Discussion Boards 1-4

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Each thread must be no less than 400 words with at least 2 in-text citations with full references in APA format.

 

DB#1 Topic: History and General Background of Higher Education

Summarize the 10 Generations of American Higher Education. Based on your knowledge, how would you characterize today’s college student population? What unique opportunities and challenges do college campuses face today? How should Christian faculty, staff, and administrators handle their responsibilities when handling difficult social, political, and other pressures? In your replies, identify where you agree or disagree with students’ observations about today’s college students and the opportunities and challenges that college campuses face.

 

DB#2 Topic: Federal and State Involvement in Higher Education

What are similarities and differences between state and federal funding? What are the central role(s) of the federal government in relation to higher education, and what are the central role(s) of state government in relation to higher education? In your replies, express your agreement or disagreement with students’ comparisons between federal and state involvement in higher education.

 

DB#3 Topic: Academic and Career Outcomes

Discuss how attending different types of institutions can impact a student’s academic and career outcomes. Does it matter where students attend college? Are postsecondary institutions responsible to ensure that students complete a degree, accumulate little or no debt, and enter a job that with a high paying salary? What is the Christian’s perspective on making long-term decisions and facing the implications of choices? In your replies, express your agreement or disagreement with students’ comments on these issues.

 

DB#4 Topic: Christian Perspective on Social and Political Issues and the Future of Higher Education

Explain your viewpoint/philosophy on the Christian’s responsibility for responding to social and political issues that impact higher education. How should a believer handle major campus issues (or crises), whether the campus is a public, secular private, or faith-based institution? As you reflect on what you learned in this course, what do you anticipate being the major trends and issues in the future of higher education? In your replies, identify areas where you agree or disagree with students’ forecast for the future of higher education.

Brief Paper 1

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Brief Paper 1 Instructions

 

Discuss how faculty, administrators, and governing board members should work together when facing a major campus issue or crisis. Where does shared governance/leadership fit in? How should an institution handle issues related to campus unrest, particularly in light of the widespread use of social media and live reporting? What is the Christian faculty, staff, or administrator’s proper response to campus unrest (how does a biblical worldview inform the Christian’s response to an issue)?

 

Support your discussion of a biblical worldview with specific Scripture passages. The paper must include at least 3 references in addition to the Bible. Be sure to clearly identify major parts of your paper using section headings. The body of the paper must be 1,200 words.

 

This assignment must reflect current APA style, which includes, a title page, an abstract, and a reference page.

How the lesson addresses Alfonso’s specific learning needs as well as his interests.

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As an educator, you will be designing learning activities that engage your students and facilitate language development. Creating learning experiences aligned to academic standards and the students’ individual learning goals is vital to student success.

Read the scenario below to inform the assignment:

Seven-year-old Alfonso has two months left in his first grade year. He is active and outgoing, has many friends, and loves to play soccer. Science is his favorite subject. He enjoys learning anything related to space and sloths. He is very curious and particularly likes hands‐on academic activities that use manipulatives.

During literacy class instruction, Alfonso can sound out words well, but struggles with reading comprehension including word meanings and finding connections among words in various grade appropriate texts. Alfonso has a particularly hard time connecting what he reads with what he already knows. He often brings up irrelevant information when trying to make these connections.

Alfonso’s teacher, Ms. Seymour, wants to ensure Alfonso masters the vocabulary and comprehension skills that are expected before the end of the year, so she has written the following curricular/academic goals for him:

  • Given a grade‐appropriate text with new vocabulary, Alfonso will use context clues and other strategies, such as consulting a dictionary, to help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
  • Given a grade‐appropriate text, Alfonso will make connections from text to self to help comprehend the meaning of the text.

Part 1: Lesson Outline

Using the “Reading Comprehension Lesson Outline Template ,” develop a research‐based reading lesson outline to help Alfonso reach his vocabulary and reading comprehension goals. Begin by selecting a grade‐appropriate children’s book on which to base the lesson.

