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Whenever you use a source in your answer, including all quotes, you must provide an APA-style internal citation and a full APA-style reference in the References page exercise. HINT: Most of these exercises require citations. **Whenever you attach an article, it must be directly behind the exercise in which it appears, and it must be clearly labeled with the exercise number and letter to which it pertains. Attach only the first page of the article unless otherwise stated.** Exercise 5.1: Describing the Societal Problem and its Geographic Location Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points) A. Briefly state your societal problem and which local area of the country it applies to (i.e. town, city, county, school district). For this module, your geographic level must be local. (2 points) Part A score:_
 * PAF 101 EXERCISES: MODULE THREE **
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 5 & 6 **

Too few Engineers in New York.
 * ** State your societal problem here: **

New York State
 * ** State the specific geographic area you will be focusing on here: **

B. Clearly describe two of the most important negative effects of the problem. (6 points) Part B score:_

-Lose Economic Competitiveness in High Skill, High Technology Industries
 * ** Describe the first negative effect here: **

Lower quality of life (no microwaves, “Transporters” Low quality infrastructure Environmental Problems
 * ** Describe the second negative effect here: **

 Exercise 5.2: Providing Evidence of a Societal Problem within the County of your Choosing Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 21 points)

Provide three different forms of clear and convincing evidence of the societal problem identified in Exercise 5.1. Specify the geographic locality that each piece of evidence is from, which should be the same locality as you identified in 5.1. If it is not, you must specify how the evidence you find is relevant to the locality that you specified in 5.1.
 * Write up to 4 sentences describing each piece of evidence. (7 points each)
 * Label graphs and tables to conform to the example given on page 61, figure 5.2 of the //Maxwell Manual// - one point will be deducted for each format error. Make sure your graph has a title, labeled axes, and a source.
 * ** Write up to 4 sentences providing evidence of your societal problem and support this evidence by including a trend line graph. (Note: graph must be generated electronically and may not be hand drawn. Needs to have at least 3 points and at least one point must be real): **


 * ** Write up to 4 sentences providing evidence based on a quote from a player, stakeholder, or expert you interviewed here (include the direct quote that supports the evidence): **
 * ** Write up to 4 sentences providing evidence by citing a print or electronic source here: **

 Exercise 5.3: Identifying Underlying Causes of the Problem Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 12 points)

Describe and provide sources for the four most significant causes that contribute to the existence of the societal problem which you are studying. (NOTE: the causes and sources used can be general & not specific to the local area.) The causes should not overlap or be redundant.
 * One source may be used for several or all of the causes, and at least one of the four must be based on a quote from a player, stakeholder, or expert you have interviewed (7 points will be deducted if you do not do this).
 * 3 points will be deducted if a major cause is not discussed and full credit will be assigned only if reasonable causes are included and the discussion is clearly and precisely written.
 * **Write and briefly describe the first cause here:** Low Compensation
 * **Write and briefly describe the second cause here:** Poor K-12 Math and Science Education
 * **Write and briefly describe the third cause here:** Declining manufacturing Sector


 * **Write and briefly describe the fourth cause here:** Insufficient R&D Funding (NSF)/ End of the Cold War(Defense, NASA)

[] [|www.economics.pomona.edu/.../**S&E**%20**Workforce**%20**Presentation**.ppt]  Exercise 5.4: Describing the Current Policy Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points)

A. Describe one current policy now in effect in the locality you specified in 5.1 to remedy the problem described in 5.1. The policy can originate at a local, state, or national level but must be operating in all or part of the locality you have chosen. Be clear where it originates. (2 points) Part A score: _


 * ** Describe the policy here: New Visions Engineering **
 * ** Write the specific geographic location the policy originated in here: Yorktown Heights New York **

B. Identify the local administrative unit primarily responsible for implementing the policy. (2 points) Part B score:_

C. Identify the legislative body that is the original source of this policy. (2 points) Part C score:_
 * ** Identify the local administrative unit here: **
 * ** State the geographic location over which they have the authority to act: **

D. Describe how a court at any level (local, state, federal) could be involved in the application of the policy. (2 points) Part D score:_
 * ** Identify the legislative body here: **
 * ** State the geographic location over which they have the authority to act: **

 Exercise 5.5: Describing the Role of Business and Non‑Profit Organizations Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)
 * ** Describe how a court could be involved here: **
 * ** State the geographic location over which they have the authority to act: **

A. Identify a business corporation and describe an action it takes to reduce the societal problem you are studying at any geographic level, not necessarily your chosen locality. (3 points) Part A score: _

B. Identify a non-profit organization and describe an action it takes to reduce the societal problem you are studying at any geographic level, not necessarily your chosen locality. (3 points) Part B score: _
 * ** Write the name and location of the corporate headquarters of the business here: **
 * ** Describe the action in one sentence by quoting a statement either from the company itself or another source, indicating that the corporation takes an action to reduce the problem here: **

 Exercise 5.6: Examining the News Media's Discussion of Societal Problems Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 6 points)
 * ** Write the name and location of the local or national headquarters of the non-profit organization here: **
 * ** Describe the action the organization takes to reduce the problem in one sentence by quoting a statement either from the organization or another source: **

Select and evaluate an editorial, op-ed, or letter to the editor published within the last 6 months from any newspaper that discusses your societal problem at any governmental level or location. Do not summarize the article. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind this exercise.

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 * ** Evaluate how well the author presents the “societal problem,” “evidence of the problem,” and “causes of the problem,” and quote at least one sentence or part of it from the article here: **

