In an era where the very foundations of free speech and intellectual inquiry on campus are facing unprecedented challenges, the importance of reimagining how we onboard students into college cannot be overstated.

These first steps in...

With Sam Altman returning to OpenAI the week-long saga that nearly ruptured the world's most powerful AI company is, for now at least, over. But the drama highlights a new power dynamic in corporate America where the "hard" power of executi...

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In the world of corporate giving, even the most experienced can find themselves stuck uttering these famous last words when a philanthropy initiative fizzles unexpectedly.

What's the biggest reaso...

Warning signals of a pending recession keep flashing, but the employment statistics keep saying no. The economy's path forward feels remarkably uncertain and has real upside.  For example, highly credible experts forecast AI-turbocharged g...

From political and social unrest that results in deadly combat to a climate crisis that delivers increasingly punishing weather events, the world is becoming less predictable.

Ever-changing scenarios are pure anathema to CFOs, as the...

The hospitality industry is facing a critical moment. As interest rates fluctuate, many hospitality groups find themselves squeezed by increasing debt service expenses, a consequence of the Federal Reserve's efforts to combat inflation. Ground...

Doctors need to do wellness checks of their own businesses. They're likely missing out on money that health insurers owe them.

Medical billing has become so complicated that physicians are forgoing millions of dollars of earned paym...

Property owners and developers of some relatively high-profile assets - like the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford, Illinois - have been turning to sale-leaseback deals of the land their buildings sit on in an attempt to mitigate interest rate sho...

Outside observers would be forgiven for thinking cryptocurrencies were tulip-bulb level speculative foolishness, replete with prominent fraudsters and a massive multi-year hype cycle. But the real-world use cases now emerging for stablecoins -...

High-current-income business owners can't afford to sit still with the IRS loading up its audit and IT staff to drive federal tax revenue. Cash benefits plans can help lower tax burdens and build a more affluent retirement and are worth investi...

Just a year ago, analysts and investors following Meta were wondering if they were witnessing the beginning of the end for what was once one of tech's brightest stars. The company, one of the 30 most profitable companies in the world, had spent...

For years now, corporations have been flooding headlines with their ambitious pledges to achieve carbon neutrality. Companies like Amazon, Walmart, and even BP, have vowed to do more to reduce their carbon footprint. But like a well-intentioned n...

Technology companies large and small are conducting layoffs as higher interest rates dampen demand for their products. Furthermore, they’ve gone into conservative mode, prompted by threats posed to their business model by the promise of artificial intelligence. But the paring back or zeroing out of internships may be the worst response to these headwinds.

Breathe easy marketing teams: ChatGPT and similar Artificial Intelligence tools will not be putting you in the unemployment line anytime soon despite growing frets.

It will streamline mundane tasks and produce ideas, but it will not r...

U.S. patent law isn't ready for artificial intelligence -- the technology is too revolutionary, too surprising, too powerful, and in some ways too opaque for our current legal framework to fully address. But in light of A.I.'s ascent, software co...

The IRS commissioner announced last month that the agency will now deploy artificial intelligence in pursuit of "wealthy tax cheats" who are using partnership structures to pay "little to no tax." But the announcement's logic doesn't...

t's a question that plagues philanthropists: Why, in such a wealthy nation, have we yet to conquer our most persistent social problems?

Homelessness is an excellent example. Although the U.S. spends billions of dollars every year t...

Corporate America is not feeling confident about their next big bet. The reason? Widespread indecision on where the economy is headed. Despite today's highly unpredictable economy, forward progress is still possible but will require bold CEOs a...

A current read of the nation's business press brings a sense that the entire commercial real estate space has entered a doom loop from which there is no escape.  But that would be a misguided - and potentially costly - assessment for i...

The landscape for commercial real estate may look dismal from afar with high interest rates and an office space market still in shakeout mode, but pockets of opportunity remain for investors with the right approach and strategy.

Some...