New generation, same gritToday’s college students appear much less enamored with “big business as usual” than their immediate predecessors. Students today are faced with a job market requiring nimbleness, as large corporations no long offer lifetime employment that Americans of the past experienced. |
Ethics lessons a core component of business educationDavid Surdam doesn't think a seminar on ethics will transform an unethical person into an ethical person. "These things happen before they come to our classroom," says the UNI professor of economics and business ethics fellow. |
Does your level of education impact your political views?The Pew Research Center recently published a report indicating that a clear majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (let's call them conservatives) believe that U.S |
Did Dr. Seuss peddle iris-ism in christmas tale?Children’s leisure opportunities expanded across the twentieth century, but adults worried whether motion pictures, new genres of music, and television programs exerted pernicious effects upon children. |
I've got a secret! No, I don'tThe Equifax debacle emphasized a new truism: Your identity and all of your secrets are not safe. You are living in a world where you must take the initiative to protect your identity against thieves. |
Freedom vs. Responsibility when uttering opinionsI enjoy creating these blog pieces. I have considerable latitude in topics. I work for a state university; universities should stoutly protect “freedom of speech,” although some people on both sides of the political spectrum sometimes wish to limit such freedoms. |