Essays Tagged: "Academia"

incorperates ideas of what an accademic attitude is

During the course of a student's progression through academia, he must learn that the teacher cannot think for him. It is essential for a student to free ...

(4 pages) 47 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Clash of Titans

accepted way of explaining the unexplainable. During the next couple hundred years, many members of academia, using science to back them up, came up with new ways of dealing with the unanswerable ques ... he whole province, and consequently of the whole world' (Voltaire, 2). Each society, church, men of academia, believes that their ideas are correct and therefore are the best of the world. It is true, ...

(5 pages) 50 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

"Seperate Peace" essay in John Knowles

xistence thathe forgets what the school is trying to teach him, and actuallygoes out and seeks more academia than what the school is alreadyshoving down his and everyone else's throat. The standard pr ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Why do we go to college?

o we go to college?SociologyAs we journey down this road called life, many of us face the rigors of academia during the early years of our life. One of the most critical junctures in this path is that ...

(6 pages) 329 0 4.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Short Biography, swayed to current times.

t also the whole nation. Yet, I am only a barely above average, if not just high average in college academia. I knew this going into college, yet that knowledge still vexes me every time I think about ...

(2 pages) 37 2 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Salvador Dali.

os. Su profesor era Ramon Pichot. Entonces su padre compró una prensa. Él estudiaba a academia real de arte. Entonces fue a Paris y se reunió Pablo Picasso y Joan Miro. Tambi&eacu ...

(1 pages) 50 1 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Academic Art -- The Renaissance Academy and French Royal Academy

), was founded a decade or so later in Rome. More so than the Florentine Accademia del Disegno, the Academia di San Luca served an educational function and was more concerned with art theory.The Acade ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Judith Butler b .1956

, sexuality and identity. Indeed, she is described in alt.Culture as "one of the superstars of '90s academia, with a devoted following of grad students nationwide".Her Theory:In 'Gender Trouble: Femin ...

(2 pages) 124 3 4.4 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Aboriginal history - on Keith Windschuttle's black and white fallacy

an colonial history in the context of racism. This view has been widely supported within Australian academia since the 1970's and has addressed key issues in our history, which resulted in replacing t ... d political and social debates, but they have caused in effect a war of their own within Australian academia. The debate is not only over the calibre of British civilization, but also about the practi ...

(4 pages) 37 0 2.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

The nature, incidence and significant of new religious movements in the West.

growth of many new religious movements since WWII has caught the attention of the public, media and academia alike and has been the source of interest, fear and controversy.Sects and cults have ma ...

(7 pages) 44 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

According to the Sources how far did the Nazis succeeded in converting German Youth to the ideals of the Volksgemeinschaft?

y attended schools where these values were and systems were imposed.Hitler scorned intellectualism, academia and deep learning and placed greater emphasis on physical strength and obedience. Thus many ...

(3 pages) 24 1 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

All about Civil Engineering.

ice: Plans, designs, constructs and operates physical works and facilities used by the public.2. In Academia: Teaches students the fundamentals of civil engineering. Also involved in research in order ...

(10 pages) 130 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Civil Engineering

What is History?

raditionally, the study of history has been considered a part of the humanities. However, in modern academia, history is increasingly classified as a social science, especially when chronology is the ...

(1 pages) 33 1 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers

Should examinations should be abolished ?

we know it, have emerged to be the main theme of modern education in the ever-changing landscape of academia. In an education infrastructure that is as unpredictable as the clouds, it is somewhat iron ...

(4 pages) 70 2 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Knowledge Integration and Management

d of Knowledge Integration (KI) and Knowledge Management (KM) has rapidly gained popularity both in academia and in industry. Thus, can knowledge be integrated or managed? This briefing paper outlines ...

(6 pages) 185 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Are stock markets efficient?

1.The market efficiency conceptThe efficient market hypothesis (EMH) is a theory developed in academia in the mid-1960s. It holds that all securities are priced rationally in the market, that is ...

(5 pages) 127 0 4.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

"Why We Hate HR": Critique and Recommendations (Article Analysis)

are able to support their assumptions with technical data from reputable sources within the HR and academia worlds. Specific notes of interest are as follows:- the lack of HR personnel being neither ...

(5 pages) 136 0 4.3 Jan/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

STar Value Vs. Brand Value

llege, not a Brand name seeking student talent." Its author, Michele Tolela Myers claims that academia "borrows the language of business because colleges are forced to operate like business." ...

(4 pages) 14 0 5.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Structural Aproach To Myth

eaknesses of structural analyses of myths? (S Fogarty) The study of myth is a much disputed area of academia, primarily because the subject can be studied from so many points of view, and is of intere ...

(10 pages) 27 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Structural Aproach To Myth

engths and weaknesses of structural analyses of myths? The study of myth is a much disputed area of academia, primarily because the subject can be studied from so many points of view, and is of intere ...

(10 pages) 24 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers