Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

Tomika Greer

The way I see it – the gap between research/theory and practice can be largely attributed to the different priorities of scholars and practitioners. Scholars want to be well-respected within the research community.  Practitioners want answers to the issues th... More »

Making the Most of College—and the Start of Your Professional Journey

Cassandra Bartley

Why do we spend our time and hard-earned money on an education? Most students would answer something along the lines of “Because I have to.” I propose that there is a higher purpose for taking the educational plunge and committing 4+ years of your young adul... More »

Qual 1 and Me

Nandi Shareef

I always pictured it would be like a fairytale. Me, sailing through with the ease and grace of an angel. Considering the fact that school has always come easy to me, I assumed it would take minimal effort for a Doctor of Philosophy to be conferred on me. That was until ... More »

Why Everyone (Beginning with Me) Hates the Performance Review

Nandi Shareef

Yes, performance reviews provide measurable results needed to predicate ill-founded performance incentive plans. Yes, performance reviews are used to substantiate staff performance to organizational leaders. Yes, performance reviews offer one time each year to say that ... More »

Making the Case for Prerequisites—Or, at Least, a Defined Course Sequence

Tomika Greer

If you think about it, course sequencing is a foundation of curricula throughout science, math, and technology-related programs. Yet, the two HRD programs that I have been most closely associated with have lacked a defined path created by course prerequisites. I am curi... More »