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Laura Gilbert, PhD.

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Back To School For Grownups: We can still learn from 'Oregon Trail'

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 06/10/11

Why do 35-year-olds in my graduate classes light up and "get it" when I use stories from Oregon Trail to teach leadership?

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Laura Gilbert: More diplomas are first step toward new America

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 05/25/11
A diploma is only as strong as the person who earns it and the goal it helps the holder reach.
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Laura Gilbert: It's time for a serious conversation about 21st Century education

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 04/15/11
If corporations need educated workers to order to remain competitive in the near future, and if policymakers want more educated workers in order for America to hold (or regain) our global rank as a highly-educated economic force, then cuts to
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Laura Gilbert: Job training for Americans not a priority for Congress

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 02/11/11
For as long as I can remember it has been considered a good thing to have a skilled and educated workforce. And it appears the government, corporate American and private foundations agreed. Until yesterday.
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Laura Gilbert: Let's help unemployed Boomers work toward retirement they deserve

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 02/03/11
For many, it is as though the pilot turned off the seat belt sign and asked passengers to disembark… 20 minutes from the airport. Ouch. Unless you have a really good parachute that is one rough landing.
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Laura Gilbert: For students, it's not always a joyful season

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 12/21/10
By the time Christmas break rolls around many adult students feel, well, broken (or at list a bit bruised around the edges.) So I was thinking…wouldn't it be great to have a school elf that could take the edge off.
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Laura Gilbert: For-profit colleges could ruin educational dreams of next generation

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 11/12/10
Within the higher education community, the for-profit college industry has the highest drop-out rate and the worst loan-default rate, in part due to alleged pressure for students to take on excessive loan balances.  And for the record, as much as
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Laura Gilbert: Life in your 60s resembles life in the '60s

By Laura Gilbert, PhD. | 07/15/10
As the baby boomers grow into their 60s, one thing is becoming to become clear -- they complain just as much as they did back in the 1960s!