My blog find of the week was written by Mike Dicianna, who goes by Redfokker in honor of his interest in "World War I aviation and the red fighter plane ... Read More

If you're ready for a change and have always contemplated teaching English in a foreign country, an opportunity may be awaiting you in the Mediterranean. The Language House, an American ... Read More

Another benefit of the 2010 Labor, Health & Education Appropriations bill passed last week is more dollars for training, especially for military personnel and people who have lost jobs. Dislocated Worker ... Read More

On Friday, the 2010 Labor, Health & Education Appropriations bill passed in the U.S. House with a vote of 264 yeas to 153 nays. It includes money for adults returning ... Read More

Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment inspired Helen Kaiao Chang to write about eight great Latinas for the San Diego News Network. One of the wise Latinas on her list is ... Read More

Public speaking is one of those things that is not like riding a bike. When you speak to groups often, it gets easier and easier. When you don't, it seems ... Read More

I learned this morning that Dr. Al Siebert, director of The Resiliency Center and author of several books, including The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success, mentioned often here, ... Read More

Can learning Spanish help you get a job? Harper College says it can. College Digest this week includes a brief from Harper about the benefits of knowing Spanish in a ... Read More

CamilleBe, a regular in the Continuing Ed. forum, teaches English in San Blas, Nayarit, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. He has been sharing his progress in class, and his ... Read More

If you've always fancied yourself an actor, it might not be too late to be discovered. Florida Studio Theatre offers theatre workshops for adults, extending a 15 percent discount to ... Read More

Minnesota has always been a progressive place. I was excited to find the article, Minnesota Adult Students Present Before Audience, on a blog created by CSD, Communications Service for the ... Read More

Yesterday, in Warren, Michigan, President Obama spoke to an audience at Macomb Community College about an education plan intended to help displaced workers find jobs. Jim Rutenberg wrote about the ... Read More

I'm a Minneapolis girl, so North Dakota seems right next door to me, even from the Ozarks where I now live, but I've been around and I know that part ... Read More

In a conference call with reporters last week, President Obama discussed his plans to make all student loans federal. The banks, of course, are fighting that. If I understand the ... Read More

Dan Rosenfield contacted me about two scholarship sites with which he's associated. One is Online Degrees, Financial Aid and Scholarships. The other is called College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees. ... Read More

Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and prolific writer. He wrote often about education, and specifically, science. If you're in the mood for food for thought. you might enjoy perusing ... Read More

Jill Biden called community colleges America's best-kept secret this week while speaking in Paris to a Unesco conference on higher education. In his article, Matthew Saltmarsh quotes Biden as having said, ... Read More

The Student Center on campus is always the best place to find whatever it is you need. Advice, instruction, community, whatever. We have a Student Center right here on the ... Read More

I have a friend, Neeraja, in India who inspired a chapter in my teen novel. I sent her a copy of the book when it was published, but she had ... Read More

Tim and I belong to the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis and spent a marvelous morning there last Friday. If I lived closer, I'd be there to drink my ... Read More

Listening is harder than we tend to think. How well do you listen? Test yourself over the weekend. Start with a listening test. Notice how well you do at the ... Read More

People have a tendency to raise one eyebrow when I talk about meaningful conversations. Some even ask me what I mean. That always makes me smile. Don't you get tired of ... Read More

Twenty years after Jeffrey and Lisa Keenan dropped out of high school, they finally earned their diplomas. Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer wrote about them for The Virginian-Pilot. This is a wonderful ... Read More