Educational elites argue in favor of "diversity" as an institutional goal because
a. students benefit from interaction with others from different heritages.
b. universities benefit by attracting a better-quality group of students.
c. public demand in a democracy requires it.
d. All of the above
A
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A policy enacted to prevent bullying of children with disabilities in mainstream schools, is an example of:
a. A needs-meeting policy. b. A civil rights policy. c. A human rights policy. d. An infrastructure development policy.
At the individual level of analysis, what role did Hitler's personality play in the course of WWII?
a. It played the most crucial role in the first phase, in the decision to annex Czechoslovakia and Poland. b. It lengthened the war because Hitler was originally pragmatic and overruled his less conservative generals, who wanted to declare war immediately. c. His appetite and belief in his own superiority led to the mistake of declaring war against the United States. d. His racist ideology led him to attack the Soviet Union before attacking Britain because he believed them to be of inferior bloodlines. e. Convinced of his own genius, Hitler's personality brought failure in the second phase, due to overreach.
Describe the systems of checks and balances and separation of powers, giving at least three examples of each. What is the difference between these two concepts?
What will be an ideal response?
Madison, together with a group of similarly practical men, sought to create a republic that would be ______.
a. sufficiently powerful to exert control over the states b. representative of the will of the people with weak national powers c. strong enough to govern without threatening individual rights d. respectful of states’ rights while cautiously asserting weak national power