wage. Nike launched a large public relations campaign to combat the damaging allegations of child labor, inhospitable working conditions, and low or nonexistent wages. In an effort to directly address the concerns of students activists, Nike visited several college campuses, opening dialogue with students and university administrations about its manufacturing policies.
Corporate executives or individual proprietors can contribute to society personally instead of spending shareholders' money for promoting social reform (Friedman, 1970, as cited in Schwartz & Saiia, 2012). There are some proponents go along with Friedman's theory. It is believed that individuals or institutions continue their investment in firms which have higher profitable returns (Bridwell & Morrison, 2011). Indeed, Bridwell and Morrison (2011) also report that customers seem to be disinterested in motivating companies for exercising CSR. On the contrary, opponents argue that corporations should promote social objective due to its dependence on society.
In her article, “The Higher Education Scam”, Ehrenreich expresses her opinion on rather or not an college education is a necessity to get a good job or to be successful.In her opinion college is just a waste of time and money used to just get a job. A job isn’t a career. I mostly disagree and agree a little with Ehrenreich’s claim that higher education is a scam. My first reason for disagreeing mostly with Barbara Ehrenreich’s article of is because a college education prepares students for their careers because it provides a positive future. In Barbara Ehrenreich’s article she theorizes that, “…Employers prefer college grads because they see a college degree chiefly as mark of one’s ability to obey and conform.” This statement in which Ehrenreich gives her theory on how employers think is outrageous.
English 152 30 September 2013 Alcohol abuse effecting academic performance needs to be written about because there are strong cases for both sides of the argument, it is a current and interesting topic, and people need to be informed on how alcohol may be a direct cause of failing performance in school. A private college is a business, not all students go to college to party, and Alcohol on campus causes more problems than it is worth. Alcohol abuse on campus affects student’s academic performance negatively. A private college is a business. Parents spend a lot of money for their son or daughter to better them through higher education.
A subsidy sponsors unprofitable business enterprises and often favors one firm over another. Therefore, subsidies effectively interferes with the concept of a free market economy.1 In addition, government support to import-threatened industries seems to contain the growth
But then “We never hated you, we just didn’t understand you. You were always so willing to take a stand and it made us really uncomfortable. We’ve heard what you’ve don’t with your life and we’re really proud of you.”(page 255). Perhaps things aren’t what they seem. When you are a kid and you stand out, it can be encouraged or found upon.