American Higher Education Higher Education is Wading in Deep Water in 2014 Is there anything to celebrate about higher education in the 21st century? What are the most troubling issues facing America's campuses that have emerged in particular over the past twenty years? These questions cry out for thoughtful, scholarly answers. On the one hand, there are crises related to university finances, student financial programs are bogged down by endless congressional haggling,

Opportunities in Asia (South East and South Asia) are huge and so are the challenges For the last decade the countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and South Korea that collectively forms the part of South East Asia have registered consistent growth year after year making an impressive position in the economic development on the international level (Pempel, 1999). These countries have shown the growth in terms of Gross

Managing Employees in a CrisisThe Covid19 pandemic has presented unique challenges for human resource professionals and business leaders alike. Such crises will usually cause unpredictability and fear among employees that could result in emotional disturbance, feelings of loss of control, and disorientation. Depending on the scale of the crisis, organizations may be forced to administer pay cuts, cancel bonus programs, adopt new modes of working such as teleworking, and freeze

Opportunities Faced by Leaders, Society and Organizations Problems and opportunities facing leaders, communities and organization are always a cause of debate in the society. They can arise in many different ways and exist in many forms and society finds it's our way of meeting these challenges and responding to such opportunities. The articles chosen for this paper focus primarily on the issue of rising tuition costs and it's impact on

In addition, the classic version of problem-based learning "requires students to collaborate, formulate learning issues by determining factors that may contribute to the cause or solution of a problem, identify relevant content, and generate hypotheses. Most problem-based learning models also contain student reflection components as a means of self-evaluation" (Knowlton & Sharp, 2003, pp. 5-6). Although the positive effects of using a problem-based learning approach have been documented in a

Adolescent Challenges Adolescence can be a time of upheaval, stress and extreme challenges. And how should an adolescent respond and react to challenges he or she will face during adolescence? These issues and others related to how adolescents respond to challenges will be covered in this paper. Challenges can cause Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents In the peer-reviewed journal Depression and Anxiety, the authors discuss "anxiety sensitivity" and the "negative social, psychological, or