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Benefits. Costs. Class Agenda. Announcements Dale Carnegie Introduction to Module #4 Calculating Benefit/Cost Ratio Career Trade-offs Mini-Advising for Life after PST 101 Assignments. Module 4 Agenda. 10/21: Intro to Mod 4 10/23: Speaker-Martha Diede 10/25: Speaker-Renee Captor
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Class Agenda • Announcements • Dale Carnegie • Introduction to Module #4 • Calculating Benefit/Cost Ratio • Career Trade-offs • Mini-Advising for Life after PST 101 • Assignments
Module 4 Agenda • 10/21: Intro to Mod 4 • 10/23: Speaker-Martha Diede • 10/25: Speaker-Renee Captor • 10/28: Benchmarking • 10/30: Competition Workshop • 11/1: Competition Debriefing • 11/4: Second Competition Debriefing • 11/6: Module 4 Due
Competition Points Winners Losers As of 10/21/19
Fireside Chat – featuring the one, the only…………Marcus!!!!!!!!
Dale Carnegie Principles • Don't criticize, condemn or complain. • Give honest and sincere appreciation. • Arouse in the other person an eager want. • Become genuinely interested in other people. • Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language. • Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. • Talk in the terms of the other man’s interest. • Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely. • Avoid arguments. • Never tell someone they are wrong • If you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. • Begin in a friendly way. • Start with questions the other person will answer yes to. Let the other person do the talking. • Let the other person feel the idea is his/hers. • Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view. • Sympathize with the other person. • Appeal to noble motives. • Dramatize your ideas. • Throw down a challenge. • Begin with praise and honest appreciation. • Call attention to other people's mistakes indirectly. • Talk about your own mistakes first. • Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. • Let the other person save face. • Praise every improvement. • Give them a fine reputation to live up to • Encourage them by making their faults seem easy to correct. • Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Extra Credit Reminders • The deadline to complete Excel extra credit is November 22- WORTH 10 POINTS • Extra credit can bump your grade from a B to an A-
Review of Module 4 Requirements Players A B Societal Problems Public Policy C
7.1 Select a Policy • Does not have to be the same problem/policy from Module 3! • Can be local, state, or national • The policy must still have a policy tool
7.2 and 7.3 Benefit/Cost Analysis • Benefits - policy impacts good for society or some segment of it • Costs - policy impacts bad for society or some segment of it • Operating criteria for good or bad is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Policy Proposal to address lack of learning in PST 101 “Allow each student to rewrite and correct their worst module paper.”
Rankings Benefits and Costs for 101 Sum 6 Improve learning (3), higher grades (1), less students will drop the class (2) Students will learn less (3), Harder work for TAs (3), More work for students (2) 8 Ratio= Sum of Benefits= Sum of Costs 6/8=3/4
Exercise 7.4 • Exploring Career Options from a Benefit Cost Perspective • Career Triangle • Career Field Explorer
Career Field Explorer Priority Average Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Top 5% Work no more than 40hrs/week . . . . . . .80 hrs Do Good Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Money-Making Near Where you Live . . . . . . . . . . . . .Far Away Little Traveling . . . . . . . . . . . .Lots of Traveling Economically Risky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Risky Orderly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chaotic Professional/Graduate Education . . . . .No More ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (Low = 1, Medium = 2, High = 3)
7.4B Rating Career Interests • Agriculture, food, and natural resources • Architecture and construction • Arts, AV-Technology, and communications • Business, management, and administration • Education and training • Finance • Government and public administration • Health science • Human services • Information technology • Law, public safety, corrections and security • Manufacturing • Marketing, sales and services • Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) • Transportation, distribution and logistics • Hospitality and tourism
7.4C Find Occupations • http://online.onetcenter.org -Click on Career Cluster, under Finding Occupations
Thinking about Exercise 7.4:The Career Triangle PHYSICAL THINGS Forest Ranger Graphic Design Dentist Engineer Physician ComputerDesigner Scientist Salesperson Journalist Marketing Lobbyist College Professor K-12 Teacher Accountant Lawyer PEOPLE INFORMATION
7.5 Analyze Benefits/Costs in News Media • Remember you must discuss an article that has to do with your societal category, not your societal problem • Remember to evaluate how thoroughly the author discussed costs/benefits • DON’T JUST SUMMARIZE!
Questions About Courses and Advising • Check out handouts in the office • Use me as an informal advisor even if you are not planning to be a major • https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/policy-studies/
For Policy Studies Wannabes • Get a B in PST 101. • Take MAX 201 ASAP. MAX 201 will do a lot for your pocketbook because employers like interns who can do a little bit of Excel number-crunching. • Take PST 110 and do 35 hours of community service • ECN 203 and MAX 123 are core requirements so take them soon. • For information on the major and minor as well as a list of other courses for the topical specialization, see https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/policy-studies/Before you become a major, see Coach Coplin to advise you and authorize you to register.
Upcoming Courses/NEW PAI Courses • PAI 300.2 (Policy Implementation)-T/TH: 2-3:20 • Taught by: Huitink • PAI 300.1 (Education Policy)- M: 9:30-12:15 • Taught by: SHI • PAI 400.1 (Grant Writing)- MW: 8:00-9:20 AM • Taught by: Carboni • PST 400.3 (Poverty Policy)- W: 5:15-8:00 PM • Taught by: Heflin • PST 410.5 (Smart Cities)- MW: 12:45-2:05 • Taught by: Zwick • PST 451 (Environmental Policy)- T: 9:20-12:15 • Taught by: Mazur • PST 431 (Criminal Justice System)- M: 6:45-9:25 • Taught by: Captor
What is UBE? • Undergraduates for a Better Education • List of Student Grievances • Lobby Syracuse Administration to improve quality of undergraduate education • Has been advocating for improvement in undergraduate education at Syracuse since 1986 • https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6RnZm1gdPjdevBz • If you want to complete the survey, please do so by 10/22 at 8pm.
Our Grievances • 75% of income from undergraduate tuition; how much is spent on them? • Cluster hiring program which is supported by the big increase in tuition ignores undergraduates • Liberal Arts Core needs improvements • Large class sizes for 300 and above courses • Closed out of courses during registration • Low quality teaching • Communication issues between faculty and TA's and their students
Speaker for Next Class • Martha A. Kalnin Diede, Ph.D. • Director • Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence • Undergraduates most important Player
Extra Credit Opportunity- Next Class • Bring in a typed policy that you would like to propose at SU to improve undergraduate education • If everyone in your group brings in a policy idea you will get 1 point • If one person forgets then your group will not receive the extra point but your group won’t be hurt • Everything to gain and nothing to lose, so DO IT!
For next class… • Decide on your policy • Start chapter 7 and finish exercises by Friday • Read chapter 8 • Bring in a typed policy for Martha Diede • Changing Seats NEXT CLASS • TA application due 10/23 at 8pm • Module 4 Paper Due (11/6)