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Sustainability in Higher Education: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

April 18, 2012 Wally Boston

In celebration of Earth Day, and in the spirit of giving more than just one day to the consideration of our planet and our impact on it, this is the first in a series of articles which I’ll post this week and into next related to sustainability in higher education.

In September 1962 Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking work, Silent Spring, documenting the negative impact of pesticides on the environment, specifically on birds.

The Era of Credentialing

July 25, 2011 Wally Boston

An article in last Friday’s New York Times by Laura Pappano entitled “The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s” highlights the fact that the master’s degree is now the fastest growing degree with the number awarded doubling since the 1980’s. According to the author, nearly 2 people in 25 over the age of 25 now hold a master’s degree and that is the same proportion as the number of people who held a bachelor’s degree in 1960.

The Need for Ethics

June 17, 2009 Wally Boston

It is really hard to identify when ethics –or the lack thereof –became a social issue of the magnitude that it seems to be now. When I received my MBA from Tulane in 1978, a course in ethics was required for everyone in the last semester of the two year program. It was considered the capstone course of the MBA program and our professor utilized the case study format.

Recent Graduates Find Landing a Job Isn’t as Easy as it Sounds

June 15, 2009 Wally Boston

Just last month, APUS honored some 2,800 students who successfully completed their degree programs. The ceremony was a very nice one and the excitement of the students who attended was obvious. Fast on the heels of such exuberance, however, is the daunting task of locating jobs for those who were not already employed as many of our students are.

“Trading Up”

December 4, 2008 Wally Boston

In 2003, Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske published the book Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods…And How Companies Create Them. As partners at The Boston Consulting Group, Silverstein, Fiske (now the CEO of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc.) and others worked to research the consumer purchasing trends in the United States and overseas. The phenomenon that they identified was the willingness of consumers to pay a premium for certain goods even in times of economic downturns.

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