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It gives me this list but I don't see Speech language pathology. My major is called Communicative Disorders emphasis in Speech language pathology.
Accounting/C.P.A.
Acting/Directing
Administrative Assistant
Advertising
Aerospace Engineering Technology
Agribusiness
Agriculture
Agronomy
Architecture
Artist
Astronomy
Athletics, Intercollegiate
Atmospheric Science
Automotives
Aviation
Banking
Biomedical Equipment Technician
Broadcast Engineering/Technology
Broadcast News
Broadcasting/Cable Production
Business Management/Administration
Child Care/Day Care/Child Development
Christian Service
Club Management
Coaching
Communications, Wireless
Community Service
Computer Analyst
Computer Programming
Computer Science/Information Technology
Conducting/Band Direction
Conservation
Construction
Cosmetology
Counseling
Creative Writing
Criminology/Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Cultural Non-Profit (Zoo, Museum, Aquarium, et al)
Dairy Industry
Dance/Choreography
Defense Industry
Dental Hygienist
Dentistry
Die Casting
Diplomatic Services
Directing
Drafting
Economist/Economics
Electrical Energy
Electronic Communications Technology
Electronics
Employee Benefits
Engineering
Entertainment Industry
Environmental Science
Episcopal Clergy
Equine Studies
Exhibition Marketing
Facilities Management
Film Making
Finance
Food Service, Baking
Food Service/Food Management
Foreign Affairs
Forensic Science
Forestry
Garden Center Management
Geophysics
Gerontology/Geriatrics/Elder Care
Golf Turf Management
Government Service
Graphic Communications
Hematology
History
Horticulture/Floriculture
Hotel/Motel, Restaurant and Hospitality Management
Hydrology
Illumination
Immunology
Information Systems Management (MIS)
Insurance
Interior Design
International Business
International Relations
Journalism, Sports
Journalism/Communications
Law Enforcement
Law, Corporate
Law/Lawyer/Attorney
Lawn Care/Landscaping
Library Sciences
Management Consulting
Manufacturing
Material Handling
Mathematics
Medicine/Health
Medicine/Health - Rural Areas
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Microbiology
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Military
Ministry
Missionary
Modeling
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Music, Church
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Oncology, Nursing
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School Counselor
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Wood-Based Composites Industry
In 1994, I left college, but was still allowed to go through graduation ceremonies, some hours short of completion. Now that I see it, I have basically 30 hours or a full year of undergrad left. I really wrangled my way into the line for grad. Naturally I never got a diploma for my empty folder. But, my whole family thought I had graduated.
I have worked as a freelance writer, holding myself out as having a degree in English. I got 2 books published 4 and 8 years ago, I have published articles, blogs and business and grant proposals. I have done mission trips and ministry work with my writing, and am up for a major journalism fellowship (I did not pretend to have a degree on that application). Lately, I have felt very guilty about pretending to have a degree when I don't.
Due to serious illness in our family, the construction and publishing markets (my husband's and my work) and a variety of other factors I'm not going to detail here, our family is on welfare right now. As a bit of background, I have not been offered a full time job in five years in spite of my best efforts. I get part time jobs easily and freelance writing jobs easily -- they just don't pay enough for us to pay our bills. My husband (who remodels houses but doesn't charge near enough to support us) and I have to cooperate with the job placement plan in order to keep getting welfare. It's not that the few hundred dollars is such a big deal, but under the program, and since I don't have outstanding student loans, I can go back to school and finish my degree with distance learning through a university about 40 miles from here. I can take online classes or some classes at a center in my town. It will actually take about 2 years because I have to earn 45 hours at this new school to graduate from it. This program offers adult learners courses at the upper undergrad levels and counts whatever coursework you've done to meet the core education requirements. You have to have completed 60 hours to get in and I've completed 98.
Here are possible majors available to me:
1. English. Pro: it was already my major and I have a lot of work done in it. Con: I don't see how it will get me farther than I am now. I'm already a published author and journalist and not making enough money at it. I can already get hired for writing jobs based on my talent -- not to brag, it's just a fact.
