There\u27s No Way a College Can Close : Student Experiences in a For-Profit Institution Closure

Higher education in the United States has always been considered a pathway for individuals to achieve professional, personal, and socio-economic success. For-profit colleges claim that the for-profit sector provides a service to a demographic of the population neglected by traditional institutions. Since the enactment of neoliberal policy increasing the for-profit sectors participation in federally funded programs, there have been concerns raised regarding the impact of this sector on the lives of the students it serves. Additionally, as for-profit institutions struggle to adhere to federal guidelines, a number of institutions have closed their doors, making it necessary for students to find other options in order to continue their education. There has been little rich data collected on how students in the middle of their program fared after the school they were attending abruptly closed. This study focuses on the impact of policy decisions on student outcomes through a social justice lens. Using phenomenological methods, seven participants who were enrolled in a for-profit college during the time of its closure were interviewed. Findings showed the experiences of participants during the time of the closure. Findings also showed that participants bore positive impacts in their enrollment in the college including graduation, employment, and the ability to transfer to a traditional institution. Implications of findings suggest that regional accreditation, program accreditation, and history and reputation of the institution served as safeguards for student outcomes

What If? Paths Not Taken

I think the point of this exercise in counterfactual thinking is two-fold first, to recognize that not only have choices been made in the past that defined the character of what has happened and that different choices were possible and would have led to different outcomes, and, second, that we are currently making similar choices for the future. Today s choices obviously will have significant long-term consequences for space development. Decision-makers have an image of a desirable future when they make choices, but they also realize that the link between current choice and desired result is always uncertain. As the philosopher Yogi Berra is often quoted as having said, "making predictions is hard, especially when they are about the future.

The Apollo decision and its lessons for policy-makers

Apollo decision and lessons for policy-maker

Space stations: A policy history

The space station concept was studied, and the program was defined. The project planning efforts are described

Monographs in Aerospace History Series No. 11. Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Participation in the Space Station

This essay is a history and analysis of the steps leading to the origins of the space station partnership between the United States and its closest allies. It traces the process that led to the decision to invite other countries to participate in the project and their reasons for accepting that invitation. Not covered in this account are the difficult negotiations during the 1984-1988 period that led first to an initial set of agreements that allowed the prospective partners to work together during the early stages of the space station program and then to the final set of agreements creating the original space station partnership. Also, the 1993 invitation to the Russian Federation to join the original partners is not discussed, nor are the subsequent negotiations to revise the 1988 agreements

Corporate Philanthropy: Strategic Responses to the Firm\u27s Stakeholders

Corporate decisions about philanthropic contributions have become more strategic in recent years. Contributions are targeted not only to benefit recipient nonprofit organizations, but also to fulfill major business objectives. This article develops a typology of strategic corporate philanthropy that distinguishes between strategic process and three strategic outcomes. It reports the extent of strategic philanthropy categories in an exploratory study of large firms headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Relationships between philanthropy and industry sector, organizational placement of the philanthropy function, firm age, and firm size are identified

Economically sustainable riparian buffer to promote bank stability and reduce gully erosion and phosphorus runoff in the Loess Hills

The project considered what types and configurations of vegetative buffers might be effective in slowing soil loss at a Loess Hills site

Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civilian Space Program

The documents selected for inclusion in this volume are presented in three chapters, each covering a particular aspect of the evolution of U.S. space exploration. These chapters address (1) the relations between the civilian space program of the United States and the space activities of other countries, (2) the relations between the U.S. civilian space program and the space efforts of national security organizations and the military, and (3) NASA's relations with industry and academic institutions