Joan Marques

  • Taking a Pandemic-Induced Gap Year: Yes or No?

    Taking a Pandemic-Induced Gap Year: Yes or No?

    As safety measures continue to fluctuate across the nation, high-school graduates, college-transfer students, and working adults alike wonder whether they should take a gap year or gap semester and just wait out this unprecedented tide until we collectively land in more conventional waters. So far, 2020 has yielded a surge of three times the usual… Read More

  • The Emergence of Increased Synergy in Higher Ed Amid COVID-19

    The Emergence of Increased Synergy in Higher Ed Amid COVID-19

    That COVID-19 has thus far brought about a broad range of insights and performance shifts is no longer news. Practices that had been parked on the long-term horizon and considered near-impossible became instant realities, prompting awareness that the world as we knew it had overnight become a thing of the past, and that we’d better… Read More

  • Setting the Story Straight: Restoring Conscience in Business

    Setting the Story Straight: Restoring Conscience in Business

    Humanity has made great strides in many areas over the past centuries, yet one major challenge we still must face is our notion of business performance and business education. As a member of the baby-boom generation, I am still pleasantly impressed about the progress I witnessed in my lifetime so far: from not having a… Read More

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