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Full-Text Articles in Education
Breaking Down Barriers To Empower Alliances, Stuart Wasilowski
Breaking Down Barriers To Empower Alliances, Stuart Wasilowski
Stuart Wasilowski
No abstract provided.
Collective Choice, Justin Schwartz
Collective Choice, Justin Schwartz
Justin Schwartz
This short nontechnical article reviews the Arrow Impossibility Theorem and its implications for rational democratic decisionmaking. In the 1950s, economist Kenneth J. Arrow proved that no method for producing a unique social choice involving at least three choices and three actors could satisfy four seemingly obvious constraints that are practically constitutive of democratic decisionmaking. Any such method must violate such a constraint and risks leading to disturbingly irrational results such and Condorcet cycling. I explain the theorem in plain, nonmathematical language, and discuss the history, range, and prospects of avoiding what seems like a fundamental theoretical challenge to the possibility …
A Hero Of A Different Sort, Charles G. Eberly
A Hero Of A Different Sort, Charles G. Eberly
Charles G. Eberly
A student reflects on his experiences with a college professor whose values are focused on teaching and trust rather than on monetary rewards.
Academic Dishonesty Among International Students In Higher Education, Krishna Bista
Academic Dishonesty Among International Students In Higher Education, Krishna Bista
Krishna Bista