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Even before the first passenger has taken a seat, the Downtown streetcar shows us why buried rails were best left untouched. At $102 million, it’s an expensive lesson. A video posted on The Kansas City Star Web site reminds us…
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What makes an Icon of Education? Not longevity alone, though some of this year’s honorees have been at the practice since 1968. No, it’s more than that: It’s part passion, part call to serve, part intellectual curiosity and part executive…
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From demographic changes to distance learning, regional universities are feeling the effects of sweeping change on a declining pool of eligible students. They are not, however, taking those changes lying down. It’s a projection that must inspire night sweats for…
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Park University turns to a leader with a background in both business and distributed learning Park University’s new president comes to Kansas City after a five-year stint at Webster University in St. Louis, and before that, nine years at the…
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From countless sources of inspiration, a call to serve is common cause for those who have made health care their vocation and avocation. For some, the call to a health-care career started with the impressions left by a mother coming…
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A graying work force implies an executive population with its own bone and joint health issues—and the task of managing similar conditions with their employees. Throughout its days of youth and into what’s now popularly referred to as the Silver…
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Company-Paid Health Insurance: A New Kind of Corporate Challenge Are double-digit increases in employer-paid health-insurance premiums simply a fact of business life? If you answered “yes” to that question, you might want to consider what corporate benefits administrators, insurance brokers and…
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Ferguson and MU changed the conversation about race in Missouri, creating opportunities for business to re-examine diversity efforts. Two incidents rooted in the challenging subject of race relations—the Ferguson riots in 2014 and the student protests on the MU campus…
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Transportation in the Kansas City region is going places. The question is, where, how far, and what will it cost us? In many ways, Kansas City indeed is a metropolitan area on the move. In various parts that’s because: • We…
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We’re proud to introduce Ingram’s Leadership Academy, with an eye to the region’s most pressing business needs. I studied business, journalism and education while at Mizzou and at the time I may have enjoyed education coursework the most. I considered…
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