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Why Are People Homeless? Two trends are largely responsible for the rise in homelessness over the past 20-25 years: a growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty. Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. Two factors help account for increasing poverty: eroding employment opportunities for large segments of the workforce, and the declining value and availability of public assistance. Media reports of a growing economy and low unemployment mask a number of important reasons why homelessness persists, and, in some areas it is worsening. These reasons include stagnant or falling incomes and less secure jobs which offer fewer benefits. While the last few years...

Education researchers throughout the world state that fellow students are the single most potent source of influence. Numerous studies have found student-peer culture to be a key predictor in a range of education outcomes including persistence rates, commitment to the institution, and departure decision. Support for the role of social integration in student retention comes from across education research as well as from psychological, sociological and economic perspectives. While methods and perspectives vary, they all agree on one thing: social engagement is an essential component of retention. From Retention : Theory to Practice How can institutions help students stay and succeed ? There are agreement that social integration is a key element of retention but it is unclear how to foster it across diverse educational institutions. Essentially, the task for effective schools is to help create supportive communities for their students. Often, the work of student engagement, commun...

Student retention is a leading issue in education today. With nearly half of students failing to graduate, admistrators, educators are taking a closer look at the complex student success equation. Research across academic disciplines highglights the role of social integration as a big piece of the retention puzzle. However, integration programme like learning communities have met with limited success. The current social media explosion represents a powerful new opportunity for retention efforts. Nearly all educational institutions are already using social media tools - with Facebook currently in the lead. New research and social media programme are contributing to emerging best practices that will help administrators leverage these tools for better student engagement and community building initiatives. 

10 offbeat courses after 12th standard Here you are, at the crossroads. You have finished your 10+2, and are on a hunt for the course that best suits your taste and chances in the future. A good number of students choose Engineer, Medicine, Management or IT after their PUC. But there are other offbeat, yet interesting, courses too. Here is a collection of 10 of them. Check them out. BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Course details A degree in social work equips you to serve your country better. With issues related to women, environment, man-made and natural disasters, human rights, mental heath, HIV/AIDS and so on on the rise, opportunities for employment and career growth in social work are expected to increase in non-governmental and governmental sectors. Professionally trained social workers are required more than ever. What you will learn (subject to syllabus) Social Work Intervention with individuals and groups Social Work Intervention with Communities and Institutions ...

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; If in terms of 10 years, plant trees; If in terms of 100 years, teach the people.                                                   Confucius.

Verification of Age: Every employee before appointment shall produce documentary evidence of his date of birth as indicated below: • Matriculation/School Final/School Leaving Certificate. • A certified copy of the date of birth as recorded in the Register of the Municipality. Appointment: a. Before final selection an applicant for employment will be required to fill up and sign the prescribed application/general information form and undergo – • an interview with the managing/administrative committee. • A test of proficiency in the job he seeks in the manner considered necessary for the purpose. • A medical examination. b. on selection and before receiving the letter of appointment, every employee shall submit documents to prove his academic and professional qualifications and years of experience in a similar job. c. Every person employed by the school must sign the duplicate copy of the appointment order to indicate his acceptance. d. * Every employee shall...

 Traditional definitions of intelligence have always tended to emphasize cognitive aspects like memory and problem solving. In 1920, American psychologist Edward Thorndike first coined the term social intelligence to describe the skill of understanding and managing   people. In 1983, another American psychologist, Howard Gardener, wrote the influential book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences , where he described interpersonal intelligence as the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people and intra-personal   intelligence as the capacity to understand one’s own feelings, fears and motivations.   Research on the subject gathered momentum through the 1980s, especially after the publication of Emotional Intelligence : Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman of Harvard University, where he popularized the term EQ, which is the measure EI.   The idea captured the public imagination and soon, every other ma...