Connecting Educational Decisions and ...
For years, the Trends editors have argued that American colleges, for the most part, fall short of their potential...
The College Education Crisis
Over the past 20 years, college tuition has risen roughly 3.5 times faster than the overall cost of living....
Harnessing Collective Intelligence
Collective intelligence has to do with the ability of groups or crowds to think in ways that are not simply the sum...
The Coming Educational Transformation
Today, only a small percentage of businesses do an adequate job of building and updating the skills of their...
Paying the Price for a Dumber Generation
published on: Aug 15, 2009
Recent studies show that the “skills gap” the Trends editors previously forecasted is already impeding our economic progress and will only get...
Leadership's Online Labs
published on: Jul 15, 2008
We’ve explored the entertainment, marketing, and educational implications of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in prior issues. ...
The Dumbest Generation
published on: Jul 15, 2008
No generation in history has had as much access to information and analytical tools as that which is available to the Millennials. But, ironically,...
Disruptive Innovation Meets the American Educ...
published on: Jun 15, 2008
While America’s research universities are still the envy of the world, the primary and secondary schools that feed into them are miserably...
Educational Gaming Has All the Right "MUVEs"
published on: Jul 15, 2007
What’s the best way to train employees and students who’d rather spend their days playing video games than working or sitting in a classroom? ...
Open Business: The New Reality
published on: Apr 15, 2007
In a world where accelerating change is the norm, recurring innovation is at the heart of any successful business model. Organizations have...
The New Entrepreneurial Generation
published on: Mar 15, 2007
Generation Y is embracing entrepreneurship like no other generation before them. What can we expect to see as this reality unfolds? We'll show...
School Vouchers Will Transform Education
published on: Jun 15, 2005
It should be easy for anyone in a capitalist society with ideals of equality to understand that competition improves quality, lowers prices, and...
On-Line Libraries, Classes, and Textbooks Pro...
published on: Feb 15, 2005
In the near future, educational opportunities will be virtually everywhere and the variable cost will be small. We'll explore the future of...
The Hyper-Human Economy Is Coming
published on: Oct 15, 2004
As futurist Richard W. Samson argues in his new book, Mind Over Technology, "Human mental processes are being systematically transferred into...
The Reverse Brain Drain
published on: Oct 15, 2004
Since the late 19th century, U.S. technological and economic preeminence has rested largely on one core strength: America's unparalleled ability to...