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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881 – November 8, 1983) was an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein.
Abraham Kaplan (June 11, 1918 – June 19, 1993) was an American philosopher, known best for being the first philosopher to systematically examine the behavioral sciences in his book The Conduct of Inquiry (1964). [citation needed] His thinking was influenced by pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. [1] [failed ...
Hyman Kaplan, or H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N as he habitually signs himself, is a fictional character in a series of well-received humorous stories by Leo Rosten, published under the pseudonym "Leonard Q. Ross" in The New Yorker in the 1930s and later collected in two books, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N and The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A ...
In practice, Kaplan's books, especially The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion and Judaism as a Civilization are de facto statements of principles. In 1986, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association (RRA) and the Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot (FRCH) passed the official "Platform on Reconstructionism".
Transcender was established in 1992, shortly after Microsoft Corporation introduced its certification program. [1] In December 2003, Transcender joined Kaplan IT Learning and became a division of Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC), formerly known as The Washington Post Company, and is a provider of online higher education, K-12 services, and ...
In 2016, Kaplan partnered with ACT, the ACT college admissions test maker, to make low-cost, online test prep free for low-income students. [24] In 2017, Purdue University announced the acquisition of Kaplan University, [25] and the sale was completed in 2018. The new institution became Purdue University Global, providing students with ...
A Kaplan University campus in Maine. Kaplan University (KU) was a private online for-profit university owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company.It was predominantly a distance learning institution, maintaining 14 ground locations across the United States.
Attention restoration theory (ART) asserts that people can concentrate better after spending time in nature, or even looking at scenes of nature. Natural environments abound with "soft fascinations" which a person can reflect upon in "effortless attention", such as clouds moving across the sky, leaves rustling in a breeze or water bubbling over rocks in a stream.