Analyze the role of the paradigm shift under the Affordable Care Act and discuss how transparency will play a greater role in pricing of health care. In your opinion, will consumers begin to demand increasing transparency in pricing? Provide at least one peer-reviewed reference outside of your textbook to support your position. Do you believe accrediting commissions (e.g., the Joint Commission) will demand greater transparency […]

Choose five of the following items (5 items x 10 points each = 50 points) and write a short essay for each of your choices in which you both identify the item and explain its relevance/importance to our class in terms of the materials we have covered thus far this semester. Give sufficient specific details and/or examples FROM COURSE MATERIALS to support your identification. Clearly […]

The medieval period in history is the period in which monotheist took root against polytheism and pantheism. It was a definite transition period that changed the scope of history and shaped everything from artwork and philosophy to science and fashion.Imagine if that hadn’t happened. Imagine if polytheism and pantheism had remained strong and Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the other monotheistic religions hadn’t become strong. Choose […]

I am writing a term paper on foster children and special education. The goal is to learn about the unique problems of foster care children who have special education needs, such as, do they tend to receive less services overall, what percentage of special education litigation involves foster children (like slim to none), etc. I have noticed that because foster children are generally assigned special […]

Public health research has traditionally focused on problems, deficiencies, disease, and contributing factors to public health problems. In recent years, community health assessments have also included community assets or resources. The process of identifying these contributions to the public health of a community is called asset mapping. One strategy for identifying assets is geographic information system (GIS) mapping. Although the asset-mapping approach to community health […]

Go to a bookstore or a library that has children’s books.  Look for books for children aged 5-7.  That is, not baby board books, not chapter books, but single story short length books.  Pick three books.  Read them.  If you are in a bookstore, you do not need to buy them — just plant yourself and read them.  Then write a reaction paper in which […]

For this assignment, you are to author 5-7 pages in 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced, with 1″ margins on any subject within the purview of the philosophy of race. While no outside sources are required, yet all and any citations are to be presented as Chicago Style , and the additional formatting ought to be in accordance with the Chicago Manual of […]

Interpersonal effectiveness is a broad topic that entails many aspects of how we view and interact with the world. In each module, you will take in a great amount of information from a variety of sources—your reading, media presentations, case studies, etc. In addition to graded reflection activities, you are encouraged to keep a journal through the course to reflect on how what you learn […]

The final assignment is to choose one theme of interest discussed in class,economic, politics. You will find two academic sources on this topic and summarize/critique them in connection with the course material discussed so far. You will then interview someone from Latin America (or anyone who has spent sufficient time in the region) to see how your topic connects with their real-world experiences. The final […]

Assignments: Journals/Short Papers: Short Papers are worth 25 points each and you must turn in four papers. Each paper should reflect on the site visits or on your own research and make reasonable connections to the readings. ALL PAPERS must incorporate the readings –and by readings. this means multiple readings into your observations. Each paper should be between 2-4 pages double spaced. Journals/short papers are […]