The lesson plan  outline should include the following:

  • Three learning objectives aligned to one or more state literacy standard that reflects the literacy goals Alfonso is working to achieve.
  • The selected book and a vocabulary activity that introduces five vocabulary words directly from the book.
  • A comprehension activity that allows Alfonso to demonstrate his comprehension of the story.
  • Two research‐based strategies that can be integrated into the vocabulary and comprehension activities to help Alfonso meet his vocabulary and comprehension goals.
  • Opportunities for Alfonso to apply these skills to different situations or content areas.

Part 2: Rationale and Specialist Planning

Provide a 500‐750 word narrative that includes a rationale for the reading comprehension lesson plan and a plan to work with a reading specialist. In the rationale, explain the following:

  • The alignment between Alfonso’s curricular/academic goals, the lesson activities, and the presented research‐based strategies.
  • How the lesson addresses Alfonso’s specific learning needs as well as his interests.
  • At least one learning theory that supports the selected strategies.
  • Suppose your principal arranged for a reading specialist to help with meeting Alfonso’s developmental needs. In the same narrative as above, describe a structured system you and the specialist could put in place that involves short‐ and long‐term goal setting, as well as data analysis, re‐evaluation, and feedback to Alphonso and his family .

Include at least three scholarly sources to support your lesson, rationale, and specialist plan.

Reading Comprehension Lesson Outline Template

Part 1: Lesson Outline

 

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Vocabulary Words and Description of Vocabulary Activity

 

  
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Opportunities to Apply Skills to Other Situations or Content Areas  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 2: Rationale and Specialist Planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Legal Process Project

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There are five (5) tasks for the Legal Project, as follows:

  1. Analysis of the Constitution

Read and analyze the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Choose the institutional power and personal right you would remove, and explain why; and add a power and right that you would include, and explain why. Two to four (2-4) pages, double spaced.

  1. Homeland Security Legislative Issues

Write a four to six (4-6) page, double spaced, legislative analysis of only 1 of the following bills form the 116th Congress. Your analysis should include consideration of the:

  • Legislative History;
  • Agency Involvement;
  • Cost Implications (CBO Score);
  • Committee Reports;
  • Pros and Cons of the legislation;
  • Recommendation to the head of the agency on implementing the Act;
  • Grammar and compliance to APA (6th) including citations and reference page;
  • Double spaced; and
  • Times New Roman, 12 point font.

Pick only one (1) from the following:

  • H.R. 1593—CLASS Act of 2019
    • House Committee Report 116-25
    • CBO Score H.R. 1593
  • H.R. 1589—CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
    • House Committee Report 116-24
    • CBO Score H.R. 1589
  1. Identification of two (2) Post 9/11 Homeland Security Events

As we study this new concept of “Homeland Security,” we quickly learn that threats to national security are not new. In fact, the United States faced major threats to its existence even before it was officially a nation. Identify and describe two such events in U.S. history that occurred after September 11, 2001, and explain why this event/threat is similar to a current emerging homeland security event. Four (4) pages, double spaced.

  1. Legal Research Exercise

Beginning with Executive Order (EO) 13873 signed on May 5, 2019, analyze President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in regards to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain. Your paper should clearly discuss the EO’s possible impact on the National Security agenda of protecting citizens from foreign national terrorists while evaluating agency implementation, and the role federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support your argument. All requirements of prompt and format must be met to receive full credit.

Grades are based on the following:

  • Pros vs cons on the EO;
  • Recommendation to your superior on the implementation;
  • What will be the outcome by the Supreme Court, and why;
  • Four (4) pages;
  • Grammar and compliance to APA (6th) including citations and reference page;
  • Double spaced; and
  • Times New Roman, 12 point font.
  1. Presidential Directive Draft

For this task, you must use the current emerging threat that you identified in part 3 to articulate and format your proposed solution as a Presidential Directive. Use directives supplied in part 2 as an example of how to format the task. One to two (1-2) pages, double spaced.https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1593?s=1&r=11 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/116th-congress/house-report/25/1 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55166 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1589/text?r=13&s=1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/116th-congress/house-report/24/1 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55165