A college curriculum doesn’t need to be trendy or gimmicky to be engaging. As you look at colleges, be sure to spend time exploring their course catalogs. Determine whether a college has a strong first-year curriculum to support your transition into college-level coursework and whether a college offers courses that interest you. All colleges should have elective courses that make […]
Engaging Curriculum
Underwater Photography
Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while diving on surface supply, snorkeling, swimming, from a submersible or remotely operated underwater vehicle, or from automated cameras lowered from the surface.Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while […]
Garden Workout
Over the past five years, we have been taking our work online deliberately and at a steady pace. At INSEAD, the business school where we work, we’ve been expanding virtual meetings, ramping up virtual classes and coaching, and introducing digital tools to enhance face-to-face work. Then, in the past few weeks, everything else moved online, too. As in many organizations, […]
DSLR Photography
Women Photograph is an initiative that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women* and non-binary visual journalists. The private database includes more than 1,000 independent women documentary photographers based in 100+ countries and is available privately to any commissioning editor or organization. Women Photograph also operates an annual series of project grants for emerging and established photojournalists, a year-long […]
Higher Education Is the New Big Business
Higher education is seen as the safest path to the middle class in America. Obtaining your bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree is seen as a net benefit to society. College graduates are reported to earn higher salaries than those with just a high school degree. They also have higher levels of job satisfaction, lower unemployment rates, and their children are more […]
A Brief History of Special Education
Perhaps the largest and most pervasive issue in special education, as well as my own journey in education, is special education’s relationship to general education.