A funny thing happened the other day on my way to give a guest lecture. Invited by a fellow historian to speak at her university, I first met with a group of her students and colleagues for a lunchtime chat. It was a fine session: the students were engaging, the historians were engaged, and the […] … learn more→

The story of endemic institutional abuse – and pervasive cover ups masked as “ignorance” – is not new. It is embedded in institutions that have been established by the privileged and elite. Underpinning the success of these institutions is power and control: the desire either to acquire or maintain it. The Feudal dynamics are the […] … learn more→

In today’s fast-paced and technology driven environment, having a website for your business is absolutely essential. Whether you are just starting your start-up, or running an established business, not having a website, or having one that is poorly designed, can be a giant obstacle to growing your business. More often than not, companies have to […] … learn more→

Tucked away in the recently announced GOP tax bill is a small item you may have missed: a new tax on university endowments. As I have spent decades working in higher education, the proposal immediately piqued my interest. Colleges create endowments by raising funds from alumni, companies and other donors, invest the money in stocks, bonds and other […] … learn more→

As college students work their way through the university, they’re moving inch and inch closer to graduation and will soon enter the workplace. However, no matter how good a student can be in his academics and even if he excels to write my paper for me, his being great in school can’t guarantee work force […] … learn more→

There are many desirable qualities that startups have, and corporations have done their best to imitate them. Consider all the businesses that began as startups, and use lean startup approaches to growing: Google, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon among them. The Harvard Business Review found that  82% of surveyed executives were attempting to incorporate startup habits into […] … learn more→

Every day academics wade through emails riddled with spelling errors promising almost immediate publication of their research. These publications assure the reader that they can skip the tough realities of rejections and revisions. Just a simple click of the submission button, they promise, and within a month – or even just a few days – […] … learn more→

Is it just me, or does the end of the PhD sometimes feel like you’ve missed out on three (or four, or five) years of the career ladder that your non-academic friends have been busily climbing? Sometimes, when I occasionally contemplate leaving the academic bubble, I worry about having to start again from the bottom. […] … learn more→

If choosing a career is already a tough decision, then how much more challenging could it be for someone to change a career? The difficulty of the matter is assumed the reason why many individuals prefer to just embrace a terrible comfort zone state, even they no longer feel the fulfillment, rather than taking the […] … learn more→

In May 2017, there were 2.2 million apps registered in the Apple App Store. Educational applications took the third place among them, falling behind the second player – business apps – by 1,36% only. The popularity of educational apps is easily explained by the changing educational environment, which nowadays requires ongoing development, immediate reactions and strategic solutions. Essay Writing […] … learn more→