October 2018

What’s the best part about winning a competition? The trophy, of course. But in the case of the California Mayors Cyber Cup, the winning teams took just as much pride in giving the trophy as they did in receiving one.  The California Mayors Cyber Cup are regional competitions across California that allow high school cyber […]

“Have you ever heard of ‘Death by Planning Session?’ That’s when committees take 6 weeks to come up with a solution and 18 months later they’re still at it.”  The 7-step visual Compression Planning system helps leaders who feel like they are drowning in an ocean of quicksand due to all the useless, boring and unnecessary planning sessions and

Inexperienced job applicants face better odds in the labor market as more companies drop work-history and degree requirements  Companies are lowering the bar on degree and work-history requirements for many jobs. A job seeker, left, shook hands with a representative at a career fair in Brooklyn, N.Y., in February.   By Kelsey Gee  Across incomes and industries, the

Having worked in this space for nearly 20 years, this is a good time for me to reflect on significant influences in faculty development in recent years. I have focused my comments in three broad areas.  Before we get to those trends, it’s worth remembering that the quality of faculty is often what makes or

GRIT The Power of Passion and Perseverance Author: Angela Duckworth  “. . . persuasive and fascinating . . .” — Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of  The Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink  Grit: The word has mouth feel. It sounds like something John Wayne would chaw on. Who wouldn’t want grit? Wusses. Forget ’em.  Angela Duckworth, the psychologist who

As a part of the College of the Canyon’s Digital Badge Initiative, the implementation team decided to conduct a side-by-side comparison of the 2 leading Digital Badge Providers in order to make an informed and knowledgeable decision of which platform their institution would use.  By requesting in-depth demonstrations from Acclaim and Badgr, College of the

According to a Welsh professor who was once honored by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen never listens to what people say to her while dispensing annual honors like knighthoods. So when it was his turn and the Queen asked him what he did to earn the honor, he replied “I murdered, ma’am, my mother-in-law at breakfast

Careers  in skilled services pay well. More Americans just need the right training.  “To get a good job you must have a bachelor’s degree.” This is a common myth that needs to be debunked. For years, Americans have been told that, with the decline in manufacturing, the blue-collar job that required a high school degree