Assignment 8

HEA 640 Module Eight Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Although students have the right to organize, join organizations, and receive group recognition, there are times when postsecondary institutions can legally decline organizational recognition. In a short paper, identify and examine two to three reasons why institutions may decline group recognition. What role do you believe organizational recognition plays in ensuring first amendment guarantees? Provide examples to support your answers. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

a. Reasons for Decline: Describe why an institution may decline group recognition. What would be the basis for declining it? What would this decline accomplish? What implications would this decline impose on the institution?

b. Recognition Role: Explain how organizational recognition helps ensure first amendment guarantees. What benefits would organizational recognition provide for students?

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a one- to two-page (plus cover sheet and reference page) Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least two sources cited in APA format (following the APA Manual 6th Edition). Ensure that the cover sheet and reference page are also in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Reasons for Decline

Describes why an institution may decline group recognition

Describes why an institution may decline group recognition but description is brief or lacks detail

Does not describe why an institution may decline group recognition

50

Recognition Role

Explains how organizational recognition helps ensure first amendment guarantees

Explains how organizational recognition helps ensure first amendment guarantees but lacks specificity

Does not explain how organizational recognition helps ensure first amendment guarantees

30

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

20

Earned Total 100%