Please accept this letter as my response to your letter of September 23, 2015 as well as my formal demand to retract the defamatory statements that were made in your letter. The Board of Directors of Taylor International Academy (hereinafter the “Academy”) established a reauthorization committee prior to the expiration of our charter agreement with Central Michigan University. Tom West and I served on the committee, and after Tom West’s resignation, Dr. Renita Clark served on the committee with me. On or about October 28, 2014, Barbara Zeile of Central Michigan University sent the Academy a letter indicating that “Academy’s academic performance over the course of the initial five-year Contract has remained persistently and unacceptably low.” Any objective board member that reviewed the data with respect to the Academy’s academic performance would agree with Central Michigan University’s assessment. Accordingly, the Academy was tasked with providing Central Michigan University with a plan as to how the academic performance of the school would be improved. My “agenda” was not one of “power”, but rather to create a plan that would improve the academic performance of the school as the academic success of the students of the Academy has always been my top priority. Without such a plan, the Academy risked not having its charter renewed and/or having the charter renewed on less favorable terms to the Academy. As part of the Academy’s reauthorization process, the Academy’s
-make proposals for the payment to Omar Warrad of damages for the harm caused to my reputation of US$10,000 within 14 days of this letter.
I remember last year after receiving the letter from NHS that I had not been accepted into National Honors Society, as dreadful as it was to receive that bad news I learned many things that emphasize and describe my character. I noticed how throughout Freshman and part of Sophomore year of High School I was just a student who focused heavily on school work rather that combining school work with a social and meaningful life. After realizing my past I had to act on that and change the way I once was, I recognized how much I lacked in leadership and service within the community. After completing my twelve year studies at my local Sunday School I decided to help the school out by assisting the office and teachers by completing the tremendous amount
"We believe this organization is the most open, frank, sincere and unbiased group on the campus and to have it continue is our ideal. We know no party lines, we harbor no petty jealousies, we tolerate the indifferent, back the worker, abhor the knocker, and idolize the person who shows that he has the welfare of the University at heart. We idolize him because he possesses these admirable qualities and it matters not to us how he demonstrates it. "In order to keep abreast with the remarkable growth of the school, we believe that the time is ripe for some changes and reforms to take place within the institution but safety and substantial progress does not lie in hysteria and agitation, so we advocate a sane and intelligent appreciation and knowledge of our existing laws, traditions and customs before attempting to improve what now exists. But having a respect for our existing habits and customs that border on veneration, we still believe that academics, athletics, and social conditions can be materially bettered by whole-hearted support and cooperation to the entire University personnel.” (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
The office I currently work in is the financial aid office at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). CNM is a two-year institution. After reviewing the seven inventories, I have discovered that there is so much outside the financial aid office that takes place to insure student success. A common misconception is that all learning outcomes are the responsibility of faculty. All departments can use these principals across the institution. As stated by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators [NASPA], (n.d.), “They are intended to shape how we think about our responsibilities, communicate our purposes to others, and engage students” (para. 14).
The state of California has long been reliant on the University of California system to provide its resident companies with skilled and educated business, technology, and science leaders. Highly regarded as one of the top educational systems in the world, the University of California boasts a high number of distinguished and respected faculty members in almost every field of study. However, while most private colleges and universities have learned how to streamline their processes in order to better respond to stakeholder needs, public educational institutions, such as the University of California, have not been willing to control their bureaucratic growth resulting in a rise of tuition rates and a decline in the level of student satisfaction. In her article for the TIME magazine, Kate Pickert writes that as recently as November of this year the University of California has approved a plan that could raise tuition rates by up to 28% (Pickert). Pickert also points out that the tuition rates at the University of California have more than tripled since 2001. The University of California has blamed the increased tuition on the state of California budget cuts caused by the economic downturn of recent years. However, a closer examination of the University of California faculty and administration data makes it obvious that the higher rates of tuition are cause by the inability and
We believe this letter summarizes our agreement. Please sign and return the attached copy of this letter to indicate your acknowledgement of, and agreement with, the arrangements for our audit of the financial statements including our respective responsibilities. Yours very truly,
The faculty is entrenched in their ways, and change causes ambiguity and uncertainty. Moreover, the faculty in the organization feel uncertain about the new concepts presented by Dr. Ball to the deans altering their salaries and evaluations (Bolman & Deal, 2013, p. 31). The proposed changes create competition and unrest among the faculty and will shatter the business-as-usual campus conduct and job security. The dean's and faculty are grasping at the symbolic frame, defending their beloved academic lifestyle (Bolman & Deal, 2013, p. 248). The secondary problem in this case is support from the deans of the incentive program that will restore Weston University prestigious reputation as set by the board and developed by the president.
Under all the facts and circumstances, including Platt College’s fiduciary relationship, it was reasonable for Ms. Johnson not to discover the facts of the program until advised on September 19, 2016. By Michael Nielson and Darrell Goldberg.
With headlines of the nation’s press predicting the new academic year to be one of greater turmoil than 1967-1968, with the intelligence activities of college administrations indicating that the press is not crying “wolf,” I think that all of us concerned with the educational enterprise must pause for a sobering view of the academic year…
After reading your letter I was in a state of shock for a period of time because it is actually a matter of our school's reputation and I really want to look at it in detail to rectify the actual issue so that best possible outcomes can be generated.
Thank you for the detailed memo of 11/28/2016. I appreciate the opinions, and have weighed them against the report.
The organizational culture and climate were both factors that seemed to be leading to the closings of the Culpeper and Hampton campuses and ultimately led to the closure of the Staunton campus. Looking at the organization in terms of management, the lack of communication appeared to be a contributor to its suffering. The parents, students and most shockingly, the faculty were all ill-informed by those running the institutions. While their focus seemed to be on comforting families and eliminating stress in these situations, they did not exchange honest and constructive information with them which resulted in a very hostile situation and left many of the students without schools. Not only did this affect the families of the students, but it also had a significant effect on the faculty, who were shocked by the changes. From the start, the organization had set a precedent that they were both community and achievement oriented. Consequently, the organization lost the name they had made for themselves because of their failure to communicate to those that invested their time and trust in the institution.
What informs the decisions trustees make? What public purposes guide the president, faculty and staff in their daily activities? How would the trustees and the public know that the institution’s resources are strategically arrayed to achieve the goals? Colleges and faculty can too easily be accused of being knee-jerk protectors of the status quo. A robust, shared, operating vision for the college helps to make clear how the public interest, not personal interests, determine the steps that the college
Bravo Viking! I didn't have a chance to read over the draft Gwen sent. I was about to do it now, but I read your email first. You made it succinct. There's nothing else I wish to add or delete. My only concern is that I won't be at Thursday's meeting to participate in the discussion, and therefore I won't be involved in the possible revision to the resolution letter. My hope is that this letter would be accepted as is without any revision. But if revision is needed, then the language shouldn't be watered down, and the specific terms used to identify what it is that we are denouncing should not be made into some vague language.
Threats of Substitute Products or Services looks at how consumers can easily switch from one company's product or service to another. The threats of substitute products or services for APU are moderately high. This is because the other universities offered a similar price as APU. In addition, there are some universities like Taylor's University that offered better cafeteria and restaurant than APU. For example, Taylor's University offer a wide variety of cafeteria that is available from level 1 to level 2 of the campus. In addition, Taylor's University is neighboured with Syopz mall where there are number of food stalls available for the students (Taylor's University, 2016b) Therefore, students can easily switch from APU to Taylor's