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The SAT: history, measurement, and debate in college admissions

The educational system in the United States, with time, has undergone several upheavals. There are over 1000 colleges and Universities in the United States. These institutions of learning range from conventional degree colleges that offer Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees.

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Race and class discrimination against Black Americans in the Vietnam War

Vietnam War on the issue of class and race on the Black Americans who participated in the war too. America has in many wars, starting from the Revolutionary era to the war in Vietnam.

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Aristotle's definition of happiness as virtuous activity in the Nicomachean Ethics

At the very beginning of Book I Chapter XIII, Aristotle states that "happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect virtue" (Ethics 1102a).

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Allen Verhey's analysis of "playing God" in medical ethics and bioethics

Verhey, Allen. "Playing God and Invoking a Perspective." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 20 (1995): 347-364.

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Alfie Kohn's critique of standardized testing in American schools

Standardized Testing and Its Victims" by Alfie Kohn is a well-written pieces which focuses on the facts and implications surrounding the flaws with the way that standardized testing exists in America.

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Genetic modification, crop diversity, and Uganda's banana crisis

The Uganda bananas case is about the regulatory and political issues surrounding genetically-modified crops. The case is written from the perspective of a scientist who has developed a banana that is resistant to a particular Black Sigatoka, an airborne fungus.

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Vinchur's chronological analysis of psychology in employee selection practices

History of Psychology Applied to Employee Selection" appears in Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Although it is a chapter in the book, it provides detailed information and can be used as a stand-alone text in an analysis of the subject.

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Kate Kiefer's analysis of barriers to online writing instruction

Kiefer, K. (2007). Chapter 8: Do students lose more than they gain in online writing classes? In Joe Lockard and Mark Pegrum (Eds.), Brave New Classrooms: Democratic Education and the Internet (pp. 141-151). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

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Government's role in creating health care policy through abortion controversy

The political system and the medical profession are entangled in many ways. The serious nature of medicine and healing the sick and ill requires a collective guide in order to ensure that proper and sustainable care is offered at all times.

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Financialization and the decline of productive capitalism

There appears to be a disjointed understanding concerning the functioning of a capitalistic economy and its use of money. Financializaition is a mostly new model of the use of money as a valuable resource in and of itself.

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