Fast Food Slows Down
BY KIM MOORE
The ubiquitous fast-food restaurant may be on the decline.
september 2014
Gender Code
BY COURTNEY SHERWOOD
Janice Levenhagen-Seeley reprograms tech.
The Alchemist
BY LINDA BAKER
David Howitt explains why Portland consumer brands like Stumptown and Voodoo Doughnuts are taking the world by storm.
Tight and Loose
BY JENNIFER MARGULIS
As schools implement more rigorous academic standards, holistic and flexible approaches to K-12 education flourish.
College Hacker
Treehouse CEO Ryan Carson builds a 21st-century trade school.
A Good Leap Forward
BY AMY MILSHTEIN
Agriculture businesses ramp up to meet international demand as workforce and succession challenges loom.
Downtime
BY JESSICA RIDGWAY
How State Representative Julie Parrish (House District 37) balances life between work and play.
What I’m Reading
Kim Ierian, President of Concorde Career Colleges, and Deborah Edward, Executive Director of Business for Culture & the Arts, share their recent reads.
Back to School
BY LEE VAN DER VOO
By now we’ve all read the headlines: Starbucks is giving away free degrees. Except it isn’t.
Powerlist: Colleges and Universities
BY KIM MOORE
A conversation about higher education with the presidents of the University of Oregon and Clackamas Community College, followed by September’s powerlist.