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social mobility

What are some of the factors that affect social mobility? Can these be overcome?

  • Do you believe the structural-functionalist or the social conflict approach best explains social stratification? Why?
  • How does the media reflect attitudes on gender as far as depicting women and men in very traditional roles? Provide two detailed examples that substantiate your points—these can be an advertisement, television show, website, or magazine.
  • When you think of various groups (race, class, and gender) in society, which ones have the most power and which ones have the least? Using Intersection Theory, identify two groups that have unequal amounts of power and resources, being specific and using the text and outside resources. For each group, has the power dynamic changed over time? Do you think it will change in the future? Why or why not?
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Racism, Sexism and Social Change

describe how race and gender shape a person’s life.  Which is most powerful in a person’s life: race, gender, or class?  How do all three intersect in your life?  How are your own experiences different (or the same) as your parents’ experiences?  Be sure to support your answer with the text, appropriate outside resources, and your own personal experiences.
Create a response in 3 paragraphs to the discussion question. Cite sources and include references in your response

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: Markets Failures and Exceptions

For each of the following situations, the market system has failed and/or just will not allocate resources efficiently:

  • Situation 2: Some states allow students to attend certain universities within the state tuition free if they are a resident of that state. As a result of this policy, the state’s population is more educated and more productive in the workplace than many other states.
  • Situation 3: You live in a small subdivision with several residents. The subdivision has one short dirt road that provides access to all the homes. Bob, one of the residents of the subdivision, just inherited a large sum of money and decides to have the road in the subdivision paved. After the paving, Bob asked the other residents to pay their fair share of the costs for the paving, but they all refused.
  • Situation 4: The President of the United States has determined that the cost associated with national defense has become too expensive. In an effort to reduce costs and balance the budget, the President has asked the public to voluntarily pay for their fair share of the costs associated with national defense. One of his advisors insists that this would not work, another advisor thinks it’s good policy. Which advisor is correct?

Deliverables:

  • Using the situations above, prepare a 5 page Microsoft Word document that addresses the above situations and meets APA standards.
  • Include a summary section in your report that contains 5-7 bullet points identifying your major findings or conclusions of your paper.
  • Submit this report as your initial post in the W3, Assignment 1 Discussion Area by Week 3, Day 3.
  • Continue your discussions until the end of the week by commenting on at least two other submissions by your peers, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each post.

All submissions must be original and all resources must be properly acknowledged.

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Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Debt

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: Market Failure: Poverty and Income Inequality

Listed below are several summary statements from the 2010 Census report:    
The official povertty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent—up from 14.3 percent in 2009. This was the third consecutive annual increase in the poverty rate. Since 2007, the poverty rate has increased by 2.6 percentage points, from 12.5 percent to 15.1 percen.

    1. In 2010, 46.2 million people were in poverty, up from 43.6 million in 2009—the fourth consecutive annual increase in the number of people in poverty.
    2. Between 2009 and 2010, the poverty rate increased for non-Hispanic Whites (from 9.4 percent to 9.9 percent), for Blacks (from 25.8 percent to 27.4 percent), and for Hispanics (from 25.3 percent to 26.6 percent). For Asians, the 2010 poverty rate (12.1 percent) was not statistically different from the 2009 poverty rate.
    3. The poverty rate in 2010 (15.1 percent) was the highest poverty rate since 1993 but was 7.3 percentage points lower than the poverty rate in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available.
    4. The number of people in poverty in 2010 (46.2 million) is the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published.
    5. Between 2009 and 2010, the poverty rate increased for children under age 18 (from 20.7 percent to 22.0 percent) and people aged 18 to 64 (from 12.9 percent to 13.7 percent), but was not statistically different for people aged 65 and older (9.0 percent).2

Source: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2010/highlights.html

Tasks:

  • Select any four of the six summary statements and explain in detail the significance and possible causes of each item.
  • Be sure to use the economic concepts and polices discussed in your textbook where applicable.
  • Identify possible economic policies that may explain these items and/or those which could be used to deal with the problems or situations described.

