The key research questions will focus on what parental involvement strategies are being implemented in middle schools. ... Many of the children and parents were knowledgeable of the researcher via the child having taken a class with the researcher, exposed through other academic activities in the district, or other activities within the community and surrounding communities. The researcher utilized other researchers to review the data collected to eliminate personal biases that could skew the findings. ... Research conducted by the Michigan Department of Education (2002) provided informati...

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According to Eric Kelderman, if a college implements "tuition freezes " and cannot find other ways to replace the lost revenue, "the freezes can force institutions to cut faculty positions, academic programs, and student services " (1). ... In addition, many teachers are performing too much research instead of teaching enough classes. ... Colleges can produce additional revenue by increasing the teaching loads of any professors who are performing too much research, allowing more students to be taught without increasing the number of faculty members. ... To look better than their competitors, ...

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Today's social structure calls for every young adult to attend a university immediately after graduating high school. It tells us we need to have a step-by-step plan of what we are going to do for the rest of our lives and what we're going to do for eight hours every day five days a week, and truth...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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