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Reducing divorce rates through improved couples communication skills

Divorce has become popular throughout the many years it has existed and divorce rates continue to increase. More than a million people a year get a divorce (Tucker-Ladd 35). Young couples are more commonly known to get a divorce, than those who have been married for two or three years (35).

~29 min read

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Literacy and numeracy skills as development indicators in Ghana

How does a country make progress? The answers seem to be obvious on paper - if difficult to effect in the world itself.

~35 min read

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The role of fear in confronting mortality and spiritual beliefs

Introduction classical point of departure in defining Death seems to be Life itself. Death is perceived either as a cessation of Life - or as a "transit area," on the way to a continuation of Life by other means.

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Distance learning policies and interactive television in engineering education

Distance learning, sometimes called "distance education" is, according to Kerka (1996), a method of education in which the learner is physically separated from the professor and the institution sponsoring the instruction.

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Learning disabilities in adults: definitions, manifestations, and literacy services

It has been estimated (Adult with Learning Disabilities) 1 that 50-80% of the students in Adult Basic Education and literacy programs are affected by learning disabilities (LD).

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Teacher professional conduct and superintendent disciplinary decisions

To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society - President Theodore Roosevelt. That teaching is at one and the same time an intellectual as well as a moral endeavor, is an idea that is well entrenched in the minds of men since centuries past.

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William Buckley, William Rusher, and the rise of American conservatism

conservative intellectual movement, but also the role of William Buckley and William Rusher in the blossoming of the youth conservative movement

~32 min read

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Gender roles and historical factors affecting workplace respect for women

From the world of the Tasaday tribe in the Philippines to that of such fields as genetic engineering and astrophysics, men and women are compelled to function within the workforce in different ways.

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Changing relationships between Congress and the presidency over 200 years

Over the past 200 years or so, the relationship between the House of Representatives and the Senate has changed quite a bit, but not always for the better. The relationship between Congress as a whole and the Presidency has also changed during this time period, but the same is also true of it.

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The state of the world's refugees in the post-Cold War period

As the threat of war looms large, the situation of those displaced because of violence and fights is becoming the focal point of talks amidst humanitarian groups. Many wrote about the situation in Afghanistan.

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