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First-year student persistence and retention using electronic portfolios

Sandler, M. (2010). First Year Student Adjustment, Success, and Retention: Structural Models of Student Persistence Using Electronic Portfolios. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Denver, CO, Apr 30-May 4)

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Performance budgeting adoption by state and local governments

In the aftermath of the "Great Recession" state and local governments along with the federal government are facing the prospects of surging budget deficits and the concomitant budget cuts or tax and fee increases requisite to restore a semblance of budgetary balance.

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The irony of solitude in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Nobel Prize-winning novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is not arbitrarily titled. The theme of solitude permeates Garcia's novel, shaping the characters and their living, breathing town, Macondo.

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Forecasting the future of customer relationship management software

Of the many types of software used for managing the many interactions between companies and their customers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications are the most dominant (Shang, Lin, 2010).

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Native American stereotypes and discrimination in the 21st century

The contemporary general public is still having problems abandoning stereotypes regarding Native Americans, even with the fact that society has allegedly experienced great progress from the time when American Indians were widely discriminated.

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Psychodynamic theory and self-assessment in organizational leadership

Theories on organizational leadership are often developed and refined according to schools of thought on organizations, how they function and how opportunities are maximized there within.

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The three-tier model in e-commerce application architecture

The three-tier model of data, business logic and presentation layer have been represented in a wide variety of formats and structural variations, yet all rely on databases being the foundation with servers managing the interpretation and analysis of data.

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The interconnection of race and class in American inequality

Race and class are inextricably entwined, making the two issues inseparable. Especially in the United States, and throughout Western Europe as well, poverty and race and linked. Therefore, neither one plays a more important role in the evident societal inequalities and discrimination.

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English social hierarchy in the sixteenth century: peerage and landed gentry

Basically, English society in the 16th century was composed of two essential groups, the peerage and landed gentry (Debrett). Members of the peerage made up what now makes up the House of Lords in Parliament.

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How businesses use budgets for financial planning and performance management

Budgets are an essential element of managing any company competently and competently. They supply a diagram of action for managers as well as a position of contrast at the period's conclusion. When the majority of people think of budgets, they think of a classic family budget.

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