Panic at the Polls! How to Cope with Election Stress | GW Today
You toss and turn in bed. You don’t want to pick up your phone or turn on the TV—but you can’t look away. You avoid friends and family. And you’re plagued by an ever-present dread that catastrophe is ahead. You have election anxiety. In the final days of a contentious presidential race, Americans are being […]
How Oct. 7 changed higher ed—and how to move forward now
In retrospect, perhaps it was inevitable that the horrifying Hamas attack on Israel last Oct. 7—and the escalation of horrors that ensued when Israel invaded Gaza—would light a spark on many U.S. campuses. But few could have predicted the breadth of the repercussions that would ripple out across the world of higher education. As the vigils […]
Fall prevention: How to prevent falls in older adults – News
An expert from the new UAB Falls Clinic provides tips on how to keep older adults safe from falls. An expert from the new UAB Falls Clinic provides tips on how to keep older adults safe from falls.More than one in four people age 65 years or older fall each year. The risk of falling […]
How to get your child talking before calling a professional
Teachers are blaming Covid-19, excessive screen time and limited interaction with books for an increase in five-year-olds struggling to string a four- or five-word sentence together. That is according to a new report from the Education Review Office, published on Thursday. “There is a complete lack of positional language, pronouns, and simple grammar tenses. A […]
How To Motivate The Unmotivated — The Student Struggle Is Real
Portrait of a overwhelmed student getty “I cannot do this, and I’m not sure I want to!” Millions of students across the world have said this or at least thought it more than once during their educational journey. Sometimes, this reaction comes after receiving yet another course bill, with student loans piling up. Other times, […]
How to prepare for and protect your career against layoffs (opinion)
The long-feared enrollment cliff—the result of a projected decrease in high school graduates—is no longer a distant threat. It’s here. Across the United States, colleges and universities are grappling with declining student numbers, leading to program closures and escalating layoffs. For many faculty and staff members, such employment changes come without warning and lack transparency, […]
How To Upskill Family Office Employees. Five Steps To Get Started.
As family offices continue to evolve with technological advancements, the need to upskill employees … [+] across a wide array of remits has become crucial. getty Among technological progress and societal shifts, there is a global trend to upskill and re-skill employees; the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report indicated in 2023 that 44% […]
How to better justify intercollegiate athletics (opinion)
colematt/iStock/Getty Images Plus How can university and college presidents, and the boards that hire them, better justify the expenditures on intercollegiate athletics, particularly at the Division I level, when They are extracurricular activities that have no relation to an academic degree? They make completing certain degrees, such as engineering or biochemistry, virtually impossible due to conflicts […]
How to Deal With Difficult Clients Without Losing Your Cool
Meanwhile, Glazer prepares a “violation script” to keep chatty clients in check. He recommends saying something along the lines of ‘I understand your excitement! Per our contract, I’m happy to discuss all design queries during our weekly meeting.’ A scripted response can prioritize professionalism and keep emotions at bay when you receive an unsolicited email […]
Opinion: We need to help students learn how to overcome their anxiety
Alexandra Shimo is a creativity coach, professor and author. I knew that something was different this year when it came time to grade my students’ work. In my nine years of teaching and lecturing at various universities and colleges in Ontario, I have found that some anxiety around the end of the school year is […]