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Twitter and Blogs for Social Entrepreneurship

From Organizational Perspectives | Posted 35 hours ago

If you have an interest in social entrepreneurship around the world (and time to read lots of tweets!) you may be interested in Social Edge’s The Top 100 Tweeps to Follow. If you prefer more than 140 words on the topic, check out the Social Edge site and related email ... [Link]

Subject Specific Encyclopedias: How They Can Help?

From Off The Shelf | Posted 2 days ago

Were you aware that the Library has two specialized databases that contain subject specific encyclopedias? You can find the databases Gale Virtual Reference and CREDO reference listed under the Articles, Books and More link on the Library’s home page. So why would you want to use subject specific encyclopedias when ... [Link]

The Four-Year College Myth

From The Other 85 Percent | Posted 2 days ago

The premise of this blog is that the prevailing view about who attends college, and how they engage, is way off the mark. The general assumption is that students go directly to college after high school, live on a campus, and study full time. That view drives public policy decisions ... [Link]

Welcome Society for HR Management: SHRM!

From Organizational Perspectives | Posted 2 days ago

The SHRM annual conference, HR LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEW ECONOMY, is taking place in New Orleans this week. Capella University and Organizational Perspectives contributor Laina Molaski is there. In addition to her posts from the event, learn more from the conference blog. [Link]

PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

From Ask Doctoral Advising | Posted 3 days ago

Advisors often hear from learners who have been in dissertation for several quarters and still do not have an approved proposal. In psychology, there is an additional, complex form – The Methodology Review Form – that must be completed and approved before work can proceed on the proposal, even further ... [Link]