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Life Raft
Many of you are familiar with the lifeboat exercise. Your ship is sinking and there is only one lifeboat. You must decide who will be saved and who won’t. This…
The Changing Meaning of Being a Veteran
The federal government approaches veteran status in two ways: personnel management and leadership from the president and top appointed officials. Our perception of veterans has changed over time and throughout…
Media (Social) = Social Services
Our world is continuously connected. Our searches are connected to our email advertisements. Our social media usage results in profile based information sharing. In our society, solutions exist that can…
Inequity in the Use of Digital Tools
The digital divide, defined as inequity between individuals with Internet access and digital literacy skills and those without, originated from a 1999 study by the National Telecommunication and Information Agency.…
Engaging Citizens in Shrinking Cities
The Rust Belt of the Midwest and Northeast has experienced population decline since the mid-20th century. This has led to the rise of alternative approaches to planning, notably right-sizing and…
A Skills Mismatch in Post-Earthquake Haiti: How International Aid Organizations and Beneficiaries Value Competencies
When a 7.0 earthquake shook Haiti in 2010, it left more than 200,000 people dead and 1 million people homeless. International aid organizations quickly arrived to assist and found they…
Has NCLB Enhanced Career and Technical Education?
Critics of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) state its emphasis on math and reading tests narrow the curriculum, forcing schools to spend less time on subjects that aren’t explicitly tested.…
Towns in the Age of Megacities
Take a drive across the nation on a two-lane blacktop and you'll see the hollowing out of rural America is obvious. We are now living in the age of the…
Public Safety: Light and the State of Things
It’s not an easy season to talk about public safety. The conversations happening around law enforcement, shootings, race relations, activism and our American identity are tense. There’s no room for…
The Call of Public Safety Service: A Social and Generational Challenge
Public safety service is a type of calling. But across the nation, police forces in major cities are seeing a decline in the recruitment pool. Many argue socio-political trends are…
The Millennials: Ethics, Governance and Politics
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders did what no other candidate since President Barack Obama has done while running for president: energize millennials and the youth vote. But for all their enthusiasm…