It is National Education Week in the US, with the current state of education in many parts of the world today in flux. Without doubt, the current system is more than broken given its inability to deliver on value domestically and internationally for many students. A 2019 report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New…
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On Entropy: The Shifting World
As children, sometimes the most asinine things earn our attention. At least in the old days they did, back when children played with toys that didn’t talk back or require a lithium battery to operate. One of those old affects was the proverbial spinning top. An awkward space-ship looking toy that, with the right torque…
Grad Nation: 3 Tips for College Grads
In part one of our two-part series on graduation, we learned a few key things students matriculating to higher education should keep in mind during graduation. According to the National Center for education Statistic, public institutions had the highest graduation rates of public, private an for-profit institutions (accept in cases where the for-profit institution had…
Grad Nation: 5 Tips for the Class of 2018 (High School Edition)
The United States high school graduation rate reached an all time high of 83% in 2014/2015 school year and in 2016. Many credit the surge in highly targeted US social programs and initiatives aimed at improving graduation among low-income and underserved students. In a little more than a year, U.S. graduation rates fell 10 percent…
The Entrepreneur’s Guide To College: 8 Tips to Make Higher-Ed Count
It’s that time of year again, when people of all ages either graduate or have received acceptance letters from universities and graduate programs. It’s an exciting time! But it’s also a crucial time; one that is not discussed enough nor in quite the proper manner. Therefore I am going to give you the advice I…
Lela Winston 