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Wright-Swadel said that the OCS stresses teaching students about the opportunities that exist, helping them assess what exactly they want and helping them...
...failing to accurately assess Osama bin Laden’s motives in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration committed the U.S. to a foreign policy in the Middle East that plays into bin Laden’s nefarious interests. Bin Laden was not simply a religious fanatic dedicated to the destruction of pluralistic and democratic Western society, even though it may have been politically expedient and emotionally cathartic to characterize him that way. Instead, bin Laden endeavored to stir up turmoil in the Middle East that would lead to the establishment of additional Islamic theocracies...
John Rawls’ concept of the “veil of ignorance” gives us a powerful moral lens through which we can assess the treatment of society’s most disadvantaged people. His framework asks us to understand that anyone could have been born into an unhappy and unhealthy childhood, and that as a result, all members of society must do what they can to promote government programs—paid for by progressive taxation—to ensure that every American child has a chance in life...
...after Cook and Robertson undertook the study, they decided that it was “just as easy to do the project for a semester as it was to assess it,” Robertson said...
Marine said she and her colleagues are currently conducting a four-stage evaluation of first-years and comparing their responses to those of sophomores to assess the impact of the new programs. First-years have already filled out the first 12-page survey, which they submitted at the mandatory sexual assault program, “Sex Signals,” held during Freshman Week. The second evaluation will be handed in during an entryway workshop; the third will be distributed in the spring; and the final survey will be taken sophomore year. This survey is being funded by a grant...