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NRC Language policy and multilingualism in United States history

Language diversity is a hot-button issue in today's modern political climate. English-only proponents have a variety of reasons for suggesting that English become the single official language of the United States.

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Student-centered learning in European higher education reform

Today, university teaching is initiating a process of change as consequence of European convergence, new curricula and the influence a new educational paradigm in which the unit of analysis are not the actions of teacher but the student's actions.

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Easter Island's ecological collapse and its impact on Polynesian society

At that time, Easter Island was subtropical with a mild climate. Its fertile soil should have made it a relatively easy place for humans to inhabit.

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The strength of the U.S. dollar and its economic consequences

Strength of U.S. Dollar in Relation to the Exchange Rate. There is no question that most people consider a "strong dollar" to be an overall good thing. After all, it just feels good to change one's U.S.

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Integrative bargaining in cross-cultural business negotiations

Over the past two decades, technology and business have seen very radical changes. Globalization has become an accepted and even desirable phenomenon for businesses. Global communication has become a hundredfold simpler, cheaper and faster than it has been in the past.

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Human water diversion and ecosystem damage in Owens Valley, California

Humans often have the ability to remake an ecosystem entirely, disturbing every aspect of it to the extent that the ecosystem can be changed so much that it is destroyed.

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Organizational barriers to quality improvement implementation in healthcare

Barriers that can interfere with implementing or revising the quality measured described in the case study include natural resistance to change. Any change initiative, no matter how worthwhile or beneficial, will be met with resistance from people who are naturally reluctant to change.

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Building a continuous learning organization in modern business

Why is it important and how does one build a continuous learning organization? In today's volatile economic climate, creating a continuous learning organization is a vital component of business success.

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Solution-focused brief therapy as market-driven evolution in psychotherapy

What Corey describes as "postmodern" therapy is, in reality, largely a series of evolutionary changes.

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The Affordable Care Act and emerging models in healthcare delivery

Welcome fellow nurses and other medical professionals or advocates. Like me, you are surely aware of the vastly and quickly changing climate in the medical community when it comes to things like continuum of care, accountable care organizations, medical homes and nurse-managed health clinics.

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