Times have changed. Not just normal evolutionary change, but a dramatic reshaping of our lives. The World Economic Forum calls it “the greatest transformation human…
No Time to Lose: We Must Broaden Our Children’s Exposure to the Real World
We have entered “the greatest transformation human civilization has ever known” according to the World Economic Forum. This Fourth Industrial Revolution is eliminating millions of…
A Generation of Students Caught Between Two Worlds
The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries created a cultural shift from rural farms to factory-filled cities. Imagine the confusion of parents, trained…
The Dollars and Sense of a College Degree
I never thought I’d be in the restaurant business: it’s risky, I don’t like to cook, and I know very little about the industry.…
Preparing Our Children to Pioneer a New Frontier
Preparing Our Children to Pioneer a New Frontier For most of my years as a parent, I subscribed to the college-for-all mantra like the rest…
Lifelong Learning Has Created Opportunities for Student Exploration Between High School and College
Listening to the stories of students who feel unworthy because they can’t or don’t want to go to college is heartbreaking. Equally distressing are the…
Pathway Choices: Alternatives to College
Take a dramatically changing economy, add high demand for specialized skills to a low supply of workers with those skills and what do you get?…
The Power of Social Skills for Future Success
When my three daughters were young, they had a tradition of individual, one-on-one dinners with their grandparents each week. As my eldest daughter moved from…
New Pathways to a Successful Adulthood
The Holy Grail for children in our society is college acceptance. From a very young age, we prepare them for the educational marathon that will…