2. Psychology -- Pro: I like people and helping others. Con: I have absolutely no hours in psychology right now and would have to start with Psych 101. Like all of these, I have the educational core done, but would have to take a bunch of psych and other social science courses.
3. Business administration. I do have nonprofit experience but my lack of degree has kept me from ever getting a job with it. I have no interest in business courses, I'm bad at math, possibly too chaotic for accounting, but I would make more money I think.
4. Teaching certification -- I would go for secondary English. Pro: very easy for me to finish up and possibly steady work that I'd enjoy. Con: Our local school district cut a bunch of teachers this year and I don't want to uproot the kids. I quit the teaching unit when I was at uni before because I didn't think I would be the best teacher.
5. organizational management -- like bus admin but less accounting and other drudgery. Might help me grow my writing business or get a job with a cool organization.
What's your advice? Hope it wasn't too long. I tried to break it up into a lot of paragraphs. Thanks!
In 1994, I left college, but was still allowed to go through graduation ceremonies, some hours short of completion. Now that I see it, I have basically 30 hours or a full year of undergrad left. I really wrangled my way into the line for grad. Naturally I never got a diploma for my empty folder. But, my whole family thought I had graduated.
I have worked as a freelance writer, holding myself out as having a degree in English. I got 2 books published 4 and 8 years ago, I have published articles, blogs and business and grant proposals. I have done mission trips and ministry work with my writing, and am up for a major journalism fellowship (I did not pretend to have a degree on that application). Lately, I have felt very guilty about pretending to have a degree when I don't.
Due to serious illness in our family, the construction and publishing markets (my husband's and my work) and a variety of other factors I'm not going to detail here, our family is on welfare right now. As a bit of background, I have not been offered a full time job in five years in spite of my best efforts. I get part time jobs easily and freelance writing jobs easily -- they just don't pay enough for us to pay our bills. My husband (who remodels houses but doesn't charge near enough to support us) and I have to cooperate with the job placement plan in order to keep getting welfare. It's not that the few hundred dollars is such a big deal, but under the program, and since I don't have outstanding student loans, I can go back to school and finish my degree with distance learning through a university about 40 miles from here. I can take online classes or some classes at a center in my town. It will actually take about 2 years because I have to earn 45 hours at this new school to graduate from it. This program offers adult learners courses at the upper undergrad levels and counts whatever coursework you've done to meet the core education requirements. You have to have completed 60 hours to get in and I've completed 98.
Here are possible majors available to me:
1. English. Pro: it was already my major and I have a lot of work done in it. Con: I don't see how it will get me farther than I am now. I'm already a published author and journalist and not making enough money at it. I can already get hired for writing jobs based on my talent -- not to brag, it's just a fact.
2. Psychology -- Pro: I like people and helping others. Con: I have absolutely no hours in psychology right now and would have to start with Psych 101. Like all of these, I have the educational core done, but would have to take a bunch of psych and other social science courses.
3. Business administration. I do have nonprofit experience but my lack of degree has kept me from ever getting a job with it. I have no interest in business courses, I'm bad at math, possibly too chaotic for accounting, but I would make more money I think.
4. Teaching certification -- I would go for secondary English. Pro: very easy for me to finish up and possibly steady work that I'd enjoy. Con: Our local school district cut a bunch of teachers this year and I don't want to uproot the kids. I quit the teaching unit when I was at uni before because I didn't think I would be the best teacher.
5. organizational management -- like bus admin but less accounting and other drudgery. Might help me grow my writing business or get a job with a cool organization.
What's your advice? Hope it wasn't too long. I tried to break it up into a lot of paragraphs. Thanks.
In 1994, I left college, but was still allowed to go through graduation ceremonies, some hours short of completion. Now that I see it, I have basically 30 hours or a full year of undergrad left. I really wrangled my way into the line for grad. Naturally I never got a diploma for my empty folder. But, my whole family thought I had graduated.
