Contracts “Worth” Millions, But Having No Tax Basis or Value

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Reading Time: 7 minutesBy: Steven C. Dilley, Contributor to the South-Western Federal Taxation series   Professional sports teams have their players and management under contract, and these player contracts are often traded for other teams’ player contracts. The media refers to these transactions as trades of the players, but they are not, they are trades of the player […]

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Highlights from the Back to School Better Conference

Highlights from the Back to School Better Conference

Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Audrey Wick, a full-time English professor at Blinn College in central Texas  To help instructors at all levels prepare for their first fall semester during a pandemic, Cengage hosted the 2020 Back to School Better virtual conference during the summer of 2020. Hundreds of instructors, administrators, Cengage authors and other thought leaders gathered to discuss problems […]

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6 Ways to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences Online

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Reading Time: 3 minutesElyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology   Online learning is something that is new to many faculty and students. When building an online course, it is important to create quality learning experiences for your students, understanding that you may not have the opportunity to interact face-to-face with them throughout the class. With […]

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What’s Next? How I’m Planning for Success Amid the Unknown

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSherri Singer is a professor and Department Head for Social & Behavioral Sciences at Alamance Community College in North Carolina.   The pandemic is not over! While many states have lifted some restrictions, predictions are that we will have a rough fall semester. The problems our students experienced in the spring are now compounded by […]

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The Fight for Racial Justice in the Classroom: One Educator Weighs In

Fighting Racial Injustice in the Classroom

Reading Time: 4 minutesChristal E. Carmichael is a Professor of Psychology at North Carolina Central University.   It takes a very strong and confident individual to identify, acknowledge and work to rectify an issue that forces us to look within. Doing the self-work can in many ways be uncomfortable. Yet that same discomfort and fortitude can be the […]

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Considering How to Plan My Fall Course in a HyFlex Model

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Reading Time: 3 minutesEssie Childers is a Professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas.   COVID-19 has accelerated digitalization, promoting conversations of different learning pathways for students. Educators must find creative ways to engage students in the classroom as well as in an online environment. The landscape of higher education will never be the same, […]

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Transforming Our Institutions into Change Leaders

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida   I grew up as a Navy dependent, moving every 2 years. Between kindergarten and 12th grade, I attended 10 different schools. Our family lived in different states, different countries and sometimes we were in the racial and ethnic […]

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HyFlex, Hybrid and Online…Oh My!

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Reading Time: 5 minutesShawn Orr is faculty in the Department of Communication Studies and the Director of the Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence at Ashland University.   As college administrators continue their planning and preparing for the fall semester’s influx of students (in whatever modality that might look like), faculty are equally busy. Tasked with figuring out […]

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