The earliest major industrial project in the United States’ history, the Erie Canal connected East to West by water and enabled a new era of commerce, trade, and movement.

Glenn Robbins is the proud Superintendent at the Brigantine, NJ School District. His passion is harnessing a school culture that thrives on design thinking skills, innovative digital spaces, BYOD/1to1, and Makerspaces. In addition,...

What is Growth in a Startup Venture? There's an initial period of slow or no growth while the startup tries to figure out what it's doing. As the startup figures out how to make something lots of people want and how to reach those...

What are the Types of Teams? The five most popular types of teams in an organization include problem-solving teams, self-managed work teams, cross-functional teams, virtual teams, and multiteam systems. A formal team is a group of...

Should Robots Be Taxed?

The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?

The Panama Canal is a vital trade route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The story of its creations goes back hundreds of years.

From 1965 to 1982 a macroeconomic event known as “The Great Inflation” cast a shadow on the post-World War Two Global Monetary System. During this time, inflation rose from a rate of 1% a year, to its peak in 1980, of almost 15%. Jobs...

During the postwar era, the United States shifted from a war-driven economy to a consumer-driven economy. Americans ceased making wartime sacrifices and began enjoying postwar indulgences.

In which John examines the complex and tangled question of the gender wage gap, and looks at some of the reasons why women who work full time are paid less than men who work full time. Sources: The pay gap increases as workers age, and...

With older people falling out of work sooner than ever, many are beginning to question if early retirement is actually hurting the UK economy. So let's unpack the trend as well as Jeremy Hunt's plan to get old people back into work

A photo montage message from USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden in honor of The White House Rural Council Dialogue on Women Leaders in Agriculture, Washington DC, October 20, 2014

From 1965 to 1982 a macroeconomic event known as “The Great Inflation” cast a shadow on the post-World War Two Global Monetary System. During this time, inflation rose from a rate of 1% a year, to its peak in 1980, of almost 15%. Jobs...

ACR Electronics, a client of FloridaMakes (the MEP Center in Florida and part of the MEP National Network is the leading development center for emergency beacons that are designed with one purpose: to save lives. Through their combined...

The video talks about different motivational theories that businesses can use to increase the motivation and productivity of their workforce. It discusses four main individual studies conducted over time, starting with Taylor's theory...

Janice Cuny is the Program Director for Computing Education at the National Science Foundation.



The CRA (Computing Research Association) board selected Janice E. Cuny to receive the 2007 A. Nico Habermann Award for her...

Last week the UK government finally explained how immigration will work post brexit, laying out their new points-based immigration system. We explain how the new system works, how points are earned and who will gain entry to the UK. We...

How much progress has been made in gender diversity in the tech field in the past few years? CIO writer Sharon Florentine, who frequently blogs about women in IT, talks with hosts Juliet Beauchamp and Ken Mingis about companies that are...

Workers are facing another revolution. Are they, society and education systems ready to adapt to the huge changes ahead?

NASA Safety Center Director Harmony Myers discusses resources to help achieve technical excellence in safety and mission assurance.

A discussion that digs into how brands can make measurable progress and the roadblocks they hit on the way to creating inclusive advertising. Conversation with Diego Scotti of Verizon and Jacqueline Woods of IBM.

For many poor White families in the Antebellum South, slavery did not pay – so why did the ruling elite erase their narrative from the history books?

In this fifth and final lecture in the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s “Feminist Economics” series, Professor Jayati Ghosh explores some of the shortcomings of mainstream economics. Heavily reliant on unrealistic assumptions and...

While your organization may have celebrated its employees during Black History Month and then Women's History Month, it's critical to consider how it's supporting its employees of color, LGBTQ+ employees and female employees the other 11...