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Team Spotlight: Get to Know Missy and Dylan

Campus Groups

Now that we have joined forces with Ready Education –the leading mobile-first student engagement platform in higher education–she serves as Contract Manager. Originally not a country music fan, Missy met several big name country singers including Toby Keith and Garth Brooks while working in entertainment law. It was great fun!

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Don't buy in to the myth: college is the real world (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” During my recent term as the director of a new major at my university, I regularly found myself in conversations with a variety of constituents about how important it is to train college students for work in the “real world.” I also understand that change takes time. And context matters.

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Engaging, immersive and highly interactive, video games are a $97 billion industry in the United States, making up over 6 percent of all spending on entertainment and media. According to MarketWatch , “video games are a bigger industry than movies and North American sports combined.”