Future Education

Dr. David K. Ewen, serving as the president of Global Studies University, offers insightful perspectives on the future of higher education and how students are adapting to new learning. Dr. Ewen emphasizes the transformative shifts occurring within the educational landscape, driven by technological advancements and the evolving demands of the global job market. He highlights how students today are increasingly embracing online learning platforms, experiential learning opportunities, and lifelong learning paths to enhance their educational experiences and career prospects.

This is an audio summary of Homo Deus, a book that looks through the course of human history to predict future trends.

Focus your French learning on the most frequently used verbs. Learn just the 100 verbs you need for everyday life to talk about the past, the present and the future.

Our Common Future is a joint work produced in 1987 by a United Nations commission headed by former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Brundtland. Intended to respond to a growing number of environmental concerns faced by the global community, it recognized the need for long-term strategies to manage natural resources. It says we must act collaboratively to protect the environment, while at the same time stimulating economic and social development.

This is a must-listen book for anyone considering higher education or looking to understand the value of a college degree. Written by Dr. David K. Ewen, an esteemed educator with several decades of professional experience in the field, this book offers profound insights into the positive aspects and significance of a college education.

This audiobook focuses on how artificial intelligence can actually help education in the long run. Instead of censoring ChatGPT and DALLE-2, we should instead incorporate such in our high school and college courses.

La Révolution bilingue raconte l'histoire de parents et d'éducateurs impliqués dans la création de filières à deux langues dans les écoles publiques de la ville de New York. Convaincus que l’éducation bilingue est un bien public qui devrait être offert à tous les enfants, ces pionniers et leurs récits illustrent bien la capacité de ces filières à transformer positivement une communauté, une école et même un pays. Le livre sert de manuel pour vous permettre de mettre en place votre propre filière bilingue et de lancer ainsi votre propre révolution.  

The great disruptor of the 21st century is our attention span, and the Internet and computational technologies have opened up a Pandora's box of endless distractions. We are not merely entertaining ourselves to death (to echo Neil Postman's prophetic words), we are becoming entertainment ourselves as we moment-to-moment reveal our innermost selves on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and new emerging forms of social media. What all this will eventually portend nobody precisely knows.

Essential stock trading terms you should know. Whether you're a new investor or a seasoned pro, it helps to have a solid glossary at your fingertips to provide quick clarification on a particular term or to expand your overall stock market vocabulary. This practical glossary audiobook compiles a list of 150 most common stock trading terms you’re likely to encounter. Every stock trading term is explained in detail, with clear and concise article style description and practical examples.

In Losing the News, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones offers a probing look at the epochal changes sweeping the media, changes which are eroding the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. Losing the News depicts an unsettling situation in which the American birthright of fact-based, reported news is in danger. But it is also a call to arms to fight to keep the core of news intact.

Let's take stock of young America. Compared to previous generations, American youth have more schooling (college enrollments have never been higher); more money ($100 a week in disposable income); more leisure time (five hours a day); and more news and information (Internet, The Daily Show, RSS feeds). What do they do with all that time and money? They download, upload, IM, post, chat, and network. (Nine of their top ten sites are for social networking.) They watch television and play video games (2 to 4 hours per day).

Miko Marsh's Stop Surviving and Live! is helping people to transform their lives. Journey with the author as she walks you through the process she used to transition from poverty to provision, mentally, emotionally, and financially. Use her process to consider how you can empower and revitalize yourself. Discover a simple but life-changing method known to many minimalists and organizers, as well as why it is important to be thorough in the chapter on scaling down.

From coronavirus lockdowns to critical race theory in the classroom, it has become crystal clear that America’s schools aren’t working for America’s students and parents. No one knows this better than Betsy DeVos. In Hostages No More, DeVos unleashes her candid thoughts about working in the Trump administration, recounts her battles over the decades to put students first, hits back at “woke” curricula in our schools, and details the reforms America must pursue to fix its long and badly broken education system.

Learning with Spanish Novels is easy and straightforward. Forget about difficult long texts with English-translations. This book for Spanish learners is not like that. It will take you to the next level in less time. That means less effort and struggling towards your way to fluency in Spanish. Improving your Spanish can be lots of fun. A Spanish Book for Intermediates (B1) - Viaje al futuro is the book number 14 of the Spanish Novels Series. This intermediate Spanish audiobook is packed with useful expressions you need in everyday situations.

In The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today—and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of American higher education. The book looks objectively at the contexts in which higher education has operated—and will continue to operate. It also seeks to identify likely developments that will aid those involved in steering higher education forward.

The Future is Bright: How Gem Prep is Reimaging Education and Building Tomorrow's Leaders captures the essence of how some of America's best schools are transforming education and the next generation. Gem Prep schools utilize strong academics, competency development, and exposure to a variety of experiences to prepare today's students to be tomorrow's leaders. Gem Prep's approach to education places students in the driver's seat of their education as they incrementally take ownership of their education and their future.

When Russell's dog, Rodney Rodent, jumps at a strange mural to get at a creepy-looking gnome and disappears into the painting, the Flint Future Detectives are on the case. This time they have a new president, Richelle. A secret password leads Steven, Russell, and Richelle to the mysterious Mr. Chickee, who's living in a whole different universe!

Are you a parent, guardian, or educator worried about your teen’s future? Not sure where they’re headed? Or perhaps you're a young adult striving to carve out your future path? It’s never too early to start looking ahead to the future. Instead of waiting until the end of high school, imagine the advantage they could have by crafting a secure plan within the next 30 days!

Are you one of those people who have been considering learning a new language? Is Spanish the one you are considering to learn? In case you didn’t know yet, Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. More than 500 million individuals are native Spanish speakers.

Exploding college prices and a flagging global economy, combined with the derring-do of a few intrepid innovators, have created a dynamic climate for a total rethinking of an industry that has remained virtually unchanged for a hundred years. In The End of College, Kevin Carey, an education researcher and writer, draws on years of in-depth reporting and cutting-edge research to paint a vivid and surprising portrait of the future of education.