So there you are...sitting atop your pile of gold in an apocalyptic world.  Food and heating fuel are king and your gold is worthless.  People turn you away in your search for food as you offer your worthless glittering mineral as payment. Your cold and hungry and close to death...now what do you wish you invested in? ...more

From the mouth of 'babes'.... One of the graduating seniors in my summer class (he's a Finance major) told me that he and his wife have been saving up to buy FARMLAND.  Once it hits the fan and food prices skyrocket, they plan on being more than self-sufficient.  Gold, silver, and now... rich, productive farmland as an...more

To sss128:  Your posting is a lazy slap in the face to all of us who are working hard to use all available tools to insure learning is a vibrant and vital part of our students' lives.  At my institution, we do not use grad students to teach.  We have totally online and partially online courses.  We use online sites to ...more

Online learning is simply one more tool in the pedagogical kit.  All tools have their strengths and weaknesses.  Whenever a new innovation comes along, pundits and early adopters jump on the facile/lazy "It will replace everything that came before it" bandwagon.  Cooler heads take a deep breath and wait for the dust to...more

In response to the posting by " theincredibleshrinki ​ ngwoman":  Yes, unfortunately these abuses and dysfunctions still exist.  But we must be careful not to paint everyone and all programs with the same brush.  I teach in a business school and take great pride in doing practical, useful research on how companies can...more