I have worked as a freelance writer, holding myself out as having a degree in English. I got 2 books published 4 and 8 years ago, I have published articles, blogs and business and grant proposals. I have done mission trips and ministry work with my writing, and am up for a major journalism fellowship (I did not pretend to have a degree on that application). Lately, I have felt very guilty about pretending to have a degree when I don't.
Due to serious illness in our family, the construction and publishing markets (my husband's and my work) and a variety of other factors I'm not going to detail here, our family is on welfare right now. As a bit of background, I have not been offered a full time job in five years in spite of my best efforts. I get part time jobs easily and freelance writing jobs easily -- they just don't pay enough for us to pay our bills. My husband (who remodels houses but doesn't charge near enough to support us) and I have to cooperate with the job placement plan in order to keep getting welfare. It's not that the few hundred dollars is such a big deal, but under the program, and since I don't have outstanding student loans, I can go back to school and finish my degree with distance learning through a university about 40 miles from here. I can take online classes or some classes at a center in my town. It will actually take about 2 years because I have to earn 45 hours at this new school to graduate from it. This program offers adult learners courses at the upper undergrad levels and counts whatever coursework you've done to meet the core education requirements. You have to have completed 60 hours to get in and I've completed 98.
Here are possible majors available to me:
1. English. Pro: it was already my major and I have a lot of work done in it. Con: I don't see how it will get me farther than I am now. I'm already a published author and journalist and not making enough money at it. I can already get hired for writing jobs based on my talent -- not to brag, it's just a fact.
2. Psychology -- Pro: I like people and helping others. Con: I have absolutely no hours in psychology right now and would have to start with Psych 101. Like all of these, I have the educational core done, but would have to take a bunch of psych and other social science courses.
3. Business administration. I do have nonprofit experience but my lack of degree has kept me from ever getting a job with it. I have no interest in business courses, I'm bad at math, possibly too chaotic for accounting, but I would make more money I think.
4. Teaching certification -- I would go for secondary English. Pro: very easy for me to finish up and possibly steady work that I'd enjoy. Con: Our local school district cut a bunch of teachers this year and I don't want to uproot the kids. I quit the teaching unit when I was at uni before because I didn't think I would be the best teacher.
5. organizational management -- like bus admin but less accounting and other drudgery. Might help me grow my writing business or get a job with a cool organization.
What's your advice? Hope it wasn't too long. I tried to break it up into a lot of paragraphs. Thanks!
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
$1 billion for Amtrak, which hasn’t earned a profit in four decades.
$400 million for research into global warming.
$2.4 billion for projects to demonstrate how carbon greenhouse gas can be safely removed from the atmosphere.
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion.
$600 million to buy a new fleet of cars for federal employees and government departments.
$75 million to fund programs to help people quit smoking.
$21 million to re-sod the National Mall, which suffered heavy use during the Inauguration.
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
$2.25 billion for national parks. This item has sparked calls for an investigation, because the chief lobbyist of the National Parks Association is the son of Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wisc. The $2,25 billion is about equal to the National Park Service’s entire annual budget. The Washington Times reports it is a threefold increase over what was originally proposed for parks in the stimulus bill. Obey is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
$335 million for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. $4.19 billion to stave off foreclosures via the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The bill allows nonprofits to compete with cities and states for $3.44 billion of the money, which means a substantial amount of it will be captured by ACORN, the controversial activist group currently under federal investigation for vote fraud. Another $750 million would be exclusively reserved for nonprofits such as ACORN – meaning cities and states are barred from receiving that money. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., charges the money could appear to be a “payoff” for the partisan political activities community groups in the last election cycle.
$44 million to renovate the headquarters building of the Agriculture Department.
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
$32 billion for a “smart electricity grid to minimize waste.
$87 billion of Medicaid funds, to aid states.
$53.4 billion for science facilities, high speed Internet, and miscellaneous energy and environmental programs.
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
$13 billion to repair and weatherize public housing, help the homeless, repair foreclosed homes.
