I like to stay current with ideas emerging as talking points in our country. After all, I’m a teacher. It’s good for me to do so. One...

In the September 2020 edition of Bloomberg Business News, devoted to the issue of Equality (“Equality Here We Come”), a comparison of...

The recent up-tick in violence against Asian Americans deserves closer attention. In my recent blogs (“Why Harvard Has a Problem,” “Here...

“There are places I remember, all my life though some have changed. Some forever not for better, some have gone and some remain." J....

Synopsis We recently posted our third blog in a three-part series about challenges to Harvard University’s Admissions Process by a group...

The Supreme Court made two momentous decisions for the benefit of the LGBTQ and transgendered communities on June 14, 2020.

That’s because Gabriel Zucman, an Economist from the Paris School of Economics and a disciple of Thomas Pikkety (author of the book...

PART ONE The Boston Globe recently reported (11/25/2018) that Harvard University was being sued by a group of Asian Americans named...

The debate over the advantages and disadvantages of automation goes back to the 1960’s, when our understanding of the true implications...

Question: As a Human Resources Manager, I would like to implement a Job Evaluation Plan in my company to grade all of our job...

Question: My company wants to set a goal of reducing the pay gap between men and women. Do we have to achieve “full parity” for us to be...

There’s a famous research question that has been studied in academic circles for many years: how can we get people to work harder in the...

Question: “My company is looking for a better way to evaluate the performance of our CEO. It seems like “stock value” has been the...

Question: In my role as a Compensation Manager, I compare my company’s internal pay rates against the marketplace. But I’m always curious...

Sadly, too many companies say that they are giving their employees a “cost of living increase” when in fact they are giving employees a “gen

WOMEN’S U.S. SOCCER TEAM: 1 U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION: 0 On January 12, 2017, we addressed in an earlier blog the Women’s U.S. Soccer...

Are executives paid too much? Maybe, maybe not! A student of mine once made a presentation about the appropriateness of executive pay...

Question: “I’m confused. I’m hearing and reading a lot about the issue of “equal pay for equal work,” especially in this 2016 political...