Compare and contrast your selections to clearly identify and discuss key group / individual similarities and differences. Clearly detail at least one specific activity or attack which is/was attributable to each group / individual selected.

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Narrative Essay

Write a clear and descriptive narrative that:

Examines and details a current or a suspected domestic terrorist group or an individual; and a current or suspected foreign terrorist group or individual (2-groups or individuals – one domestic and one foreign)

Compare and contrast your selections to clearly identify and discuss key group / individual similarities and differences.

Clearly detail at least one specific activity or attack which is/was attributable to each group / individual selected; and:

Examine the primary motive(s) behind each of the above identified terrorist acts.

Whether or not the action could or should have been considered an act of terror along with the basis for the application of your assessment (Department of State definition, Central Intelligence Agency definition, etc.)

Finally, provide and support your opinion as to which network or individual selected poses the greatest threat to the U.S. along with your clear and detailed assessment as to why.

Research and investigation beyond those materials indicated in the course-ware will be required.

Conduct Internet research and identify a company that was recently held for Cyber-ransom, of any kind. Identify the company, why it was held ransom & what could/should have prevented it?

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DISCUSSION QUESTION

Conduct Internet research and identify a company that was recently held for Cyber-ransom, of any kind.
Identify the company, why it was held ransom & what could/should have prevented it?
Did the company pay a ransom?
Who was responsible for the decision to pay/not pay?
Was the decision to pay ethical? (To pay or not to pay)

Submit a 1-page “Statement of Need” as the first part of your actual Grant Proposal.

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Grant Proposal: Statement of Need Assignment Instructions

Overview

The best way to learn the knowledge and skills of grant writing is to write a Grant Proposal. Each section of the grant proposal project will develop your knowledge, skills and techniques used in the preparation of professional grant proposals.  A grant proposal must convincingly present and justify your ability to complete a project to a funding agency. Funding agencies also have very specific requirements in the application process. Each grant proposal project will introduce you to the sections most commonly required by a private funding agency.

Instructions

You will submit a 1-page “Statement of Need” as the first part of your actual Grant Proposal. Remember this item is critical. It should be a comprehensive, coherent, and concise description of “the problem” your organization faces and written in a way that is persuasive and encourages a Grant Maker to want to partnership with your organization to solve it.

If you chose Option 1, the most difficult part of this assignment might be getting your organizational contact to identify the actual “Need.” In my experience, having the contact person narrow down his/her “need” can be time consuming. Talk to him/her early and often about this issue so you can complete the assignment on time.

If you chose Option 2, you have some creative writing to do. Pick a logical “need” for your fictitious organization based on its Mission Statement. Don’t create a monstrous, multifaceted “need” with a large, involved budget. If you do, it makes the other assignments of the Grant Proposal more time consuming to complete.

Finally, be sure to read the sample “Need Statements” in the textbook and consider modeling your submission after one of them. There are some exceptional examples, and consider modeling your submission after one of theirs.

Papers may be written in APA or AMA style.

Address ways in which this project might be funded in the future once the grant money runs out. Think sustainability if applicable to this project.

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Grant Proposal: Program Description Assignment Instructions

Overview

The best way to learn the knowledge and skills of grant writing is to write a Grant Proposal. Each section of the grant proposal project will develop your knowledge, skills and techniques used in the preparation of professional grant proposals.  A grant proposal must convincingly present and justify your ability to complete a project to a funding agency. Funding agencies also have very specific requirements in the application process. Each grant proposal project will introduce you to the sections most commonly required by a private funding agency.

Instructions

This section is often the bulk of a Grant Proposal and requires a great deal of thought, planning, and purposeful writing. The first step is to write a broad goal. Then write a series of objectives to solve “the problem” you identified in the “Statement of Need.” The objectives need to be chronologically ordered and specific. A combination of behavioral, performance, process, and product objectives are recommended.

Then from the project objectives, you need to identify and explain the tasks to fulfill the objectives. This will include a summary of day-to-day activities to implement your organization’s solution. Be sure your activity list is comprehensive. For example, if you plan to hire new staff, think through all the issues to get this process done (e.g., advertisement, interviews, background checks, references check, etc.) and the time it will take to complete the hiring process.

You also need to keep in mind two other issues. First, that your objectives are the items to be assessed in the evaluation component of the grant. Secondly, when you create your budget summary, the individual line items will reflect the costs associated with the activities that are fulfilling the objectives.

Don’t forget to use a timeline table in your Project Description. Whether it’s a Gantt chart or a similar table illustrated in the one of the textbooks, it serves a valuable function to the Grant Maker’s readers.

Lastly, address ways in which this project might be funded in the future once the grant money runs out. Think sustainability if applicable to this project.

To summarize, the following items should be included:

  • Goal(s)
  • 3-5 Objectives for each goal provided.
  • List or summary of detailed tasks explaining how each objective will be reached.
  • A Gantt chart or similar table showing when each task will be started and completed.
  • Paragraph on the sustainability of the project if applicable.

