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Selecting the Right College Major in the Age of Chaos, the Global Internet Age

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2013

Students want to know what to major in. There is no question that the rules have changed in the Global Internet Age and …, many skills can be easily learned using free courses on the Internet. This paper describes the skills and attributes needed … in the global Internet age. If these skills are provided, students will be successful and colleges will never become …

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The New Media Technologies : Overview and Research Framework

Friedman, Linda Weiser - 2014

The so-called new media technologies - often referred to as Web 2.0 - encompass a wide variety of web-related communication technologies, such as blogs, wikis, online social networking, virtual worlds and other social media forms. First, we present several views or perspectives that may be used...

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How the City University of New York (CUNY) Can Improve Efficiency, Reduce Waste, and Save Millions

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2018

One researcher asserts that half of the 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States will be bankrupt within the next few decades. Change is coming whether colleges and universities like it or not. Think of what is happening to the newspapers and retailers. Unfortunately, most...

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How the Creation of Too Many Academic Departments Stifles Creativity, Encourages a Silo Mentality, and Increases Administrative Bloat

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2018

One college president remarked: "Colleges are very good at adding. They're not good at subtracting." This is not only true when it comes to creating academic departments but is also true with respect to hiring administrators. This paper demonstrates that reducing the number of departments via...

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Critical Skills for Today's Accounting and Business Graduates

Fischer, Dov - 2015

This paper describes skills that today's accounting and business students must acquire to achieve success in the corporate world. Students without these skills may get jobs but will ultimately find themselves underemployed in dead-end jobs. Although specialized knowledge in a discipline is...

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What Makes a Course Valuable? Avoiding Worthless Courses and Majors

Friedman, Hershey H.; Kass, Frimette - 2017

The perceived purpose of college education has shifted in the past century from teaching ethics/morality/values to acquiring a philosophy of life to acquiring the skills to do well in a career. Acquiring the right skills for professional success means taking the right courses. This paper...

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Investing in Your Future : How to Select College Courses That Enhance Your Skills and Opportunities

Friedman, Hershey H.; Friedman, Linda Weiser; Kass, Frimette - 2023

Many people in education, from students to elected officials, see a college degree as a way to gain the skills needed for a successful career. To develop these skills, students must choose suitable courses. This paper first identifies the essential skills for professional and personal success....

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Six Steps to Transform an Ordinary College into an Exceptional Institution

Friedman, Hershey H.; Friedman, Linda Weiser - 2016

Universities and colleges that will thrive in the highly competitive knowledge/creative economy will need to make major changes to how their institutions work. Most college administrators have their heads in the sand – very reminiscent of what was going on in the newspaper industry several...

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A New Mode of Learning in Higher Education : The Partnership Hybrid Class

Friedman, Linda Weiser; Friedman, Hershey H.; Frankel, … - 2016

There are several major problems facing higher education today. These include skyrocketing tuition, administrative bloat, need to improve the quality of education, and the necessity of moving away from old-fashioned lecture approach and using technology to make education more relevant. This...

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Online Learning as a Change Agent in Education

Friedman, Linda Weiser; Friedman, Hershey H. - 2014

Students who are going to be successful in life must learn to acquire knowledge using all kinds of platforms. The belief that the only way people can learn is via classroom instruction is obsolete. Moreover, research does not support this view. The authors show how online learning is an...

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