The remarkable story of psychology student Captain Kenneth Okeze Captain Kenneth Okeze is an extraordinary human being. A deeply religious man, he immigrated to the United States from his native Nigeria to do missionary work, reaching out and ministering to drug addicts on the streets of Los … [Read more...]
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Tips for Avoiding Student Debt
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New Reports Deliver More Sobering News on Nationwide Higher-Education Debt Crisis The dire news about America’s student debt crisis just keeps on coming, seemingly on a weekly basis. Here’s a small sampling of a few of the alarming nuggets appearing in a collection of recently issued … [Read more...]
Ziad Mazboudi, CalSouthern Learner, Honored by American Society of Civil Engineers
March 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
MBA Student Presented with Outstanding Branch Officer of the Year Award Ziad Mazboudi, an MBA student in California Southern University’s School of Business, has been awarded the Outstanding Branch Officer of the Year Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), California Region, … [Read more...]
California Community Colleges “Ration” Courses in Response to Budget Cuts and Overcrowding
February 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
It’s no secret that cuts in state funding have had an enormous impact on California’s community colleges. Most notably, schools have had to dramatically pare back course offerings. As a result, more than 137,000 students couldn’t get into at least one class they needed last year, according to … [Read more...]
What’s Really Behind the Soaring Tuition at Brick-and-Mortar Colleges
February 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Soaring tuition costs and college affordability were featured topics in President Barack Obama’s recent State of the Union address. The cost of attending college has risen by nearly 500 percent in the last 25 years, according to recently published report from inflationdata.com. That’s well over … [Read more...]
CalSouthern Honors 2011 PsyD Grad “Coach” Mara Leigh Taylor with the Inaugural CalSouthern Difference Award
February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 California Southern University presented the inaugural CalSouthern Difference Award to Dr. Mara Leigh Taylor—a 2011 PsyD graduate—for her work with incarcerated men, women, and children around the world. Known as “Coach” by the individuals with whom she works, … [Read more...]
Leadership Skills in Information Technology – Part 2
January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
In Part One of this two-part article series, I focused on leadership skills in Information Technology (IT) and some of the general ways that leaders and followers can form a cohesive partnership. If you have led an IT team you know that it isn’t always easy to motivate this unique group of … [Read more...]
Leadership Styles Shouldn’t Bend with Followers’ Temperaments
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The age old question, “What makes great leaders?” has been the subject of many best-selling books and entire programs have been developed around leadership. Yet, if you ask 100 people what makes a great leader, you may get 100 different answers. A Google search on good leaders results in more … [Read more...]
A Conversation With Coach Taylor
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
California Southern University: You mentioned that the vision for what would ultimately become GOGI, began to come into focus the moment you first saw the prison yard at Terminal Island. What did you see? Coach Mara Leigh Taylor: Possibility. I saw tremendous possibility. Out here in the free … [Read more...]
Navigating the Transition from Online Education to the Workforce
December 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So what happens when you finish up your online degree program and either engage in the workforce for the first time, or re-enter the workforce in a different field? You might wonder how your degree will be perceived by the world which you are about to explore. You will want to know how best to sell … [Read more...]
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