Educators are very familiar with “soft skills,” or those that are peripheral to the core curriculum—nice additions if you have the time. Associating “soft” with a skill often means it is often ...

For example, Virginia’s Arlington Public Schools performed a staff cultural audit in 2006 to determine how to best approach diversity training. Some key findings from the audit revealed that numerous ...

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a movement within the human services professions that stressed the importance of cultural competency. Psychology and social work were the pioneers; these fields ...

The technology sector is in the midst of a raging debate about whether its leaders have done enough to ensure a diverse workforce. Yet those efforts are falling well short of the mark, leading some ...

Given the globalization of the modern business environment, leaders within organizations need to be adept at managing employees of varying cultural backgrounds and at communicating with clients all ...

Before an audience of roughly 100 Yale students, faculty, and staff on Feb. 4 in Battell Chapel, Nina Davuluri — Miss America 2014 — shared her goal of spreading cross-cultural understanding and ...

The emergence of artificial intelligence as a tool in education presents both opportunities and challenges for aspiring teachers. Generative AI has the potential to transform teaching practices, ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

Cultural context, or lack thereof, is the Achilles' heel of market globalization. Navigating foreign markets with regard to price, manufacturing regulations and sales interactions is difficult. What ...

According to a survey funded by the California Health Care Foundation of over 3,000 Black Californiansquestioned, 41% of such individuals conveyed they were educated to their healthcare providers, 35% ...

The Asia-Pacific region has a very complicated relationship with the countries next door and further afield, presenting pitfalls for unwary brands. Having worked in Asia for over two decades, I've ...