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Research shows that all sectors of society, across age and racial
groups, consider access to higher education as essential to
achieving satisfying employment and a better quality of life. Yet
there has been surprisingly little public discussion about recent
major changes in higher education access and funding and no policy
debate about how to respond to Americans' growing aspirations about
college.This book stimulates debate by presenting research about
future demand: changing patterns of postsecondary participation and
census projections over the next fifteen years, and their
implications for resources and funding.The author disaggregates
state data, taking into account states' individual histories, size,
age demographics, regional characteristics and priorities, to show
the different policy options available. Rather advancing any
particular policy, the author aims to stimulate an informed
discussion about alternative strategies to meet demand and increase
access. What is the college population likely to look like in 2015?
What are the projected patterns for traditional and adult students?
What factors will influence enrollment in private or public
institutions, or two- or four-year colleges? The authors set their
analyses in the context of the public and private benefits of
higher education. This volume presents multiple scenarios of future
enrollment, and state-by-state comparisons, that are vital for
setting priorities and determining the implications of increasing
access to higher education.
This book is the English version of the text published by the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in April
2008 and entitled Generacion y proteccion del conocimiento:
propiedad intelectual, innovacion y desarrollo 1 economico. Since
then, the year that has passed has been fraught with uncertainty
but has also brought signs of hope. Indeed, the past year was
marked by the outbreak of the deepest and most p- vasive nancial
and economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, a crisis
generated in the United States but whose negative repercussions
have spread at a phenomenal rate throughout the planet. The impact
of this crisis on the p- ples of Latin America and the Caribbean
will undermine the region's prospects for economic growth,
employment, and poverty alleviation. This was the year in which
United States citizens elected Barack Obama as their President, a
clear sign of new hope. This hope was tangible at the Fifth Summit
of the Americas, held in 2009 in Port of Spain, which marked a
turning point in the relations between the countries that make up
this hemisphere. The open posture of the United States and that
country's readiness to listen rather than to impose any particular
position and its willingness to engage in dialogue on an equal
footing were positive signs. Moreover, it was generally admitted
that there is not just one model for advancing successfully toward
development.
This book is the English version of the text published by the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in April
2008 and entitled Generacion y proteccion del conocimiento:
propiedad intelectual, innovacion y desarrollo 1 economico. Since
then, the year that has passed has been fraught with uncertainty
but has also brought signs of hope. Indeed, the past year was
marked by the outbreak of the deepest and most p- vasive nancial
and economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, a crisis
generated in the United States but whose negative repercussions
have spread at a phenomenal rate throughout the planet. The impact
of this crisis on the p- ples of Latin America and the Caribbean
will undermine the region's prospects for economic growth,
employment, and poverty alleviation. This was the year in which
United States citizens elected Barack Obama as their President, a
clear sign of new hope. This hope was tangible at the Fifth Summit
of the Americas, held in 2009 in Port of Spain, which marked a
turning point in the relations between the countries that make up
this hemisphere. The open posture of the United States and that
country's readiness to listen rather than to impose any particular
position and its willingness to engage in dialogue on an equal
footing were positive signs. Moreover, it was generally admitted
that there is not just one model for advancing successfully toward
development."
Relieve your anxiety by colouring! Here are enchanting patterns of
symmetrical shapes, abstract designs, and nature themes - from
diamonds and cubes to feathers and flowers. Pattern master Mario
Martin has created intricate illustrations to colour in, plus
activities to make your own patterns. The fifth volume in the
number-one bestselling Mindfulness Coloring series, this
pocket-size adult colouring book can help you de-stress anytime,
anywhere.
With The MindBody Code, Dr. Mario Martinez shares the rewards of an
investigation that has spanned generations and cultures to reveal
the most effective methods for initiating deep and lasting change.
Through fascinating case studies and practical training in the new
science of biocognition, Dr. Martinez illuminates the pathways to
healing the archetypal wounds of shame, abandonment, and betrayal;
how to break through the ceilings of abundance that limit
prosperity and create the "subcultures of wellness" that will help
you reach your full potential; how to transform "aging
consciousness" to continually increase your value and competence as
you grow older; and much more.
El presente volumen se imbrica dentro del proyecto de investigacion
La historia de la literatura espanola y el exilio republicano de
1939. La finalidad de este proyecto supone una relectura critica e
integradora de un legado de importancia tanto nacional como
internacional. De este modo, implica a la historia literaria tanto
de Espana como del resto de paises en que fueron acogidos nuestros
exiliados, una diaspora que genero un corpus cuantitativa y
cualitativamente relevante en algunos de los sistemas culturales
mas importantes de Europa y de America. Por eso, este proyecto
asume como parte de su finalidad una mejor comprension de la
literatura espanola en un ambito internacional y comparatista de
primer orden.
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Sur(rendering) (Paperback)
Mario Martin Gijon; Translated by Terence Dooley
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Mario MartÃn Gijón’s (Sur)rendering is a sequence of short
pas-sionate lyrics describing a love lost and found. This might
sound like nothing new in the history of poetry, but the poet
immerses us in his story by a complex process of linguistic
recreation: recreation in the sense of re-invention and recreation
also as play, or playfulness. Â Â Â Â
 Eduardo Moga explains his method: ‘The poetry of Mario
MartÃn Gijón is characterised by a morphological promiscuity
which springs from an intense awareness of the susceptibility of
language to experiment. Words become lexical clay in the hands of
the poet, or articulated entities into which other words may be
telescoped. Words break, unscrew, crumble onto the page like sand.
