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OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics softcover
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"Principles of Microeconomics covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. ----- This is th...
"Who's Included in #MeToo?": Difficult Discussions in the Classroom
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Sample A few years ago when Nora Webster was hired at Metropolitan University, she was on cloud nine. It had been a long process for her to earn a PhD in Gender Studies and Communication, and she attributed the end of her marriage to her dedication to work and her increasing sense of righteous in...
Building a Case for Centered Patient-Physician Communication: Standardizing Genuine Interaction in the Medical Context
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Sample Rhetorics of health and medicine—both official and vernacular rhetorics—often enter into dialogue with one another during patient-provider interactions. During the patient intake interview, for example, vernacular rhetorics used by patients to describe personal experiences of health interf...
Wow, You are a Female Engineer! : Gender and the Chilly Climate of STEM Fields
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Abstract Monica was a sophomore biomedical engineering major at a large Midwestern university. Within the College of Engineering, the number of female students was around 18%—a figure similar to the national average. Her major had the highest proportion of female students, as roughly 50% of the s...
30 Amazing Reading and Learning Strategies for College Students
Author(s): PATSY TRAND, KAY LOPATE
The purpose of this book is to introduce students to reading and learning strategies effective in helping students achieve their goals. What makes this book so amazing is that while students are acquiring a repertoire of reading and learning strategies, they also strengthen their reading comprehensi...
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Our World, Our Experience, Our Music: A Customized Text for Seminole State College of Florida
By: Billy Williamson
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Whose Press Release is it Anyway?
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Abstract As an intern at a public relations firm, Suzy Kelly is faced with an ethical dilemma when she is asked to put a more senior member of the firm’s name on her press release. Seeking advice from co-workers and her professor, Suzy learns multiple perspectives on authorship and is left with a...
Humor as a Verbal Trigger Event
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Sample This chapter focuses on two primary questions and one secondary question. First, when does use of humor trigger verbal aggression by another person? Second, why does humor act as a verbal trigger event? To answer these two primary questions, the following topics are examined: (a) the natur...
Readings in U.S. Foreign Policy
Author(s): Guy Ziv
This textbook e-reader introduces undergraduate students to the historical foundations of American foreign policy; key theoretical approaches to the study of foreign policymaking; the central actors, institutions, and political processes of U.S. foreign policy; and contemporary challenges to U.S. pr...