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“BYOD” (bring your own device) is becoming a popular policy in the workplace and educational institutions. It provides the power to access institutional computing resources from your own device. With it comes an important shift on college campuses: Most people don’t go to computer labs to use computers. Wireless access allow students to use their own laptops, tablets and phones to get online almost anywhere.

As screen-savvy, digital-native millenials reach college, a dynamic new teaching method is rising across America: the flipped classroom.

The premise of a flipped classroom is simple: Instead of lecturing in class and giving homework at home, flip it: give the lectures at home, and do the homework in class.

How to build a network, using inbound networking tips, that works for you and your career.

Millennials have heard it all before.

They are technology addicts and would rather fire off illiterate text messages than entertain a deep thought. They are narcissists darting from one virtual stage to the next. They have zero attention span.

Those are only a handful of the unflattering media assessments millennials have been hit with in recent years. There’s plenty more where those came from: show-offs, shameless, and selfie-absorbed, for a start.

Jobs and internships are often extremely competitive. A resume could be your golden ticket — if it’s done right. And that means starting to think about it long before it comes time to share it with your dream employer. Every high school and college student needs to have a resume. And build upon it as […]

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What are the latest big data trends and how will they impact technology careers?

Up your job-hunting game with powerful, this-role-is-as-good-as-mine phrases and must-have interview vocabulary and strategies.

Sometimes a one-week trip can change your life.

It’s amazing how quickly high school flies by. One day, you’re trying to decide what clubs to join, and the next you’re walking an aisle to Pomp and Circumstance. Now that you’re in your final semester of high school, there’s only one significant obstacle lying between now and then: that little matter of final exams. […]

Bentley’s Class of 2015 reports positive outcomes six months after graduation: 98 percent of the responding class (90%) is employed or attending graduate school with a median salary up from the year before.