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Autonomy and Competitive Edge: Mentorship as a Solution听
By听Louise Underdahl, PhD
This white paper explores findings from the 2025 Career Optimism Index庐 and related scholarship and describes factors contributing to workers鈥 crisis of autonomy, employer initiatives to strengthen autonomy, and mentorship as a strategy to enhance competitive edge.
Reinventing Productivity: Aligning AI Innovation with Human Potential in the Modern Workforce听
By听Jessica Sylvester, EdD
This white paper explores AI鈥檚 impact on employee productivity, engagement, and psychological well-being, and considers the leadership practices essential for aligning AI integration with equitable, sustainable workforce outcomes, drawing on findings from the 2025 Career Optimism Index庐 and related scholarship.
The G.R.O.W. Generating Rural Opportunities in the Workforce鈩 Report听and Probing the Unique Characteristics of Rural Schooling: A Narrative Inquiry听
By听James Lane, EdD
In this white paper, the author analyzes听G.R.O.W. Generating Rural Opportunities in the Workforce鈩 report听findings to contextualize a narrative study of significant experiences and insights of current and retired educators who teach or have taught within small rural distant schools, in order to better understand characteristics that make these schools unique fabrics within the American educational tapestry.听