 

  • Prepare a 5 page Microsoft Word document that addresses the above tasks and meets APA standards.
  • Include a summary section in your report that contains 5-7 bullet points identifying your major findings or conclusions of your paper.

All submissions must be original and all resources must be properly acknowledged

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Early childhood education administrators

Early childhood education administrators are responsible for setting and maintaining the policies and procedures of the child care center or school.  (be sure to cite your source), choose one of the following policies and one of the following procedures, and explain how you would address the problem.
Policy (choose one)

  1. Sick Policy:  Your center has a policy that children cannot come to school if they have a fever, yet Mrs. Thompson brings her son Tyler to school anyway.
  2. Late Payment Policy:  If parents are more than 30 days behind on payments, the child may not attend.  Mr. Miller brings his daughter Sophie to school even though he is 45 days behind in payments.
  3. Biting Policy:  Your center abides by the “three strikes” rule for biting.  Connor has bitten children three times, yet his parents plead with you that he be allowed to still attend school.

Procedure (choose one)

  1. Daily Health Check Procedure:  Each teacher is supposed to perform a daily health check for each child but Sarah, the Pre-K teacher, repeatedly forgets.  This time, she missed a case of chicken pox which has now spread to several other children.
  2. Time Out Procedure:  Teachers routinely use the “time out” method to handle misbehavior in the classroom but Linda, the teacher in the toddler classroom, has been leaving children in the time out chair for long periods of time.
  3. Fire Drill Procedure:  During a fire drill, teachers are supposed to keep their children as quiet as possible in order to hear instructions.  Every teacher does a good job with this procedure, except Bill, the Pre-K teacher, who allows children to run and scream during fire drills.

In your discussion post,

  1. Explain the difference between a policy and a procedure.
  2. Provide two to three examples of each.
  3. Outline one to two ideas for implementing or enforcing policies and procedures.
  4. Evaluate one to two potential challenges that may arise with your policies/procedures and propose solutions.

Your discussion post should be at least 200 words in length.
Guided Response:  Review the posts of several of your peers with focus on how they would address each problem.  Respond to two or more of your peers as if you were the parent or the teacher in the scenario.  How would you respond to the proposed solution?  Each response should be at least 50 words in length.

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Journals

1When looking at job options, what are the top three compensation factors that influence your decision? How are those factors different from what they may have been five years ago? As you change, your compensation interests change as well. What do you think some of the changes are that have impacted your top three compensation factors?
2Under group and company-wide incentive programs, do you believe it is possible for poor performers to benefit without making substantial contributions to group or company goals? What can companies do to ensure that poor performers do not benefit?
3Thinking about your current job or a job you previously held, discuss whether you believe that you personally would benefit from a person-focused pay plan. Explain your response.
4Consider the company that you currently work for or one for which you have been employed previously. Describe the pay structure of the company, and discuss whether or not you feel it is/was fair to the employees. What, if anything, could be or could have been improved about the pay structure?
5Thinking about the organization y.ou currently work for or one for which you have worked in the past, what has been the most valuable benefit for you personally? Explain your choice.
6Think about the CEO of the company you currently work for or one for which you have worked in the past. What are your thoughts about the compensation package that he or she receives or received? Do you believe that the work he or she does or did merits such a compensation package? Why, or why not?
7.would you prefer to be employed by a company that utilized a person-focused pay plan or by a company that utilized an incentive pay plan? Explain your reasoning.
 

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drug-free work policy

  • Identify and examine ethical issues and dilemmas created by this issue in the staff report. The staff report will be addressed to your instructor who is a city manager, county supervisor, or board of corrections.
  • Utilize the policy format from your organization
  • This assignment is single-spaced.

 

  • This assignment is two parts; one page policy and 500 word cover memorandum