Xx

Technical Skills: Enrolling in courses helps build essential technical skills necessary for jobs, internships, and research positions.
Career Support Post-Graduation: Raven's career support extends for six months after graduation, highlighting the long-term commitment to student success.
Professional Mentorship Programs: One-on-one mentorship for twelve weeks is available with industry professionals aligned with students' career interests.
Career Coaching: Ongoing career coaching is available with the director of workforce, providing personalized guidance.
Career Communities: Virtual networking and resource groups facilitate industry-specific connections, job access, and skill-building workshops, with opportunities available in both in-person (New York City) and virtual formats.

Exam Structure: The midterm will consist of:
- 10 multiple choice questions.
- 4 short answer questions, from a selection of 6-8, allowing students to choose those they can answer most effectively.
- 1 longer essay question to assess comprehensive understanding.
- Short answer responses should range from 5 to 10 sentences.
Success Factors: Emphasizes the importance of attending classes and completing readings to succeed on the exam. Knowledge from both readings and class discussions will be pertinent for exam questions.

Relative Progress: Discussion on the concept of absolute vs. relative progress in public policy, especially concerning the experiences of different groups.
Cultural Influence: Black Americans greatly influence American culture, particularly through music genres such as jazz, blues, and hip hop. This contributes to the global perception of American culture as a form of "Americanization."
Historical Context: Key reference to the Thirteenth Amendment, civil rights struggles, and the impact of educational and residential segregation.

Understanding Polls: Explanation of scientific polls and their importance in measuring public opinion, with an emphasis on margin of error – defining its implications in interpreting approval ratings.
- Example: If a poll shows a 46% approval rating with a ±4% margin of error, the actual approval could range between 42% and 50%. This highlights uncertainty in polling results because they reflect just a sample.
Sample Size: Most political polls use 1,000-2,000 respondents, which is cost-effective yet leads to a margin of error around 3-4% due to non-representative samples.
Opinion Salience: Discusses how some issues garner more intense opinions from minorities, which can disproportionately affect political outcomes since these individuals may be more active in advocating for their views.

Political Engagement: Majority opinions may differ in intensity of feeling about issues compared to minority groups who may feel more passionately. This might lead politicians to prioritize the interests of highly motivated minorities over indifferent majorities.
Feedback Mechanism: Ongoing dialogue about survey results and public engagement strategies underscores the need for continual assessment of societal sentiments.