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Class-size caps and student achievement in public schools

Sorting and Regression-Discontinuity Design in a Public School Setting With Class-Size Caps The importance of class size in determining student achievement has grown even more contentious in recent years as class sizes are increasing due to decreases in state funding for education.

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Lady Gaga, feminism, and the paradox of individual choice

Feminism in America today is often justified by the word 'choice,' in the sense that women should have a 'choice' in terms of what feminine conventions they embrace or reject.

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Cultural health beliefs and practices across Southeast Asian, Hispanic, and African-American families

Nurses are apt to use the term 'health' with patients as if it means the same thing to all people, from all backgrounds.

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Game theory and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict's rational basis

Game theory: How the irrational behavior in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might be explained by the 'rational' analysis of game theory

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Strayer University's history and organizational performance metrics

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Strategic planning approaches and stakeholder social responsibility integration

Henry Mintzberg (1994) defined strategic planning as a means to devise and implement the strategies that would enhance corporate competitiveness. Inherent to this was separating strategic thinking from the actions undertaken to execute strategy.

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Capital One's acquisition strategy and strategic environmental challenges

Capital One's external environment and its recent acquisition strategy. Capital One's strategy to this point has been congruent with its need to diversify beyond credit cards and the lack of international opportunities in financial services.

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Looting the truth: Post-Katrina photography and journalistic ethics

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to impact the United States in recent memory. The photojournalists present in New Orleans at the time found a rich source of narrative images as residents attempted to cope with the crisis.

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Zahi Hawass and the development of Egyptian archaeology

Zahi Hawass was born May 28, 1947 in Al-Ubaydiyah, near Damietta in the north-eastern Nile Delta. At fifteen years old, Hawass commenced law studies at the University of Alexandria but soon shifted his primary area of interest to archaeology and antiquities.

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Spy Kids (2001): Robert Rodriguez's departure from violent action cinema

Spy Kids (2001): A radical departure or consistent with Robert Rodriguez's cinematic style?

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