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How to Teach Ethics (Without Any Eye-Rolling)

Amy Newman is a senior lecturer emerita from Cornell University, SC Johnson College of Business, and author of Business Communication and Character, 11e and Building Leadership Character. We want students...

A SWIFT Kick to the Russian Financial System

Michael W. Brandl is a Professor of Instruction in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. This post is a modified version of an article that originally...

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4 Intro to Business Discussion Questions to Engage Students

Marcella Kelly is a Business Professor at Santa Monica College and Cengage author Now more than ever, finding engaging Introduction to Business discussion questions can feel trying. After two years...

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Connecting During COVID: How to Repurpose Your Teaching Toolbox

By: 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...

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Why Don’t People Respond to Your Emails?

Students know how it feels: you spend hours crafting the perfect email—and then nothing. You refresh and refresh, check on your phone, laptop, and desktop. We know how it feels. Here are...

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Using Transitions for Paragraph Cohesion

Good paragraphs are built by using transitional expressions to glue ideas together, creating a logical and cohesive whole. Skilled writers use several techniques to make paragraphs stick together. One such technique...

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Helping Students Get It: Cheating Hurts Them

Unfortunately, cheating is alive and well in the college classroom, and it’s a disheartening reality for instructors. After all, cheating flies in the face of the knowledge and values college teachers...