$20 billion for quicker depreciation and write-offs for equipment.
$10.3 billion for tax credits to help families defray the cost of college tuition.
$20 billion over five years for an expanded food stamp program.
Remember, this economic stimulus bill is supposed to be used as a catalyst to re-start our economy. Period.
Now how about those earmarks…?
$2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient
$650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter coupon program
$88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (ship)
$448 million for constructing the Dept. of Homeland Security HQ
$248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters
$600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees
$400 million for the CDC to screen and prevent STD’s
$1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs
$125 million for the Washington, D.C. sewer system
$150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities
$1 billion for the 2010 Census, projected cost overrun of $3 billion
$75 million for “smoking cessation activities”
$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges
$75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI
$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction
$500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River
$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas
$6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
$500 million for state and local fire stations
$650 million for wildland fire management on Forest Service lands
$150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities
$1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs
$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
$412 million for CDC buildings and property
$500 million for building and repairing NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD
$160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service
$5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the VA “National Cemete
Madoff and Company Spent Nearly $1 Million on Washington Influence
Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on December 15, 2008 5:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
The man behind a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that has roiled Wall Street and shaken up the nonprofit world was also a long-time contributor to Democrats, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has found. Bernard Madoff was arrested last Thursday and charged with operating a fraudulent money-management business with which he advised investors, hedge funds and institutions, including charitable foundations. Madoff made a fortune, and he played politics with some of that money. In total, he and his wife, Ruth, have given $238,200 to federal candidates, parties and committees since 1991, with Democrats getting 88 percent of that. Overall, Madoff and other individuals at his company, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, gave $372,100 in campaign contributions since 1991, with 89 percent to Democrats. The firm spent $590,000 on lobbying in the last 11 years, all but $10,000 of it with the lobbying firm of Lent, Scrivner & Roth.
There's been some bad news lately about ethics in government.
The good news is, however, that it's not all bad.
The Ethics Resource Center has been studying ethics in the workplace for 85 years and the group just released their 2007 National Government Ethics Survey.
ERC President Pat Harned spoke about her group's findings on this morning's Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Jane Norris.
"There was good news and bad news. The bad news is that more than 50 percent of employees in the federal government observed some kind of misconduct within the last year. The good news is that the federal government fared better than their state and local counterparts -- but, nevertheless, one in two [employees] sees misconduct in the workplace."
What, however, defines 'misconduct'?
Harned says ERC's definition ranges from: abusive and intimidating behavior, safety violations, lying to employees by supervisors and conflicts of interest.
"When we ask employees if they've observed misconduct, we read them a list of different types of behaviors they might have seen in the workplace and so the number that we are sharing is based upon the percentage of employees who have observed at least one of those acts around them."
Another interesting finding of the survey: about 30 percent of employees who see ethics violations don't do anything about them. Harned says this is because employees either think that no one will take any action or that retaliation will occur.
"What's most worrisome about the findings from this survey is that, in government sectors in particular, more employees are in situations that invite misconduct. So, misconduct is high right now, but there's every reason to believe it will get worse unless intervention is taken."
Harned also notes that, since the ERC started looking at government employees in 2000, there has been a consistent rise in the trend of their definition of misconduct.
The problem, according to Harned, goes deeper than just training.
"There certainly has been a lot of attention put towards putting formal programs into place -- having internal controls within government organizations -- and I think part of the reason we're not seeing a lot of change is that those efforts do make a difference, but they don't make as big a difference as building a strong ethical culture within an organization."
The survey results are not all gloomy.
Education about misconduct has improved. Harned says 8 out of 10 employees who responded say they feel prepared to handle situations when it comes to fighting misconduct. This statistic, however, is hampered by the fact that many employees don't actually take action.
"The problem is not that employees don't know what to do, it's that they actually have fears about taking the steps that they're encouraged to take."
Harned also notes that the survey concluded that, even when an employee reports misconduct, his or her complaint might not reach the highest level.
