| Taking care of Business through business education | | Posted Monday, January 23, 2006 4:09:53 PM by Kate Grant | In ancient times, if you were born to a family of merchants, you had a good chance of becoming a merchant yourself.
This However, has changed, as we no longer need to learn a trade from our father or spend time as an apprentice, bound to take over the family business in time. Obtaining business management education, or majoring in business, will help you develop vast business skills and will give you the opportunity to study the issues affecting today's business climate.
 Many business programs and curriculums are catering to the needs of working students. They might offer morning, evening, or weekend classes, or even an online class.
All you need to do, is come to class ready to work with numbers, learn from professional businessmen who visit your class, and have interest in business related topics.
You will, no doubt, find these topics on your Syllabus. During your studies, you'll decide if you'd like to focus more on preparing yourself to work or for further education.
You might attend business conferences as part of your business education, and learn from the great business education teachers how it's done in the big world.
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| | | Local leaders hear report on education | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 2:54:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | Guests at this month's Northeast Leadership Forum's annual luncheon included mayors, city council members, business executives and education professionals -- people one could safely assume aren't shy, retiring souls. The crowd of more than 300 of Northeast Tarrant County's movers and shakers heard U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings give a report card on the No Child Left Behind program during remarks at the Hyatt Regency DFW. After dining on steak at tables featuring pussy willows and James Story's orchid centerpieces, Spellings spoke from prepared remarks. She even localized it for us Southerners, inserting a "you all" instead of "you" in her speech. She spoke about shifting demographics, the important work ahead, "having all students on grade level by 2014" and school improvements to keep a competitive advantage.... | |
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| | | Buzz on business: Program to teach business planning | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 12:54:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | "Developing a Business Plan" will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 8 at the LSUS Small Business Development Center, Business/Education Building, Room 119. Cost is $30. Each additional person from the same business can attend for $20. The workshop will cover how to define your business concept in a written format, evaluate the competition, estimate costs, use the business plan in preparing a loan proposal and more. .... | |
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| | | Bulova Women's Watch #96M27 | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:34:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Bulova's Marine Star watch series provide enduring performance with enduring style. The Bulova 96M27 stainless steel women's watch travels easily between formal business and sporty casual wear. It has a round silver stainless steel watch case with a slightly raised bezel framing the shimmery royal blue dial background. It has large silver baton hands (with second hand) and silver dial markers. It's fully integrated into the silver stainless steel bracelet band, which features a unique, snakeskin-like design. It's joined by a fold-over buckle. Every Bulova watch is anti-magnetic, shock-resistant, and features the unique distortion-free and scratch-resistant Dura-Crystal. The 96M27 also offers a date function at 3 o'clock and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet).... | |
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| | | A year in education: England | | Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:54:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | If one image could sum up education news in 2006, it would be Jamie Oliver and a plate of burgers, chips and beans. That is only partly because this year brought new, tougher guidelines governing school food. While others have campaigned long and hard for the same end, it was Jamie Oliver who galvanised the government into action. But there is another reason why the celebrity chef is a symbol of 2006: he personifies the government's new susceptibility to the influences of external lobbyists. After several years in which they had a free rein to direct education reform, ministers now face many new and stronger challengers. For a start, critics on the Left have grown in confidence after the successes of the concerted campaign against the Education and Inspections Bill.... | |
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| | | Top CXC students receive awards | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:54:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) held its 37th meeting under the chairmanship of Professor E Nigel Harris at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown, St Vincent & the Grenadines on 1 Dec. During the opening ceremony, students received awards for outstanding performance in the examinations for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). For CSEC, Shirvanie Persaud from Queens College, Guyana was the most outstanding candidate overall. Other awards went to Valencia Bailey of Guyana for sciences; Agiel Browne of St. Kitts/Nevis for business education; Meghan Ghent of Trinidad & Tobago in the humanities; Florelle Hobson also of St. Kitts/Nevis for technical and vocational education; Jia Wu of Belize for visual arts 2-dimensional piece; Sandra Green of Jamaica for visual arts 3-dimensional piece; and Mario Guevara of Trinidad & Tobago for the best short story.... | |
