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Business Commentary Education Health

Mis-using Charts to Sell Retirement Planning–Is Prudential Unethical?

May 14, 2013May 14, 20132 min read

Perhaps you have seen the Prudential advertisement that shows people placing dots on a chart showing the oldest person they know.  Prudential uses this, in

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Education Life

The Freeh Report, Here

July 12, 2012July 12, 20121 min read

It’s not suprising that it is difficult to download the Freeh report.  I was able to, and am making it available here.  Consider me a

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Business Education Logistics Supply Chain

Support our Effort to Change Supply Chain Education

June 18, 2012June 21, 20122 min read

Thanks to a program sponsored by Chase and LivingSocial called Mission: Small Businessâ„ , your support could translate into a $250,000 grant. But we need at

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Business Commentary Economics Education

The “Cost” of college, and why Tuition should be replaced by Sponsorship

June 5, 20123 min read

Once again, Dean Dad poses an interesting question.  He asks what one year of college should cost. Asking what a year of college “should” cost

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College, Community College Dean, Education, scholarship, tuition
Education Life

Bet You Can’t Search

May 23, 2012May 23, 20121 min read

Are you surprised by how many people don’t know how to search? Apparently Google is, and they are working to help fix that with an

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Education, Google, search, training, video training
Education Politics

PA Vouchers for Higher Ed is an Idea for the Future

May 14, 2012May 14, 20123 min read

Another interesting conversation over at Community College Dean’s blog.  He notes that here in Pennsylvania the Governor is considering having state funding for some higher

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Community College Dean, Dean Dad, funding, Politics, tuition, vouchers
Education Life

Teachers, Testing and Outcomes: Are student lost in this?

May 4, 2012June 5, 20122 min read

Not trying to cause TOO much trouble here, but over at Dean Dad’s blog he was commenting (complaining?) on the many requirements for his time

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Bush, Dean Dad, no child left behind, testing
Business Commentary Economics Education Life

US Sues Apple, Publishers

April 13, 20121 min read

We talk about the lawsuit brought by the US in the most recent Real Tech for Real People, Episode 110.  While we share our thoughts

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Amazon, apple, eBooks, Kindle, lawsuits, pricing, Publishers
automotive Business Economics Education energy transportation

Environmentally aware, or simply a “show off?”

April 4, 20123 min read

Back in 2007 I bought a Civic Hybrid.  At the time I “ran the numbers” and decided that the purchase made both economic and environmental

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Education government Military

30 Years Since the Falklands War

April 1, 20121 min read

How many of you remember the Falklands War? Not only do I remember it (hey–I was in college!) but I later had a thesis student

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