Reading Time: 6 minutesBy: Jeff Selingo As colleges and universities prepare to receive a third round of federal relief funds to assist with the disruption to their operations caused by COVID-19, higher education leaders are not only evaluating approaches to using the cash to fill immediate financial needs, but also long-term investments to lower college costs. Going […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesMachiavelli (Max) Chao is a full-time Senior Continuing Lecturer at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, 2018 and 2021 UCI Lecturer of the Year and winner of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Merage Excellence in Teaching award Most days, I feel lucky to have the privilege of teaching […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesBy: Tony Winslow, Marketing Manager at Cengage I was recently talking to a friend at work about how marketing has evolved, the importance of authenticity and how marketers unite around a purpose to create positive change. We talked about the onset of COVID-19 and the months that followed—how marketers knew there was one major […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaintaining good grades, affording course materials and balancing school and social activities are the primary challenges for some students. For Department Chair Amanda Beaman, her students often face quite different challenges. A large percentage of Beaman’s students are parents, caregivers and/or full-time workers. Their greatest concern is finding time to succeed in school while maintaining […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresident Biden released his “skinny budget” proposal to the Senate for the 2022 fiscal year in late March. The $1.5 trillion proposal outlines all of the White House’s priorities for discretionary spending in the upcoming year. Many of these priorities target higher education. Biden’s plan requests $102.8 billion for the US education budget, a 41% […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Sinjini Mitra is a professor at the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department at California State University, Fullerton There has been explosive growth in online and hybrid classes in higher education over the past few decades worldwide. Students tend to choose an online course or program primarily because of the flexibility they offer. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesShaloun Mims is a student at The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a Cengage Student Ambassador My advice for college freshmen is to acknowledge that college is different for everyone. Every college student will have a different story to tell, from university to technical college and class size to credit requirements. The college experience is unique to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis reading list was compiled by Shea Haney, Inside Learning Associate at Cengage, with the help of Nicole Robinson, Product Manager, K12 CTE. How colorful is your summer reading list? With June being LGBTQIA+ Pride month, it’s the perfect opportunity to put a little rainbow in your reading. Why? Because your LGBTQIA+ students need […]
