Prediction Case Study Identify an institution of higher education that had a newsworthy event on campus

Prediction Case Study

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2]

Prior to completing this assignment read Franklin (2013), Rosenberg (2011), Stukalina (2012), Weisbrod & Asch (2010, Jan).

Instructions: To complete this assignment, you will need to do the following:

• Identify an institution of higher education that had a newsworthy event on campus (e.g. recorded in national, or regional news via broadcast, website, or print media).
• Provide a summary of the newsworthy event.
• Analyze which factors from the literature contributed to the event and identify root causes that created these factors.
• Evaluate the situation and develop substantive recommendations for improvement. Questions you may consider include:
  • Why was the event significant?
  • Did some factors play a larger role than others?
  • Could the event have been avoided?
  • Is the issue easily fixed?
  • What will happen if the issue/event is not addressed?
  • Is there any existing research that may be helpful in developing recommendations for improvement?

In addition, your assignment must:

• Be approximately 1200 words, not include title and references pages.
• Use at least three scholarly and/or credible sources to support any claims, assertions, or conclusions.
• Consult Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.). This table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor.
• Provide references for all quoted, paraphrased, and summarized information from scholarly and/or credible sources both in-text and in an APA references list
• Synthesize core proficiencies in the major area of study in a manner appropriate to the degree level to important issues within the field.
  1. Utilize the relevant skills so that knowledge acquired can be utilized in a manner appropriate to the degree level in the major field and/or career.
  2. Provide scholarly support for conclusions related to issues associated with the field and/or career using discipline-appropriate reasoning.
• Integrate skills from core competencies in order to respond to civic, societal, environmental, and economic challenges.
  1. Apply the principles of critical thinking to contemporary issues.
  2. Exhibit clear, sustained, and coherent arguments and narratives
  3. Utilize information literacy skills appropriate to the graduate degree level, by contributing to, expanding, evaluating or refining the information base within the field of study.
  4. Construct and defend solutions to problems through qualitative or quantitative analysis and/or computational skills and practices.
• Synthesize theories and approaches to the discipline in solving complex problems.
  1. Develop problem solving framework and construct solutions to complex unstructured issues and problems through reasoned analysis, including consideration of diverse views.
  2. Apply knowledge of commonalities and differences across varying cultural, economic, and geographic populations as part of global citizenship.
• Construct ethical responses to
  1. Evaluate key ethical issues and apply theory-based knowledge to the concerns of society.
  2. Demonstrate service to the community in responding to local, national, and global challenges.
  3. Evaluate the application of ethical standards in research and practice.
• Demonstrate lifelong learning skills and self-reflective capacity by engaging in continuous professional and scholarly development.
  1. Apply discipline-specific content and skills to produce works appropriate to the field.
  2. Evaluate contemporary research within the field.
  3. Apply collaborative skills in teams to solve problems.
  4. Demonstrate professional dispositions and behaviors appropriate to the discipline.