Assignment Content Imagine that you’ve applied for an internship with your local Senator but there are many other people competing for the position. In order to determine the best person for the job, the Senator wants to determine how much each potential intern knows about the U.S. electoral system. Create an 18- to 20-slide presentation to illustrate your knowledge about the U.S. electorate, campaigns, and […]

Prepare: Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Environmental Policies and all required resources as listed in the Student Course Guide. Reflect: In Chapter 2 of Environmental Policies, the author discusses common pool resources and some of the challenges we face in sustainably managing these very important natural assets. One challenge comes from the fact that access to these resources by one person diminishes the ability of another […]

Prepare: Read Chapters 9 and 10 in Environmental Policies and all required resources as listed in the Student Course Guide. Reflect: Sovereignty is a bedrock principle of international relations and foreign policy. However, sovereignty does not imply that all countries have the same capacity to create, implement, and enforce effective laws within their territory. Regrettably, many countries are currently unable to protect some of the […]

  “Bringing Change to Public Leadership”  Please respond to the following: You have been newly promoted to Superintendent of a Youth Service Center with 150 employees. Several supervisory staff have also been promoted to management roles in addition to hiring of new staff.  At least 50% of the employees have 10-25 years of experience.  The previous Administration was in place for approximately 7 years and […]

Final Analysis Paper Instructions In what is considered a capstone of this course, students have the choice to write the final analysis paper on either a SPECIFIC PROJECT CASE STUDY or an ANALYSIS of a component of public sector project management covered in this course (non-profit sector is acceptable). This paper will be delivered in two parts (a proposal due in Week 3 and the […]

Prepare: Read Chapter 3 in Environmental Policies and all required resources as listed in the Student Course Guide. Students should pay special attention to the recommended resources this week as they include important information on air pollution.  Reflect: Many factors influence air quality. The prevalent causes and sources of air pollution vary within and between geographical regions. In the U.S., our political leadership has passed […]

   Remember: in preparation for each class, IN WRITING: **List 3 main points in the homework **List the “muddiest point” in the homework NOTE THAT IN SOME CASES THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GROUP OF QUESTIONS DUE FOR A PARTICULAR CLASS. 1/28 #1 OF 2 groups Sources of Law, Legal Authority   1. What are the sources of law? 2. Discuss “legal authority” in terms […]

  ransition from oil-fueled vehicles to all-electric ones, and how might these rivalries be overcome? Wind, solar, and electric are great alternative resources, but wind  and solar are unpredictable due to the wind not always blowing and the  sun not always shining. How will society function without electricity  due to the wind not blowing or the sun not shining? There has to be a  way […]

  Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student addresses the following three (3) items using headers to separate each response: Congressional Ethics: Identify one (1) member of Congress who has been charged with ethics violations in the past 2 years (include the date). Briefly discuss the reason for the charges and provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree […]

O’Brien, Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom (book) What is the role of animal sacrifice in the Santeria religion? When and why did the animal sacrificial practices of Santeria first become a political issue in the United States? When the Church of the Lukumi sought to operate a worship center in Hialeah in 1987, what were the initial objections? The History of Animals Rights in America: […]