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Introducing the One and Only Cengage Blog

Reading Time: < 1 minute For a busy educator, every minute counts. You don’t want to go here, there and everywhere for the content you’re looking for — whether that be updates for the products...

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Try These Strategies for Building Critical-Thinking Skills

We hear all too often that critical-thinking skills are essential for students. But what, specifically, are critical-thinking skills, and how can instructors better help students build them? We’re breaking down what...

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Teaching to the Job: 3 Ways to Empower Students as the Workforce Pivots

Workplaces are increasingly dropping degree requisites for many roles that historically were only available to college graduates. Delta, Dell, IBM, and Bank of America have all removed the college degree requirement...

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Black History includes success stories of numerous Blacks who have contributed to the progress made in higher education. Several Black academicians can be noted as a respected authority in their discipline...

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Affording You More When Choosing Course Materials

Instructors are experiencing the adverse effects of rising textbook costs. Some students are waiting to buy their textbooks after their courses already start, and some aren’t purchasing them at all. It’s...

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Data Analytics Skill Builders for Introductory Accounting

Data analytics is a cornerstone for decision-making, strategic planning, and target marketing in business. There’s also an ever-growing demand for data analytics in the accounting profession—so much so that it will...

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The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading

Standards-based grading (SBG) has been ingrained in the American education system for over a century. It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why I’m Still Teaching (Part 2)

“One day it’s fine and next it’s black” The song lyric from The Clash: “one day it’s fine and next it’s black” might describe what happened at all levels of education...

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