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| | | DATAPOINTS: Education dividends, the Fido lobby | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 10:55:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Hit the books. It pays. People with a higher education are withstanding the tightening labor market better than the rest of the work force. Here's a breakdown of unemployment rates in October for people age 25 and over, based on educational achievement compared with the overall 4.4 percent rate: -Less than high school: 5.8 percent -High school graduate: 4.1 percent -Some college: 3.4 percent -College graduate: 1.9 percent Source: U.S. Department of Labor The Fido lobby The Humane Society of the United States reported that through Oct. 18, it had spent $3.352 million on campaign contributions during the recent election cycle. On the Web For breaking business news, the Midday Business Report, the Closing Bell and audio/video casts, go online to KansasCity.com and click on Business.... | |
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| | | Business community reactions to wage increase conflict | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:06:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Business advocates argue workers throughout the Buckeye State should be concerned with Tuesday's passage of Issue 2, the minimum wage amendment, because of economic and privacy reasons, even though it still may be too early to know the full effects of the expected wage increase set to hit in January.Proponents of the amendment, comprised of a multi-state community organization, hail the amendment's passage because a minimum wage increase is long overdue.But a University of Toledo finance professor says any increased unemployment numbers from the issue's passage Tuesday should be short-lived and he believes a more proactive approach to increasing wages throughout the state would be through high-skill training. .... | |
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| | | Media Landscape Changed Irreversibly Concludes SDForum's Business of New Media Conference | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:02:29 AM by Blog57 Team | | SDForum, Silicon Valley's leading source of information and education in the technology community, today announced the success of its first annual Business of New Media Conference, which assembled notable Silicon Valley media, technology and investment experts to discuss new media opportunities, foibles and the emerging business models. This one-day event featured Dr. Larry Sanger, founder of The Citizendium Project and co-founder of Wikipedia, as keynote speaker and five panel discussions: Investment, Partnering, Wave of the Future, Advertising & IP and Citizen Journalism. "It was very exciting to be in a room with that much brainpower and entrepreneurial acumen," said Sanger. "We received great feedback on SDForum's first Business of New Media event and we're planning to make this an annual event," said Susan Lucas-Conwell, executive director of SDForum.... | |
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| | | Griffith Encourages Diversity in Education | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:52:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 9, 2006 -- Renee Griffith, the new coordinator of undergraduate advising at the University of Wyoming/Casper College (UW/CC) Center, directs education students through the coursework necessary to become a teacher in Wyoming. Most recently, Griffith worked at the University of Wyoming's Educational Opportunity Center in Casper. Through the nationwide TRIO program, a federally-funded program founded to assist first-generation college students, she worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds. She advised them on financial aid, admissions and career guidance. Additionally, Griffith taught business classes at both the high school and college levels, including a high school in southern California, where she learned the importance of teaching diversity to future educators. "As a minority in a very diverse community, teaching in the California high school became a learning environment and encouraged my awareness of diversity in teaching strategies," says Griffith.... | |
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| | | Illinois Education Assoc. Exec at Du quoin High School | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:56:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | The secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Education Association--the state's most powerful education lobby--was in Du Quoin Wednesday afternoon to tour the Du Quoin High School. Cinda Klickna (second from left) was here to champion not only the need for a new Du Quoin High School, but stable funding levels for education across Illinois. She toured the building with Du Quoin Community Unit District 300 business manager Cory Robbins (right) and Du Quoin Education Association officers, Pictured from left are Myra Born-Gant, Cinda Klickna, Dane Porter, Jean Ann Mathis, Jim Tammen, IEA Southern Illinois Service Director, and Cory Robbins. Klickna told the local educators that education funding in Illinois is “broken" and lawmakers need to invest in “infrastructure and excellence." The Illinois General Assembly is back in session after the elections and hopes to find a solution to fund a new a new $13 million-plus Du Quoin High School.... | |
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