So you want a career in music, but your early morning shower sonatas bring out every alley cat in the neighborhood. Lucky for you, there are plenty of career options on the non-performing side of the music industry. And a degree in music business is the perfect place to start. What does a Bachelor’s of Music Business Teach? A Music Business program covers every area of the industry that students…

By John Sumser The top 10 jobs in demand in 2010 did not exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet; using technologies that don’t exist yet in order to solve problems we don’t know are problems yet. 60% of new jobs require skills that only 20% of workers have. The pace of change is accelerating so rapidly that it seems impossible to keep…

By Jana Schuberth Big Dreams have a funny way of sneaking into our lives. Often they come through the backdoor and without knocking. At first they seem just like some stranger walking in on you and then, when you can’t stop squinting to figure out who the heck this is, it becomes clearer that it’s a signpost of what you need to do next. A Big Dream lures you in…

By Patrick O’Connor Does your boss like the color orange?  Are you sure? This may not seem like important questions, but it looks like you can get fired if you don’t know the answer. That’s what seems to have happened at a law office in Florida, when 14 employees were fired March 16th for wearing orange. Employees quoted for the story say they wore the same color because they were…

By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Are you one of those people afraid to ask certain questions because you may not get the answer you want? If your answer is ‘yes,’ congratulations and welcome to the human race! I’m not a psychic, but I am going to go out on a limb here, and guess that a little two-letter word is the basis for most of your fear. That word, of course, is “NO.”…