Founded in 1966, Genesee Community College (GCC) is the product of a grassroots movement that culminated in a public referendum supporting the creation of a community college. The resulting institution has exceeded the most optimistic predictions of its early proponents. From its beginning in a converted department store with 367 students, GCC, part of the State University of New York, has grown to over 7,000 students studying in more than 60 different programs. The college is spread over ...

The first behind-the-scenes look at the stunning success of America's hippest discount retailerFounded in 1962 by Minnesota-based department store Dayton's, Target has grown to become America's second most profitable retailer behind Wal-Mart. On Target is the first in-depth look at the business leaders and strategies that made Target such a runaway success. The company's easily recognizable red-and-white logo, youthful television advertisements, and upscale partnerships-with designe...

Mary Kay Ash is the quintessential example of a Phoenix rising from the ashes. After 10 years at World Gift Co. a direct sales organization Ash resigned when an underling she had trained was promoted ahead of her--because he was a male. Ash a 45-year-old unemployed divorcee with three children was at her nadir. But a few months later she formed what is now known as Mary Kay Inc. a cosmetics company that grew into a behemoth with current annual revenues in excess of 2.4 billion. And she did it...

Large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America and are rapidly transforming our economy, communities, and landscape. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising water pollution and diminished civic engagement.Mitchell's investigation takes us from the suburbs of Cleveland to a fruit farm in California, the stockroom of an Oregon Wal...

"One of the best leadership books of the year."-strategy+businessLeadership is the art of transforming how people think, feel, and act. Though some experts make it seem complicated, it really has only two elements: what you say and what you do. And according to Alan Deutschman, most leaders focus too much on words and not nearly enough on setting an example.Deutschman profiles a wide range of leaders (in business, education, the military, and nonprof...

The Right Phrase for Every Situation…Every TimeThese days, it's not enough to work for a good cause or worthy organization. If you want to receive funding from a corporation, community, foundation, or government institution, it all comes down to one thing: your proposal. With hundreds of ready-to-use “Perfect Phrases,” you'll quickly know the right words to use for the three major sections of every successful grant proposal:How to introduce yourself, ...

Maggie and John Anderson were successful African American professionals raising two daughters in a tony suburb of Chicago. But they felt uneasy over their good fortune. Most African Americans live in economically starved neighborhoods. Black wealth is about one tenth of white wealth, and black businesses lag behind businesses of all other racial groups in every measure of success. One problem is that black consumers -- unlike consumers of other ethnicities -- choose not to support black-ow...

Do you ever wonder why most alumni or adults say, "University was the best years of my life"? Regardless of what age you start university, when you finish, you should look back and share that similar feeling. University is about learning to explore, discovering who you are and who you want to be and creating the foundation for a lifetime of successes. University is the place where I learnt to make the most of opportunities and became who I wanted to be. It made me aware that just attending...

What does the future hold? Kitchen avatars instead of cookbooks. Eyeglasses with built-in 3D TV. Flights from New York to Sydney that last two hours instead of 20. USA TODAY asked great visionaries such as Richard Branson, James Cameron, Marc Andreessen, Jack Dorsey and William Clay Ford to imagine our world 30 years from now.  Where we will live and what jobs we may have. How we will learn, stay well and be entertained. And how the power of personal technology will affect every aspe...

The behind-the-scenes story of how a headhunting pioneer helped shape an industryBorn in Greenwich, Connecticut, Reynolds graduated from Philips Exeter and Yale before joining the U.S. Air Force as a navigator-bombardier in a B-36. After his stint in the military, Reynolds returned to J.P. Morgan as a lending officer, where he learned the lessons and began making the connections that would drive his long and illustrious career.Reynolds’s first foray into th...

10 CRITICAL FACTORS IN FUNDRAISING outlines a crash course in the art of raising gift support for schools, colleges, universities, and other types of nonprofit organizations. Although designed especially for presidents and chief executive officers, the book will be of great interest to trustees and development personnel who are charged with the task of raising more funds for their respective organizations. Void of extraneous detail, the book focuses on the ten most critical elements in any...

Today's headlines report cities going bankrupt, states running large deficits, and nations stuck in high debt and stagnation. Philip Kotler, Donald Haider, and Irving Rein argue that thousands of "places" -- cities, states, and nations -- are in crisis, and can no longer rely on national industrial policies, such as federal matching funds, as a promise of jobs and protection. When trouble strikes, places resort to various palliatives such as chasing grants from state or federal sources, bi...