Symbolic Perspectives

In regards to the faculty and staff, we consider ourselves as a family. We are a very high performing academic school. With a diverse group of individuals comes a vast mixture of needs. Employee needs are determined through a school level needs assessment process. The process begins with teachers completing a needs assessment form and taking a self-assessment of themselves

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.

What comes to your mind when you think of a tree? Trees appear a lot in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. They are one of the most frequent symbols in the novel. Symbolism is giving certain symbols deeper meanings to portray something in the text. In Speak, Melinda’s paintings of trees are symbols, as well as the tree in her front yard. Anderson uses trees to show Melinda’s different phases and her growth.

Community Colleges were developed with the purpose of providing an affordable and accessible education. By providing students with both academic and learning skills, community colleges continue to remain an essential part of today’s society. Throughout the years, community colleges have continued to develop and transform to provide resources to meet the needs of their students. As new community colleges began to develop, it is critical that they are aware of the political issues that community colleges face. For this assignment, I will discuss the University of District of Columbia Community College and its governance. In addition, I will provide information on federal and local government involvement, leadership structure, political culture, student demographics, and community groups. Lastly, I will provide recommendations on how to address the issue of governance.

The Treasurer delivered an update on the village budget and he advocated for minor tax increases. The Brockport Police Department recently won an award for their efforts to detect and prevent intoxicated driving. Furthermore, multiple decisions to enhance the museum were unanimously ratified by the Board. An interesting attitude that I noticed amongst the Board and the department heads is a general distrust towards the college students. The majority of the semi-contentious debates that took place surrounded the effects of the college students on the particular resolution. For example, local coffee shops requested that the hours in which they can put tables and chairs on the sidewalks be extended from 11pm to 3am, the college students were the primary topic of discussion. The police chief and members of the board suggested that students would be too loud and unruly to make this request feasible. Moreover, the request was unanimously rejected by the board. Furthermore, a proposed fundraiser for the village that involved a partnership with the Stoneyard Brewery was explicitly dated to be after commencement. This attitude of mistrust between the village government and the college was prevalent throughout the meeting. The Mayor did meet with the College Presidential Candidates in order to establish a productive relationship with them. It was extremely

Much of what matters most in education, however, is difficult if not impossible to quantify and measure because it involves the unknown potential futures of students. Colleges operate as nonprofit or public entities to prevent students’ futures from being sacrificed to enrich an investor who wants a bigger, faster financial return. Operating as a nonprofit does not guarantee that students are treated well, but it increases their chances by eliminating owner and investor pressures.

Impacts as a teacher- As a teacher I believe this greatly impacts my practice as a teacher because half of my students would come from low income families. It impacts my practice because I would have to worry about my students living situations, food supply, at home help, and other factors other than just educating them. Other factors to consider in regards of the community of Kuna are the additional resources outside of school students have for education. I would like my students to be able to reach out and find help in the community. The school district is very strong, but should be reaching out more to their population.

Higher education is turn was directly affected by the shift in priority of legislature. While this is not a new concept it does reinforce how closely tied both are. Regarding capacity concerns the initial 2009 survey results noted 28 public flagship universities stated they had not capped their enrollment, 29, at public regional universities; while 12 reported they had capped enrollment. Of the 12 states that capped enrollment the majority of them were in the most populous states such as California, New York and Texas. Reviewers noted concern over if the community colleges will be able to handle the influx in high school and adult students with universities capping enrollment. Their concern is that it may not. The survey respondents showed disagreement in this area as well. That paired with the fiscal challenges noted in the survey prompted strong views from the reviewers. The article notes in“FY1981, 22 states contributed at least 50% of community colleges’ revenues, accounting for 55% of community college enrollments. By FY2001, only 7 states contributed at least 50% of community colleges’ revenues, accounting for 8% of community college students.” (Katsinas, D 'Amico, & Friedel 2014). By 2007-2009 this was not the case; education across the board suffered major midyear budget cuts across all states. These budget cuts affected how facilities were being managed at intuitions of higher learning. Funds for maintenance were being prioritized and

The students may have increased class time, or extra classes may be added to their schedule. This would result in students becoming more tired since they may end up in a class they have no interest in longer. Not only would time be longer, but there would be more work for both teachers and students. Teachers would have to add more to their lesson plans, or even create more lesson plans. This would result in a burnout for teachers since they're staying up late to create lessons. Students would also become tired since they would have more work to complete because of their new classes. Students already have much to worry about now, so adding more time would not help them out. Drained out staff and students would be very common with more

In my experience at my workplace, the symbolic frame has appeared to be the least relevant of all of the four frames discussed in this course. There is just not a strong sense of a distinctive culture and there are few strong symbols in the office. This being said even a weak and loosely defined sense of culture is a meaningful observation within the symbolic frame.

Perfect examples are Sweet Briar College, and Tennessee Temple University. Sweet Briar College a private all women’s Liberal Arts college in Virginia due to“insurmountable financial challenges” was shut down.Tennessee Temple University a Christian Liberal Arts College was to “shut down and merge with Piedmont International University another private Christian College 300 miles away in North Carolina”. Could you imagine what is going through the head of these colleges students right now? They are losing their second home, families and some maybe losing their chance at an education. Now imagine the impact of the future generation, these two colleges could save lives of many and even turn arounds lives of others. The issue here is that many feel as if there is no need for a

Change. Good or bad, effective or null, there will always be change. While change has the potential to amazing things, it also has the ability to turn things for the worse. A reduction in the age requirement for a student to drop out, for example. A change such as this would have an incredible potential to worsen the situation. There are pros and cons to every decision, regardless of the kind it is. However, in this case, the cons greatly outweigh the pros, enough so that one should tread carefully when coming to a decision.

Several new hires negotiated for salaries higher than faculty members of a higher rank who had been in the department for many years. While this may have been necessary to attract quality faculty to KSU, these hiring practices have negatively affected faculty morale. KSU has been facing difficulties in the recruitment, hiring and retention of faculty and staff, and complicate efforts to diversify faculty and staff. Facilities and infrastructure (classroom, laboratory, etc.) is not update to keep pace with growth.

Symbolic interactions are a major part of how we socialize with others. It happens every day without us even realizing it. There are many concepts that assist in the formation of symbolic interactions, but to better understand them, we need to apply them to social settings. The four concepts of social interactionism theory I chose to observe at the social settings of my choosing were; definition of situation, symbols, front regions, and role playing. These concepts often interrelate as they all are a part of each other. To better understand these concepts, they were applied to two different social settings which were the bar and mass at the Catholic church. The concepts will be defined and reviewed in the order above.

The basic supposition of the Symbolic Interactionist (S.I.) paradigm is that human interaction is based upon and the interplay of three elements, self, society and social interaction. These elements form a triangle of interwoven social connections. The basic association is as follows: society shapes self, self then shapes social interaction and interaction shapes society. The interaction is complex enough to also allow for nearly every possible combination between those three elements in that the Self is both affected by and can affect Society and so on. In these articles the authors examine how the presentation of shared meaning (of their masculinity) both shape their sense of self and how they expect others to treat them within their society within their every-day interactions.