Advice for Alzheimer's Caregivers & Community College Challenges
Episode Segments:
Advice for Alzheimer's Caregivers More than 11 million Americans are caregivers to someone with Alzheimer's disease. Martin J. Schreiber, former Governor of Wisconsin, and author of "My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver," shares his touching story, along with advice and encouragement for others.
Community College Challenges Every year many students attend community colleges with hopes to transfer later to a university. Jessie Ryan, Vice President of The Campaign for College Opportunity, explains why the transfer process is a complicated maze.
The Sweet Spot Between Failure and Success Is there anything good about failure? Robert Wilson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Arizona State University, shares details of his study that found a "sweet spot" where learning is maximized when failure occurs around 15% of the time.