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The Policy of Affirmative Action at American Universities: Perspective of the Supreme Court 1978-2003
Mertová, Viktorie ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
U. S. universities often apply affirmative action approach in admissions procedure, that is to say, they give preferential treatment to racial or ethnic minority applicants. There are several reasons for this policy. First, in the 1960s, the federal government instructed all the federal contractors to take an affirmative action to ensure that minorities were not discriminated against. Second, universities attempt to create a diverse student body which is supposed to produce educational benefits and raise the quality of education. The affirmative action programs cause a number of controversies. The opponents argue that the policy discriminates against the majority and therefore violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Many litigations took place in the United States over the course of years, some of the cases were even brought before the Supreme Court. The Bachelor's thesis "The Policy of Affirmative Action at American Universities: Perspective of the Supreme Court 1978-2003" investigates the changes of the Supreme Court's approach to this problem in the period between 1978 (first landmark decision) and 2003, when the Supreme Court dealt with the issue last so far. On the basis of an analysis of the decisions in three significant Supreme Court cases, this paper characterizes the most...
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Sign language interpreting at universities in the Czech Republic
Tesaříková, Daniela ; Hynková Dingová, Naďa (advisor) ; Petráňová, Romana (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis "Interpreting for the Deaf at Czech Universities" maps out the current situation of providing interpreters at universities, and it describes ways of providing and problems encountered by responsible support centres. It consists of two parts. The first part is theoretical and it describes legislative measures concerning interpreters in the operative legislation in the Czech Republic, it further gives an overview of support centres assisting students with disabilities at individual universities which stress providing interpreting services to students, and it finally focuses on two university programmes of study intended primarily for deaf students where interpreting is taken for granted. The second part is practical and it includes research conducted as a questionnaire inquiry. The research focuses on opinions of deaf university students about the level of provided interpreting and their personal experiences with and opinions about interpreting provided during their studies. The thesis describes the results of the research and adds suggestions about possible solutions to the given problematic situations. Keywords: Czech sign language interpreter, sign language, interpreting, deaf students, university, support centre for students with special needs, legislation.
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Academic spectacle: commodification of knowledge in Pnin, The Breast and White Noise
Labanczová, Johana ; Ulmanová, Hana (advisor) ; Pilný, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis called Academic Spectacle: Commodification of Knowledge in Pnin, The Breast, and White Noise deals with the commodifying influence of the consumer society on education, knowledge and the perception of information, as it is reflected in the following American academic novels: Pnin (1957) by Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth's The Breast (1972) and White Noise (1985) by Don DeLillo. The thesis combines the approach of literary analysis with the use of cultural- theoretical terms and theories relating to the state of postmodern society from the texts of Waltr Benjamin, Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, Linda Hutcheon or Theodore Adorno and Max Horkheimer. In addition, it elaborates on sociological concepts, such as "the risk society" of Ulrich Beck, the "public arenas model" of approaching social problems of Stephen Hilgratner and Charles Bosk or "the hyperconsumer society", the term Gilles Lipovetsky applies to the state of present societies. Therefore, the thesis belongs to the area of cultural studies, which typically combine the approaches of sociology and literary studies. For the sake of analyzing the influence of the consumer society on the academic environment (as it is reflected in the given novels), we established four basic aspects of commodification: reification, banalization,...
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How to study successfully in the middle ages? An analysis of the late medieval treatise "De modulo studendi" (ms.Olomouc, RL, M I 357) and an edition of its selected parts
Odstrčilík, Jan ; Doležalová, Lucie (advisor) ; Adámková, Iva (referee)
The thesis analyses a previously untreated and unexplored treatise entitled De modulo studendi. It is located in ms. M I 357, kept in the Research Library in Olomouc, formerly from the Carthusian monastery in Olomouc. In the first part the problem of dating the treatise and the manuscript is discussed by analyzing the physical characteristics of the manuscript and its content. It seems likely that the manuscript was written sometime in 1450-1460's. The treatise itself seems to be written after 1456. In this section is also shown, how the medical part of the treaties depends directly on a set of medical prescriptions, called Recepta ac consila medica, which precede the treatise in the manuscript. In the second part the content of each chapter of De modulo studendi is summarized and commented. The treatise provides special advices on schoolbooks at the university level as well as the general advices for successful study. An edition of the selected parts of the treatise is also included in this work.
