Shopping Their Way to the Top: Teens and the Future of the Fashion Industry
In 2003 Americans bought $311 billion worth of clothing and shoes according to the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA). This number indicates the profitability of just one of the many fields within the fashion world -- fashion design.

Staying Ahead of the Game
Continuing education is a life-long learning process. In its most general definition, continuing education is intended for adult learners. Students pursuing continuing education opportunities often enroll part-time in university courses for credit. They may also choose to enroll in noncredit courses, often for personal or vocational enrichment.

Get Ready for Your Next Business Presentation or Meeting
Frustrated with floppy disks that always seem to run out of space? Fed up with scratched, unreadable CDs that can cause you to lose valuable information? Carrying a floppy disk to your next business presentation today is like surfing the Internet with a 56K dial-up modem.

Cold and Flu Alert: Create a Healthy Classroom
School is an amazing experience for children, but with cold and flu season fast approaching, sick days can often come between kids and their education. According to the American Institute of Health, the common cold causes children to miss 22 million school-days each year.

Fluency on the Fly: Language Learning Tips for Business Travelers
When foreign news correspondent Dr. Bob Arnot travels to the world's latest hot spot -- be it Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan or the Congo -- he needs to learn the country's language, and fast. How does he do it? With the same innovative program used by the U.S. State Department, NASA and millions of individuals in countries around the world.

Reaching America's Youth
With a labor shortage looming in the not-so-distant future, the need to train, educate and reach out to the youth of America will be essential to growing the work force. The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) recognizes this labor shortage as an opportunity to encourage youth, especially young women, to choose construction as a life-long career.

Nurses Make Emergency Room Trips Easier for Patients
Patients are pleased with the care they receive from emergency nurses, despite a national nursing shortage and emergency department crowding, a new survey from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) shows.

Building a Better Web Site -- Choose or Lose
For small businesses looking to conduct business online, the future looks bright. According to IT analyst firm International Data Consulting (IDC), by 2009 roughly 80 percent of small and medium-sized businesses will have Internet access. Additionally, Internet use for promotional purposes will continue to increase with five out of six companies projected to have established a Web site or home page by the end of that year.

Connecting the Community to the Classroom
From bookstores to grocery stores, and from banks to automobile manufacturers, an increasing number of retailers are helping to educate today's youth by opening their doors and hosting field trips to their stores because they believe in giving something back to their communities.

Home Schooling Offers Stability and Success
As more families learn of the many benefits of home instruction, the number of families turning to home-schooling to educate their children continues to grow. More school-age children in the U.S. are being home-schooled than ever before -- more than 2 million -- and that number will increase throughout this school year as more children leave public and private schools for the home-school environment.