One of the benefits of working at a university that has aviation programs is that I was invited to tour the new maintenance hangarthat American Airlines opened at O’Hare International Airport. What was even more…
STEM Classes and career still dominated by males Research findings published by Dr. Shalini Kesar from Southern Utah University, in cooperation with Microsoft, reveal that despite national efforts a gender gap remains in STEM fields.…
Recent college graduates want “purpose” in their jobs, but they aren’t always finding it, according to a new survey by Gallup and Bates College. The report, Forging Pathways to Purposeful Workfound that 95 percent of…
Smart Cities are leading the way. A report released by Burning Glass Technologies, reviewed their database of more than 150 million online job postings to better understand the skills employers seek in their new employees.…
An article published in Psychology Today in December of 2018 by Dr. Peter Gray, seemed to foreshadow the admission bribery scandal that we are now discussing across the country. Dr. Gray draws upon multiple research…
Some of the highlights of a recent report by the Pew Research Center on teens between the ages of 15-17 include: * Teens are devoting more time to sleep and homework * They are…
As a member of the Education Advisory Board in Washington, we receive access to research they conduct on the college search process. The chart above outlines the results of a recent survey they completed with…
Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites has updated their list of the 50 Best Jobs in America for 2019. To create the list, Glassdoor assigns each job a score based on…
For those of us who live in the Chicago area, this comes as no surprise. However, with the growth of Hartfield Airport in Atlanta, the distinction of being the busiest has alluded O’Hare for the…
According to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the birth rate in the United States for calendar year 2017 was a 30-year low. The rate was down 2 percent from…