Below are a few paragraphs from Tough’s essay, “Who Gets to Graduate?” Please read each paragraph carefully. Then write a 1-2 sentence summary for each portion of the reading. “Listen” carefully to what Tough is saying and try your best to capture his argument.

…whether a student graduates or not seems to depend today almost entirely on just one factor — how much money his or her parents make. To put it in blunt terms: Rich kids graduate; poor and working-class kids don’t…When you read about those gaps, you might assume that they mostly have to do with ability…But ability turns out to be a relatively minor factor behind this divide.

Tough believes the student

[The University of Texas’] efforts are based on a novel and controversial premise: If you want to help low-income students succeed, it’s not enough to deal with their academic and financial obstacles. You also need to address their doubts and misconceptions and fears. To solve the problem of college completion, you first need to get inside the mind of a college student…“There are always going to be both affluent kids and kids who have need who come into this college,” Laude said. “And it will always be the case that the kids who have need are going to have been denied a lot of the academic preparation and opportunities for identity formation that the affluent kids have been given…”

Tough believes…

When you send college students the message that they’re not smart enough to be in college — and it’s hard not to get that message when you’re placed into a remedial math class as soon as you arrive on campus — those students internalize that idea about themselves.

Tough believes…

To the extent that the Stanford researchers shared a unifying vision, it was the belief that students were often blocked from living up to their potential by the presence of certain fears and anxieties and doubts about their ability. These feelings were especially virulent at moments of educational transition — like the freshman year of high school or the freshman year of college. And they seemed to be particularly debilitating among members of groups that felt themselves to be under some special threat or scrutiny: women in engineering programs, first-generation college students, African-Americans in the Ivy League.

Tough believes…

The negative thoughts took different forms in each individual, of course, but they mostly gathered around two ideas. One set of thoughts was about belonging. Students in transition often experienced profound doubts about whether they really belonged — or could ever belong — in their new institution. The other was connected to ability. Many students believed in what Carol Dweck had named an entity theory of intelligence — that intelligence was a fixed quality that was impossible to improve through practice or study.

Tough believes…

Read your summaries again. Then, in one sentence, write here what you believe Tough is arguing in your section of his essay.

Tough argues that…

Steiner College’s statement of financial position for the year ended June 30, 2019, is presented here. Steiner is a private college.

The following transaction information (amounts in thousands) pertains to the year ended June 30, 2020.

1. During the year, charges for tuition and fees were $244,500; scholarships were $16,300; and tuition waivers for scholastic achievement were $5,100. After payment was received, tuition refunds of $11,200 were given. Tuition waivers of $17,300 for students serving as teaching assistants for instruction were accrued.
2. The college received cash contributions without donor restrictions of $2,080, pledges to be collected in 2021 of $550, and cash contributions to the endowments of $335. It also collected $820 of Pledges Receivable that were unrestricted.
3. Collections on Tuition and Fees Receivable totaled $222,600.
4. Net deposits returned to students totaled $10.
5. Expenses were incurred for:

Related to the expenses incurred: prepaid assets of $534 were used, $4,776 of the expenses were accrued, and the remaining expenses were paid. Expenses incurred resulted in the release of $7,320 in net assets with donor restrictions.

6. The ending balance in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities was $1,935.
7. Investment earnings received for the period were $3,960, of which $2,070 was donor restricted for scholarships.
8. Adjusting entries for the period were made to increase Allowance for Doubtful Accounts by $20, to record depreciation expense of $26,400 (charged 70 percent to instruction and 30 percent to academic support), to adjust tuition revenue for an increase in unearned revenue of $10, and to recognize an increase in fair value of investments of $4,700 ($790 was related to investments restricted for scholarships, $1,610 was related to the permanent endowment, the remainder was related to net assets without donor restrictions).
9. Nominal accounts were closed.

Required

1. a-1. Prepare journal entries to record the foregoing transactions for the year ended June 30, 2020.
2. a-2. Prepare closing entry for the year ended June 30, 2020.
3. b. Prepare a statement of activities for the year ended June 30, 2020.
4. c. Prepare a statement of financial position for the year ended June 30, 2020.

You are experiencing pressure from administrators to cut the Peer Mentor Program in order to save money. Their argument is that the Academic Success Program alone is enough to help students succeed. After meeting with students and their peer mentors, you feel confident that the Peer Mentor Program provides something that the Academic Success Program does not: a greater feeling of being connected to the campus community. To support your argument, you have the students complete the Connected On Campus Scale at the end of Year 1. You need to compare Groups 1 and 2 on their Connected On Campus Scale (COC) scores at the end of Year 1, to determine whether your argument is true. Select the appropriate test to perform and conduct a two-tailed testusing an alpha of .05. Use r2 for your effect size.

5a) What is the appropriate test statistic and why? (1 pt)

5b) What are the degrees of freedom? (1 pt) _________________

5c) What is your decision rule? (1 pt)

5d) Calculate and interpret r2. What information does this provide? (2 pts)

5e) Report the results using standard format. (1 pts)

5f) What are the means for each group? (1 pt)

5g) Can the data support your argument to administrators? (1 pt)

With the justification of an HRIS solidified, you need to show your client how you will implement the HRIS using one of the change models discussed in our text. You will also need to explain and justify cost associated with implementation via a cost benefit analysis. You want to ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement. Therefore, you include a maintenance and evaluation plan in your proposal.

The key to understanding this approach, at the individual level, is to see change as a profound, dynamic psychological process (Schein, 1996). This psychological process involves painful unlearning and difficult relearning as one cognitively attempts to restructure one’s thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and attitudes. Lewin’s change model consists of three steps: unfreezing, transition, and refreezing.

Instructions:

Write a three to four-page proposal, in which you:

Change Management

1. Discuss the various reasons system implementation fails. Compare and contrast various change models. Then select a change model to use during system implementation. Provide details of how you will use the change model and justify why you selected one model over the other models. Explain the various steps that should be included to ensure the change model is effective.

HRIS Implementation

2. Discuss the activities that are necessary prior to the system going live and provide a timeline for these activities. Specify which change management team member will be responsible for each activity and explain their role.    

Cost Benefit Analysis

3. Create a cost benefit analysis matrix for the HRIS vendor you chose during Phase III: Design. Analyze the cost justification strategies that you will use to justify the cost of the HRIS, including data that identify each benefit and cost component examined, estimates of the dollar amount for each, estimates on when the organization will incur each cost and receive each benefit, and documentation justifying each decision you made in listing these benefits.

Maintenance

4. Discuss how you will ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement.   

Resources

5. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Create an HRIS needs analysis and evaluate the acquisition process.  

Understand the management of change through the perspectives of various change models.

Create a project management plan and prepare the organization for the implementation.

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a.

​Demand variability

b.

​Sales price variability

c.

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d.

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e.

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