"The concern coming out of this study . . . is that the vast majority of employees [who] report to their immediate supervisor or another person they know in management and those reports aren't always reaching the highest levels of government where leaders know that there's a problem going on."
According to the survey, Harned says the most frequently observed types of misconduct involve workplace relationships.
"Abusive behavior, giving false information to employees, conflicts of interest, those types of misconduct. Bribes, stealing, financial fraud, some of the other more egregious types of misconduct tend to be low in percentages. Four and five percent of federal employees will see those kinds of things. . . . Nevertheless, it doesn't take a lot of those incidents to really do a lot of harm to a federal agency."
Harned says, according to the Center's data, only two percent of all misconduct reports go to through help lines connected to a senior manager. She says most complaints go to an immediate supervisor.
The National Government Ethics Survey is the second in a series of three reports that focus on employee views of ethics in the workplace. The ERC's first report dealt with business ethics and the third will look at nonprofit groups.
There's been some bad news lately about ethics in government.
The good news is, however, that it's not all bad.
The Ethics Resource Center has been studying ethics in the workplace for 85 years and the group just released their 2007 National Government Ethics Survey.
ERC President Pat Harned spoke about her group's findings on this morning's Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Jane Norris.
"There was good news and bad news. The bad news is that more than 50 percent of employees in the federal government observed some kind of misconduct within the last year. The good news is that the federal government fared better than their state and local counterparts -- but, nevertheless, one in two [employees] sees misconduct in the workplace."
What, however, defines 'misconduct'?
Harned says ERC's definition ranges from: abusive and intimidating behavior, safety violations, lying to employees by supervisors and conflicts of interest.
"When we ask employees if they've observed misconduct, we read them a list of different types of behaviors they might have seen in the workplace and so the number that we are sharing is based upon the percentage of employees who have observed at least one of those acts around them."
Another interesting finding of the survey: about 30 percent of employees who see ethics violations don't do anything about them. Harned says this is because employees either think that no one will take any action or that retaliation will occur.
"What's most worrisome about the findings from this survey is that, in government sectors in particular, more employees are in situations that invite misconduct. So, misconduct is high right now, but there's every reason to believe it will get worse unless intervention is taken."
Harned also notes that, since the ERC started looking at government employees in 2000, there has been a consistent rise in the trend of their definition of misconduct.
The problem, according to Harned, goes deeper than just training.
"There certainly has been a lot of attention put towards putting formal programs into place -- having internal controls within government organizations -- and I think part of the reason we're not seeing a lot of change is that those efforts do make a difference, but they don't make as big a difference as building a strong ethical culture within an organization."
The survey results are not all gloomy.
Education about misconduct has improved. Harned says 8 out of 10 employees who responded say they feel prepared to handle situations when it comes to fighting misconduct. This statistic, however, is hampered by the fact that many employees don't actually take action.
"The problem is not that employees don't know what to do, it's that they actually have fears about taking the steps that they're encouraged to take."
Harned also notes that the survey concluded that, even when an employee reports misconduct, his or her complaint might not reach the highest level.
"The concern coming out of this study . . . is that the vast majority of employees [who] report to their immediate supervisor or another person they know in management and those reports aren't always reaching the highest levels of government where leaders know that there's a problem going on."
According to the survey, Harned says the most frequently observed types of misconduct involve workplace relationships.
"Abusive behavior, giving false information to employees, conflicts of interest, those types of misconduct. Bribes, stealing, financial fraud, some of the other more egregious types of misconduct tend to be low in percentages. Four and five percent of federal employees will see those kinds of things. . . . Nevertheless, it doesn't take a lot of those incidents to really do a lot of harm to a federal agency."
Harned says, according to the Center's data, only two percent of all misconduct reports go to through help lines connected to a senior manager. She says most complaints go to an immediate supervisor.
The National Government Ethics Survey is the second in a series of three reports that focus on employee views of ethics in the workplace. The ERC's first report dealt with business ethics and the third will look at nonprofit groups.
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