CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS By Steve H. Murdock and Michael E. Cline The 2010 Census revealed a slowly growing nation but a rapidly growing Texas and both with substantial increases in racial/ethnic diversity. Here are some of the major changes revealed in the 2010 Census and thoughts on some [...]

THE INTEGRAL AND PRACTICAL ROLE TWO-YEAR COLLEGES PLAY IN HIGHER EDUCATION By Dr. Richard Carpenter If I told you that you had a choice of paying either $18,514 or $28,516 for a bachelor’s degree from a Texas public college or university and that you had a better chance of graduating with the lower priced option, [...]

MAKING STEM FOR K-12 MORE ACCESSIBLE VIA MENTORSHIP AND CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT By Dr. James Truchard The National Academy of Engineering recently published the 14 Engineering Grand Challenges, authored by a select group of our country’s most esteemed scientific and engineering minds. The engineering grand challenges lay out the 14 most important and significant issues our world [...]

DR. LINDA HENRIE – A PUBLIC CEO’S DETERMINATION TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WELL The primary function of a CEO is to create a vision of the future, set strategy, develop a culture, team build and determine the allocation of capital. When done correctly, that also describes the work of a school superintendent – a public [...]

MAKING EDUCATION EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS By Julián Castro I’ve been fortunate enough in my life to have attended and graduated from a great college and law school. But the most enduring memory of my scholastic career dates back to when I was 11 or 12 years old.  My brother and I were sitting with our mother [...]

GUIDING YOUR ORGANIZATION THROUGH ECONOMIC TURBULENCE, WHILE SAFEGUARDING COMPANY CULTURE “In order to be successful in a volatile world, you must unleash the goodwill and creativity of your people. You must organize your culture in a way that will help your people achieve great things without constant supervision from above. Set this up right, and [...]

TIPS ON EVALUATING ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS By Dan Turner When a coworker makes their fifth call of the week to complain that your building is too hot or too cold, this is a signal. Obviously, it’s a signal to change the temperature. It’s also a sign of an opportunity to save 20 percent [...]