Reading Time: 4 minutesAuthor: Corinne Hoisington, Professor of Information Systems Technology, Central Virginia Community College As the pandemic resets major work trends, company leaders are rethinking their workforce performance and experience strategies. If an employee is working from home or from the office, the company leaders want to be assured that they are proficient in Microsoft Office. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Jessica Halperin, Sociology Professor, Metropolitan Community College – Maple Woods The sociological perspectives in Sociology are powerful tools used for discussion and analysis of society. They provide a framework as well as different lens for viewing the social world. The three major perspectives include conflict, structural functionalism and symbolic interaction. They’re the foundation […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesPublished: January 12, 2021 As the pandemic has impacted higher education, affordability has become an even greater focus. Many college students and families are dealing with financial constraints and are questioning if they can afford to pursue education. Students at Texas A&M University, where Chaitali Botcha is a junior and a Cengage Student Ambassador, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesElyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology In an online class, the course discussion board often takes the place of the face-to-face discussions you’d normally have in the classroom. If you’re meeting completely asynchronously, the discussion boards might be students’ only opportunity to interact with each other. If you have any synchronous […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Lishan Desta, Professor, Collin College The US Constitution is one of the briefest constitutions in the world. However, despite its brevity and elegant language, it’s likely most students haven’t read it at all. So, the burden rests on Political Science instructors to create interest in our students to read the US Constitution from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Courtney Pham, Senior Marketing Instructor, Missouri State University The year 2020 was strange and challenging. The pandemic came fast, furious and unexpectedly to the global community and affected industries around the world simultaneously. Many organizations had little choice but to rethink and redefine their forms of communication and operating procedures. Most took up the democratic approach […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAuthor: Dr. Emily Stacey, Rose State College It came as a shock, but perhaps not a surprise, when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away due to her battle with cancer in mid-September. Immediately after news of her passing circulated throughout the nation, the politics of the Supreme Court set in, and the battle for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Dr. Jennifer Harrison, Professor, Warren County Community College As COVID-19 social restrictions evolve and change, it’s easy to feel frustrated and overwhelmed. But what does this all mean for our society and the future? I know one thing’s for sure: I love the convenience of being able to log in to a virtual work […]