They are like scattered pieces of a mosaic reassembled to form a
new puzzle. This is done by the insertion of brackets around
letters, slashes allowing a choice between letters, dashes severing
or connecting syllables, suffixes or prefixes belonging equally to
the words surrounding them. It multiplies the ways in which a
phrase can be read, multiplies its potential simultaneous
meanings.†So the poet is able to juggle the memory of pleasure
with present suffering, joy and pain in a single verse:
(pre/es/ab)sence. Ambiguity striving for synchronicity, the
language of love becoming as fraught with contradiction as love
itself.
Allan Thomas White, a soldier unable to cope with the atrocities of
war becomes a deserter. Along the way on his flight to freedom, he
encounters the smallest victims of war: children. Unable to merely
abandon them, he strings them along on his journey until he can
find a safe and suitable drop-off point. In war-torn Italy, that
soon becomes unlikely and he decides to take them with him until he
feels he can safely separate from the children. As his journey
continues, he finds more displaced children whom he also cannot
abandon. They soon total eighteen Faced with a dilemma not of his
choice, he must decide how to handle his growing brood. Read "The
Shepherd" to discover the fate of the children and how he solves
his problem of desertion which has come to the attention of the
military's upper brass.
Allan Thomas White, a soldier unable to cope with the atrocities of
war becomes a deserter. Along the way on his flight to freedom, he
encounters the smallest victims of war: children. Unable to merely
abandon them, he strings them along on his journey until he can
find a safe and suitable drop-off point. In war-torn Italy, that
soon becomes unlikely and he decides to take them with him until he
feels he can safely separate from the children. As his journey
continues, he finds more displaced children whom he also cannot
abandon. They soon total eighteen Faced with a dilemma not of his
choice, he must decide how to handle his growing brood. Read "The
Shepherd" to discover the fate of the children and how he solves
his problem of desertion which has come to the attention of the
military's upper brass.
Mary Farley grew up in an Iowa orphanage. Never being adopted, she
ages out from the orphanage and enrolls at Iowa State University as
a ward of the state. While there, she becomes best friends with
Annie Wilson, a free spirit of similar upbringing. They become
nurses and travel with the Red Cross to Europe during WWII. Margie,
as she is affectionately known, becomes involved with a patient who
teaches her about life and death and the importance of family and
survival. She eventually travels to Guatemala with a man she barely
knows to keep a promise she made. Her life undergoes many changes,
good and bad, while her career choices touch many people. Margie's
exploits become legendary as she is revered by friends, enemies and
an entire nation. She is by no means a superwoman. She is merely a
survivor. This story follows her exploits from age 10 until her
death at age 79.
Mary Farley grew up in an Iowa orphanage. Never being adopted, she
ages out from the orphanage and enrolls at Iowa State University as
a ward of the state. While there, she becomes best friends with
Annie Wilson, a free spirit of similar upbringing. They become
nurses and travel with the Red Cross to Europe during WWII. Margie,
as she is affectionately known, becomes involved with a patient who
teaches her about life and death and the importance of family and
survival. She eventually travels to Guatemala with a man she barely
knows to keep a promise she made. Her life undergoes many changes,
good and bad, while her career choices touch many people. Margie's
exploits become legendary as she is revered by friends, enemies and
an entire nation. She is by no means a superwoman. She is merely a
survivor. This story follows her exploits from age 10 until her
death at age 79.
The tenets of excellent customer service are central to any
organization that creates or delivers products or services In fact,
excellent customer service is a bigger differentiator today than it
was twenty years ago. Customers are hungry for good service; they
are hungry to establish long-term relationships with those who
provide not only a one-time solution but serve as a long-term
resource. There is a problem, however. Organizations and the people
who work within them have difficulty implementing the principles of
customer service. The vast majority of books and training materials
on customer service teach the concepts, but do not provide the
tools to implement them. In Building a Customer Service Culture, we
take you on an enjoyable journey where you will learn about the
foundational principles of customer service and acquire the tools
to implement those principles. These application tools will help
make you more successful in your job and simultaneously contribute
to an enhanced service culture in your organization. In the pages
that follow, we blend classic knowledge with new information to
create valuable insights about how to make customer service a
sustainable competitive advantage in your job and for your
organization.
The tenets of excellent customer service are central to any
organization that creates or delivers products or services In fact,
excellent customer service is a bigger differentiator today than it
was twenty years ago. Customers are hungry for good service; they
are hungry to establish long-term relationships with those who
provide not only a one-time solution but serve as a long-term
resource. There is a problem, however. Organizations and the people
who work within them have difficulty implementing the principles of
customer service. The vast majority of books and training materials
on customer service teach the concepts, but do not provide the
tools to implement them. In Building a Customer Service Culture, we
take you on an enjoyable journey where you will learn about the
foundational principles of customer service and acquire the tools
to implement those principles. These application tools will help
make you more successful in your job and simultaneously contribute
to an enhanced service culture in your organization. In the pages
that follow, we blend classic knowledge with new information to
create valuable insights about how to make customer service a
sustainable competitive advantage in your job and for your
organization.
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