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Cantor (2018) claimed that culture began in the 19th century because up until 1800, the world was too poor to care about art, and as such, the triumph of capitalism created a mass audience for cultural development. The rise of management and economic pedagogy and eventually the division of labor allowed for discretionary income and [...]
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A new phenomenon at American institutions of higher education is domestic study away offerings, which are experiential learning trips within one’s home country. Domestic study aways have been rising in popularity for a variety of reasons and are now becoming increasingly available at universities such as Brown, Georgetown, Tennessee, William and Mary, Cal Berkeley, and [...]
In the book Pragmatics of Adaptability, Silva and Mey (2021) note that humans are adaptable. Adaptability has been an inherent attribute since the pandemic. College students have had to shift their styles of learning more than ever so that they can best adapt to new pedagogies in virtual learning. Similarly, the global supply chain has [...]
It is times like this, in the Spring of 2020, when one especially reflects on how wonderful the outside world really is... Several years ago, the Purdue Polytechnic’s transformation of the undergraduate learning experience added humanities into its traditionally technical framework, specifically the “integration of topics in the humanities that enrich our students’ understanding of [...]
"Americans Helping Americans: Protecting our interests abroad" (5:40) https://videopress.com/v/BrOdOUu1?preloadContent=metadata - "Access to the Beatles" (5:05) https://videopress.com/v/7B9CsWyE?preloadContent=metadata - "Czech Zeal for Industry" (4:38) https://videopress.com/v/JnHJLvrt?preloadContent=metadata - "Biking in Rotterdam" (1:58) https://videopress.com/v/Z5ip2XWv?preloadContent=metadata - "German Culture" (2:52) https://videopress.com/v/U6tWAAe4?preloadContent=metadata - YouTube clip: Jim Tanoos, Supply Chain Management & Study Abroad – Techies Today 005 – Purdue Polytechnic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqlnXqEzQhk&t=2270s
The fourth and final leg of the trip was to Rotterdam, Netherlands, 499 km from Hamburg. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP): 12% (World Bank) Rotterdam is a progressive, multicultural city whose mayor is the first in the country to be an immigrant (a Muslim, no less). New Economy (2016) noted that “Rotterdam has embraced innovation and experimental [...]
The third leg of the trip was to Hamburg, Germany, 490 km from Prague. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP): 21% (World Bank) Hamburg is widely considered the most international of all German cities and has the highest percentage of international residents in Germany at 14% (LabourEconomics, 2019). It has a notable history in trade [...]
Last day in Europe. Definitely feel my body starting to wear down. Wanted to get up early and run but my body told me nope. Our first tour of the day involved seeing the windmills. It was interesting seeing the way people lived in them and how they operated as irrigation pumps. After that we [...]
The second leg of the trip was to Prague, Czech Republic, 402 km from Munich. Country Manufacturing Value-Added (% of GDP) 27% (World Bank, 2019) The Czech Republic was the longtime industrial center of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to EuroStat (2018), “The most important sector for Czech SMEs is manufacturing, which generates almost 30% of [...]