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Sports Psychologists and Olympic Athletes

When an athlete is physically flawless, but tends to mentally crumple when confronted with the pivotal moment of doom, a sports psychologist becomes part of his/her training team. [ READ MORE ]

UCLA Anderson MBAs Go Global

Even if their reasons aren’t planet-saving or brotherly love, I’m still glad UCLA’s Anderson School of Management will have an international requirement for their MBA students[ READ MORE ]

Too Much Enrollment, Not Enough Funding

Enrollment at community colleges is increasing at a startling rate. The two main contributing factors being: (a) college students and their parents are pinched for funds and spending a few years at a community college is several thousand dollars cheaper than heading for a four-year school immediately after high school graduation; and (b) adults who [ READ MORE ]

Increasing Marketable Skills Re-Post

Ah, the economy. I’ve always assumed that most humans of legal money-earning age have three thought-topics on more or less constant rotation through their minds: food, sex, and money. Those are all directly related to survival, so it makes sense that we’d be hyper-focused on them. And yet, when the media and the government types [ READ MORE ]

Sports Psychologists

As I’ve mentioned previously, I am fascinated by what goes on behind the curtain. I can’t stop thinking about the education, training and knowledge that goes into all the professional actions that play out right in front of me. I’m not nearly as enthralled by the worker and the job they’re doing as I am [ READ MORE ]

Educational Psychology Can Save Recess (I Hope)

Sometimes I wonder why the decision-makers are so backward in their thinking, and then I wonder which one of us non-decision-makers was responsible for putting them in charge in the first place. Outdoor recess and unstructured, in-classroom play time have been decreasing so as to make time for the fully structured knowledge-absorption parts of the [ READ MORE ]

Teacher Certification Map

CertificationMap.com was just launched as a resource for educator-hopefuls. The site is simple and clean of line (I dislike chaotic websites) and conveys the pertinent information in a zippy manner. If I were planning on pursuing a career as a teacher in the State of Washington, for instance, I would click on the Washington blob [ READ MORE ]

Super Flexible Learning Option

Online learning is already a pretty flexible education option, but now students in Louisiana have an even bendier education alternative via mobile devices. This is a prime example of necessity being the mother of invention: The state of Louisiana has a workforce shortage of 90,000 and the job openings require some education and training. Unfortunately, [ READ MORE ]

Alma Materish Career Advice

Some (unfortunately not all) colleges and universities offer career advice and practical, in-depth assistance to their alumni, regardless of how long it’s been since they walked across the stage. More recent and less-than-recent college graduates can receive free career help for life from their alma maters. Not all schools offer this incredibly helpful perk; medicine, [ READ MORE ]

Increasing Marketable Skills

Ah, the economy. I’ve always assumed that most humans of legal money-earning age have three thought-topics on more or less constant rotation through their minds: food, sex, and money. Those are all directly related to survival, so it makes sense that we’d be hyper-focused on them. And yet, when the media and the government types [ READ MORE ]