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The digital divide: access, education, and employment inequality

The existence of the so-called digital divide can no longer truly be debated; the evidence that there is a present and growing gap in the access to computers and other technology of the digital age that creates an equally wide chasm in individual's ability to improve their lives through better…

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The Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act and financial regulation reform

This year was one of the most economically difficult periods of the past recent decades.

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Advantages and disadvantages of self-funded healthcare plans

The issue of healthcare has been one of continuous debate for well over a decade. In recent months the healthcare debate has become the center of attention. A general consensus exists concerning the need to reform the healthcare system.

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Weber's bureaucratic model in contemporary organizations

Many scholars have criticized the bureaucratic form of organization as originally outlined by Max Weber. Give an example of each of the key elements of bureaucracy as you see them reflected in contemporary organizations.

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Sam Walton's business strategy and Walmart's operational success

When Sam Walton was franchising a Ben Franklin's variety store in Newport, Ark., in the late 1940's, he had a simple but significant idea. Walton, like most retailers, was always looking for a deal from his suppliers.

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Parental motivation in Chinese as a foreign language programs by ethnic group

The rapid economic growth in China has drawn international attention around the world (Congressional Research Service, 2007). It is noted that China is now playing a prominent role on the world stage.

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Financial indicators for monitoring company health and performance

The first section provides a definition and description of various financial indicators that can be useful for managing a company on a day-to-day basis, including net turnover, return on equity, return on assets, equity-to-assets, earnings to operating costs, price to earnings and share price…

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Methods for training faculty to use computers in classrooms

The objective of this work is to examine the methods used to train faculty to use computers in the classroom. This work will develop and analyze these training and development programs and will evaluate training models for relevance and purpose.

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Reality therapy and other counseling strategies for substance abuse

"This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs." "Don't drink and drive." The slogans are familiar, yet these Madison Avenue buzzwords have not eradicated the problem of substance abuse in American society -- or the problem of substance abuse around the world.

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The 1828 election and the origins of the modern two-party system

In the Birth of Modern Politics, Lynn Parsons examines the role that Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 played in the creation of today's modern two-party political system.

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