Papers may be written in APA or AMA style. There is no page minimum or maximum for the project description.

Write a one page essay describing and explaining what are Attributes of a successful student? How can you become a successful student in college?

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Successful student

Write a one page essay describing and explaining what are Attributes of a successful student? How can you become a successful student in college?

Provide a brief overview of the article, its intended audience, and its purpose. Identify the key issues that are discussed in the article. Discuss the author’s conclusions, findings or assumption as they relate to the topic being research within the article.

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Article Review: Health Policy Assignment Instructions

Overview

This assignment is designed to introduce you to the research you will utilize in your final healthcare policy. The objective is to find scholarly research, published within the last 5 years, that discusses current healthcare policy and its effect on health outcomes. The article can deal with any area of health policy (community health improvement, overall expenditure, effective clinical management, etc.). If at all possible please reframe for opinionated or biased research as it takes away from the overall conversation about what is effective and what is not effective in health care policy. Learning how to get to good factual numbers and research is the cornerstone of this assignment. If you are going to be involved with healthcare policy it is vital you have the ability to identify biased and unbiased research. Lastly, remember that this assignment should be written in such a way that the reader, after reviewing your work, could determine if the research you have critiqued would be useful in their future literature review. Detail is important!

 

Instructions

You will utilize the Article Review Template for this assignment. There is no minimum word count as the analysis and review of the research article will determine the length of the assignment. The template is broken into 4 categories and aligns with the Article Review Grading Rubric for this assignment. The categories are listed below with additional information

 

  1. Author’s Proposed Purpose/Goal of the Article – Provide a brief overview of the article, its intended audience, and its purpose. This is designed to be the summation of the abstract of the research article.

 

  1. Analysis of Key Issues – You should identify the key issues that are discussed in the article. If the article is a formal research study then the discussion of the methodology and research questions should be included in this section. If the article is a gathering or data, then the methodology and the data should be presented in this section. Remember this is the section where you provide the core of the research data and methods and should be thoroughly discussed. At the end, you will discuss the key issues determining their strengths and weaknesses and providing evidence to support your conclusions.

 

  1. Conclusions/Findings/Assumption – This section is here you will discuss the author’s conclusions, findings or assumption as they relate to the topic being research within the article. This is also where you can identify any biases within the article that may have influenced the author.

 

  1. Personal Assessment and Reflection – A very important section of the article review. Here you will provide several assessments of how the article can be used in support or rejection of current healthcare policy. You should also discuss how the article affected your learning on the topic. Finally, you should relate the learning back to biblical principles associated with the care of others.

 

Format all references/citations used in your review in APA or AMA style (dependent on your degree programs requirements). The article should be cited at the end of your work along with any other citations you used in your review. Length will vary with the amount of information within the article but a good baseline is 1 ½  pages double spaced.

Should religious entities qualify for non-profit status? Explain the reason(s) for your position.

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Tax Exemption Status

Should religious entities qualify for non-profit status? Explain the reason(s) for your position. Support your post with references, personal experience, and biblical context. Read: O’Neal-McElrath, Kanter, English: Steps 3 – 5,

Looking at Case Study 3, “International Comparisons: Where else might we go” at the end of Chapter 3, choose 1 country listed in the case study and discuss how that country’s health care policy would be a good policy moving forward in the United States.

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International Comparisons

Read: McLaughlin and McLaughlin: Chapters 2 – 3
Watch: The Economics of Healthcare… I have the transcript attached instead.

Looking at Case Study 3, “International Comparisons: Where else might we go” at the end of Chapter 3, choose 1 country listed in the case study and discuss how that country’s health care policy would be a good policy moving forward in the United States. Support your reasoning with research from your text and outside readings.

According to Andersen, what do sociologists identify as the major sources of marital instability and divorce? Does she offer any final judgments on whether the family is “dying” or “thriving” or what?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

In sociological terms, modern social systems produce all sorts of pressures that pull marriages and families apart, creating tension and discord as they exert their influence. According to Andersen, what do sociologists identify as the major sources of marital instability and divorce? Does she offer any final judgments on whether the family is “dying” or “thriving” or what? In her view, how do those sources of strain work to produce instability or divorce? How do functionalists explain the changes that American marriages and families have experienced over the past fifty years?

 

Think of one time in real life that you have seen the use of pathos, ethos, or logos? (think news, speeches or commercials). What was it? Do you view it differently, now that you know a little more about it.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

  1. Do you have any previous experience with rhetorical analysis? What did you do? (no worries if it is nothing).
  2. Think of one time in real life that you have seen the use of pathos, ethos, or logos? (think news, speeches or commercials). What was it? Do you view it differently, now that you know a little more about it.
  3. Did you prefer the power point presentation or the videos? Which helped you understand better? Why?