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Philosophy of education
Řezník, Jan ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Blažková, Miloslava (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of philosophy of education. The author of the work demonstrates to the readers connection between modern education and Plato's concept of care of psyche. This treatise consists of three parts. In the first part, we can find a lot of matters inquiring the essence of education, psyche, knowledge etc. The second part is an interpretation of . The third part demonstrates writer's experience with educational system and university. The main motive, of this thesis is the understanding of the world and myself, based on Plato's understanding of the psyche. My treatise describe Plato's care of the psyche the based on teaching a Czech philosopher Jan Patočka. The author of this work submitted an inspiration of a potential use of care about psyche in the philosophy of education.
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Thomas G. Masaryk's journalistic activity
Marek, Jiří ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Sekera, Martin (referee)
The Diploma thesis "Thomas G. Masaryk's journalistic activity" aims to analyze Masaryk as a journalist. The thesis describes the process of Masaryk's evolution from childhood and school years through his university studies in Vienna and Leipzig till his move to Prague, where he worked at the local university. It emphasizes all the major aspects that formed his personali-ty. It focuses mainly on his position in the magazines Athenaeum, Čas and Naše doba, which then influenced many events. The issue is settled in the historical and cultural social context of the second half of the 19th century.
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Completion of the BUT - Faculty of Fine Arts
Ivanova, Nadezda ; Navrátil,, Aleš (referee) ; Nový, Alois (advisor)
The object consists of 3 volumes: two 6-storey academic buildings, interconnected with public space. Simple geometry of complex is formed by the existing urban development. Repeating street directions and continuing visual contact with the housing of the Law Faculty, the building in terms of shape represents letter V and forms enclosed courtyards. In the lower part of the building of the Faculty of Fine Arts there are workrooms, library and repository that are loaded from the north facade. The first three floors are connected by a corridor with a recreational area of public space created for a comfortable communicating and solitary classes. On the other floors there are workshops, studios and studio offices of ceramics, sculpture, metal, photography, printing and 3D-graphics, cabinets of deanery and classrooms. On the top floor, that is 6 m height, there are art studios, additionaly lightened by lanterns on the roof. The housing is designed in that way that it has the open airy atrium, which, along with half-transparent facades, provides natural light in most interiors. Facade structure is highlighted with the shell of the vertical and horizontal aluminum fins and shelves, which gives to a compex an interesting and constantly changing pattern. Unified composition is also highlighted with shades of warm and cold colors of the spectrum. Four underground floors are used for car parking, and the ground flloor of them is given for the operation of the university. In the future, the project also envisages planting of greenery of building facades and of the surrounding area.
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Bsiness plan for creating of the agency SPORT and UNIVERSITY
Mertová, Monika ; MBA, Vladimír Turčan, (referee) ; Koráb, Vojtěch (advisor)
The subject of the presented thesis is a business plan of agency, which the owner founded in February 2005 after having successfully passed university in United States of America as a student-athlete receiving full athletic scholarship. This is recruiting type of agency working with student-athletes in Czech Republic and US coaches at universities. The agency is trying to find athletic- scholarships for athletes as well as great education and sport opportunities for them. I can divide this business plan into three basic parts; part one focus on introducing the agency, her objectives, mission, and present situation. Another part concentrates in determination of the present position of the agency (position on the market, clients, skills, characteristics) and it consists of a detailed strategic analysis of external factors (STEP, Porter, Market Research) and internal factors. The conclusion of the analytic part is closed by a SWOT analysis. Finally, an essay represents the last part of the thesis where the specific business plan of the agency’s future for next five years is formulated. For further expansion of the agency, specific proposals in the key areas have been made. Lastly I have focused on risk evaluation, recommendation and conclusion.
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