21st Century Skills

Budget Battles

  • What No One Ever Tells You About Two-Year Degrees

    By Liz Weston, Reuters

    Steven Polasck of Corpus Christi, Texas, liked math and science in high school. He considered attending a four-year college but ultimately decided to use his strengths to get a two-year degree in...

  • 4 Proven Ways Mindfulness Can Help You at Work

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    The practice of mindful awareness has come out of the yoga studio and moved into the workplace – from cubicle city to the c–suite - with surprising speed. Executives at Ford, General Mills, Goldman...

  • 5 Reasons You’ll Return to Work After You Retire

    By Kathryn Tuggle, MainStreet

    Motivated, driven people who love their work — and paycheck — may find themselves back at a desk before they can make it to the golf course. According to a survey by CareerBuilder, 60% of workers age...

  • The New Corporate Success Strategy: Face Time

    By Bill McDermott, CNBC

    I have long believed in the power of pageantry to inform and inspire. Even in our digital age, bringing people together, in person, is essential to building great organizations. I say this as the CEO...

  • The Surprising New Realities of Today’s Older Americans

    By Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov, The Conversation

    In 1985, American Richard Bass accomplished an amazing feat. He had set for himself the task of climbing the world’s highest mountains in all seven continents. In that year, at age 55, he completed...

  • Hospital Safety Alert: Interns As Shift Workers

    By Sandra G Boodman, Kaiser Health News

    Flavio Casoy vividly remembers one of his scariest moments as an intern: On duty at a San Francisco hospital for nearly 29 hours, he was at the bedside of a very sick patient when the man's oxygen...

  • Kids Need a History Lesson--Start with the 4th of July

    By Liz Peek

    When families gather this week to watch fireworks light up the skies, will their children have any idea what we are celebrating? Do they understand the significance of the Declaration of Independence...

  • Senate Gets an “Incomplete” on Student Loans

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    The Senate will depart for a July 4th holiday with college students kept in limbo about the status of their federally subsidized loans. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and 37 other Democrats want to extend the...

  • Obama to Face Key Policy Issues on Africa Trip

    By Mark Felsenthal, Reuters

    It is a comparison President Barack Obama may not relish: when it comes to Africa, he's no Bill Clinton. Or even George W. Bush for that matter.

  • Why Racial Preferences May Be Here to Stay

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Yesterday the Supreme Court sent a key affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas, back to the lower court for tougher scrutiny. While both sides hailed it as a victory, some legal...